Политическая система стран

Political systems of Great Britain and the USA

POLITICAL SYSTEM OF GREAT BRITAIN

The Monarch

is the official head of state appoints

the Prime Minister -

is the head of government chooses

The Cabinet

Non-Cabinet Ministers

Parliament

the House of Commons the House of Lords

(about 650 elected MPs) (over 1,000 permanent,

makes laws non-elected members;

discusses political problems peers and life peers)

examines and revises bills

from the Houses of Commons

The Official Opposition

forms the Shadow Cabinet

PEOPLE elect

All men and women over 18

THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT

POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE USA

Administration

Government

A secretary

A minister

Congress

Parliament

In the USA

In Britain

Congress the Administration

the House of

Representatives the President

435 members

appoints

the Vice President

the Senate the Cabinet

100 members approve Secretaries as heads of the most

important departments in the

Administration

THE PEOPLE elect

All men and women over 18

Congress

The Administration

The House of Representatives

The President the Vice President

the Cabinet

The Senate

The Supreme Court

The system of checks and balances

The Capitol, where the Congress sits.

POLITICAL SYSTEM OF RUSSIA

The President

The Federal Assembly

The Federal Government

The Chairman of the Government, Ministers

The Federation Council

The Duma

The Supreme Court of Russian Federation

The Constitutional Court of the Russian

Federation

The Federal Assembly

The Federal Government