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Exekutive: Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Tabare VAZQUEZ Rosas (seit dem 1 March 2005); Vice Staatspräsident Rodolfo NIN NOVOA (seit dem 1 March 2005); note - the president is both the Staatsoberhaupt and Regierungschef
Regierungschef: Staatspräsident Tabare VAZQUEZ Rosas (seit dem 1 March 2005); Vice Staatspräsident Rodolfo NIN NOVOA (seit dem 1 March 2005)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president with parliamentary approval
elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for five-year terms (may not serve consecutive terms); election last held 31 October 2004 (next to be held in October 2009)
election results: Tabare VAZQUEZ elected president; percent of vote - Tabare VAZQUEZ 50.5%, Jorge LARRANAGA 35.1%, Guillermo STIRLING 10.3%; other 4.1%
Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Mai 16, 2008
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