In semi-presidential systems such as France, where the president formally appoints a prime minister but the government itself must still maintain the confidence of parliament, coalition governments occur quite regularly.

The parliament also appoints the president of the Bank of Estonia, the Chief of the Headquarters of the Estonian Defense, the Comptroller General of Estonia, the Chancellor of Justice of Estonia and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia, all on the proposal of the President of Estonia.

The Crown ( not the government or parliament of Jersey ) appoints the Lieutenant Governor, the Bailiff, Deputy Bailiff, Attorney General and Solicitor General.

The President appoints and heads a cabinet of ministers composed of elected members of parliament.

* In presidential systems, the incumbent of the Head-of-state is elected to office and, after transfer of power, appoints his administration ( like in the United States, with unitary executive ) or a government headed by a prime minister is formed within the parliament, based on the elected majority ( like in France ).

She appoints the ( in ) formateur, who chairs the formation talks, after consulting the leaders of all parties represented in parliament.

The president also appoints prime ministers on the basis of the balance of power in the parliament, grants pardons and awards decorations and other state awards.

The president, following prior counter-signature of the Prime Minister, appoints and recalls diplomatic representatives of the Republic of Croatia, at the proposal of the Government and upon receiving the opinion of an applicable committee of the parliament.

The President is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, head of the Cabinet, appoints the prime minister, and could dissolve parliament ( after one year has passed since the convening of parliament after a parliamentary election ) The 17th constitutional amendment of 2001 reduced certain powers of the President in particular in regard to the appointment of the upper judiciary and independent commissions such as the election commission or the bribery and corruption commission.

According to the Belgian constitution, the federal prime minister is appointed by the king, and approved by the federal parliament with a vote of confidence ( in practice the king usually appoints the leader of the winning party as " formateur " to form a government ).

The President of Malta, who nominally heads the Executive branch, appoints as Prime Minister the member of parliament who, in the opinion of the President, is best able to command a majority of the members of the House of Representatives.

The Opposition in parliament appoints from its ranks a Shadow Cabinet to monitor government ministers and present itself as an alternate government.

The President of the Republic appoints the prime minister, who must then secure a vote of confidence from the Croatian Parliament ; the appointment is therefore counter-signed by the speaker of the parliament to signify this.

The ombudsman, as well as all other persons authorised to act on behalf of the parliament, is granted parliamentary immunity equal to that enjoyed by parliamentary members.

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is a special ombudsman and an officer of parliament who reports directly to the House of Commons and the Senate.

In an address to the Indian parliament, Kaifu stressed the role of free markets and democracy in bringing about " a new international order ," and he emphasized the need for a settlement of the Kashmir territorial dispute between India and Pakistan and for economic liberalization to attract foreign investment and promote dynamic growth.

Kekkonen had planned to prevent the parties from forming an anti-Kekkonen alliance to promote Olavi Honka in the 1962 presidential elections by dissolving parliament.

* March – In England, John Wycliffe tries to promote his ideas for Catholic reform by laying his theses before parliament and making them public in a tract.

In 1820, upon the advice of Lord Somerset, parliament voted to spend £ 50, 000 to promote migration to the Cape, prompting 4, 000 British people to emigrate.

He helped create the web-based Charter 2010 to explain and promote the potential of a hung parliament.

( Official site ) Field of operations: The Sami Parliament is both a government agency and an elected parliament whose purpose is to promote the Sami culture.

He was always ready to support propositions from other quarters, if they appeared to him to promote the liberty of the subject and the independence of parliament.

Although the Social Credit parties of Alberta and British Columbia had largely abandoned their monetary policies by this time, Bullmore and Hutton continued to promote social credit during their time in parliament.

Red Electoral Alliance (,, RV ) was an alliance of left-wing groups formed into a Norwegian political party to promote revolutionary socialism ideals into the Norwegian parliament.

As a member of parliament from 1861 to 1865 he endeavoured to promote agreement between the leaders of the Left.

During the life of the first parliament good relations were developed with a number of countries and the new nation was responsible for various initiatives to promote world peace and international understanding, both directly and by preparing helpful resolutions for sponsorship by member states in the United Nations General Assembly.

As a result of the large regular army garrison established to protect the naval facilities, Bermuda's parliament allowed the Bermudian militia to become defunct after the end of the American war in 1815.

