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2004 In New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 2004 in New Zealand. Population * Estimated population as of 31 December: 4,114,300 * Increase since 31 December 2003: 52,800 (1.30%) * Males per 100 Females: 96.1 Incumbents Regal and viceregal *Head of State – Elizabeth II *Governor-General of New Zealand, Governor-General – Silvia CartwDame Silvia Cartwright Government The 47th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was a coalition between New Zealand Labour Party, Labour and the small New Zealand Progressive Party, Progressive party with United Future New Zealand, United Future supporting confidence and supply votes. *Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, Speaker of the House – Jonathan Hunt (New Zealand politician), Jonathan Hunt (Labour) *Prime Minister of New Zealand, Prime Minister – Helen Clark (Labour) *Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, Deputy Prime Minister – Michael Cullen (politician), Michael Cullen (Labour) *Minister of Finance (N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Of State
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and legitimacy. Depending on the country's form of government and separation of powers, the head of state may be a ceremonial figurehead or concurrently the head of government and more (such as the president of the United States, who is also commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces). In a parliamentary system, such as the United Kingdom or India, the head of state usually has mostly ceremonial powers, with a separate head of government. However, in some parliamentary systems, like South Africa, there is an executive president that is both head of state and head of government. Likewise, in some parliamentary systems the head of state is not the head of government, but still has significant powers, for example Morocco. In contrast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