Partially as a result of these events, increasing legal powers were introduced to protect castles – acts of parliament in 1900 and 1910 widened the terms of the earlier legislation on national monuments to allow the inclusion of castles.

The right to own property, therefore, did not depend upon the whims of a king or parliament ; to the contrary, the primary purpose of government was to protect rights in property, since these rights were at the base of all liberties.

The role of the Marischal was to serve as custodian of the Royal Regalia of Scotland, and to protect the king's person when attending parliament.

By February, the opposition lords were considering accusing the Duke of York of high treason, which resulted in the king proroguing parliament on 24 February in order to protect his brother.

In December 1678, discussion turned to impeaching the Earl of Danby, and, in order to protect his minister, Charles II prorogued parliament on 30 December 1678.

Þingvellir National Park was founded in 1930 to protect the remains of the parliament site and was later expanded to protect natural phenomena in the surrounding area.

The Federal Constitutional Court issued a decision a year later maintaining its earlier decision that the constitution protected the fetus from the moment of conception, but stated that it is within the discretion of parliament not to punish abortion in the first trimester, providing that the woman had submitted to state-regulated counseling designed to discourage termination and protect unborn life.

The Clubmen were a third force in the English Civil War, aligned to neither crown or parliament, they cared little for the issues but wished to protect their land from being despoiled by foraging troops of either side.

The Associated Press later refuted the report as well, saying that " a draft law moving through parliament encourages Iranians to wear Islamic clothing to protect the country's Muslim identity but does not mention special attire for religious minorities, according to a copy obtained Saturday by The Associated Press.

He insisted that the channel be made available within France, which the members of parliament required, and which TF1, wanting to protect its own news channel LCI, could object to.

The role of the Marischal was to serve as custodian of the Royal Regalia of Scotland, and to protect the king's person when attending parliament.

On September 5, 1989 as he spoke at a meeting in Tiraspol in favour of the language laws passed by the Moldovan parliament, he was taken away by policemen, who needed to protect him from the crowd of political opponents.

As well as teaching knowledge about democracy, parliament, government, the justice system, human rights and the UK's relations with the wider world, students participate in active citizenship, often involving a social action or social enterprise in their local community.

Historian Robert Conquest described this system as " a set of phantom institutions and arrangements which put a human face on the hideous realities: a model constitution adopted in a worst period of terror and guaranteeing human rights, elections in which there was only one candidate, and in which 99 percent voted ; a parliament at which no hand was ever raised in opposition or abstention.

As one of the founding fathers in the framing of the Jamaican Constitution in 1961, Mr. Seaga has spearheaded far-reaching constitutional reforms since then, initiating a re-write of the human rights section of the Constitution to provide for a Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms ; creation of the post of Public Defender and curtailment of some of the wide powers of the Prime Minister to provide a better balance of power between the executive and the parliament in the Jamaican system of governance.

Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Ph. D., an expert in Iran ’ s internal affairs and a leading advocate for civil, democratic society in Iran, one that grants freedom of speech and human rights, including women's rights, academic freedom, and a free press, was a member of Iran ’ s reformist Majlis ( parliament ) from 2000-2004.

Instead, the parliament should revive a national policy to motivate all National and International human rights organizations for unveiling of the despised Indian plans.

In his inaugural address in Strasbourg, Buzek stated that among the greatest challenges faced by the European parliament were the economic crisis, European solidarity, human rights and reform within the Parliament itself.

On November 25, 1995 she won the rerun with 3, 075 votes to 1, 630 for Mwashita, and continued her fight in parliament as a strong advocate for human rights and democracy.

He is a strong advocate for human rights and has represented the Dutch parliament on numerous occasions at meetings at the United Nations.

Before entering parliament in 2005, Khan was a leading human rights solicitor.

One case in which Mr Cox was instructed prior to his election to parliament, that of Nicholas van Hoogstraten, is often raised by political opponents seeking to imply a measure of controversy to Mr Cox's legal career, which, however, has also encompassed a very wide range of cases in the constitutional and human rights field both in the UK and overseas.

In 1911, a revision of the constitution resulted in stronger human rights, the reinforcement of the Rule of Law and the modernization of institutions, among them the parliament.

* Estonia: In 2000, the parliament passed a law declaring Internet access a fundamental human right and launched a massive program to expand access to the countryside.

Outside of parliament, Senator Payne is a sports fanatic and works in the community on issues as diverse as human rights, emerging technologies and the issues relating to Australia's ageing population.