Uruguay Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Montevideo
geographische Koordinaten: 34 53 S, 56 11 W
Zeitunterschied: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in October; ends second Sunday in March

Unabhängigkeit

25 August 1825 (from Brazil)

Nationalfeiertag

Unabhängigkeit, 25 August (1825)

Konstitution

27 November 1966, effective 15 Februar 1967; suspended 27 Juni 1973, new constitution rejected by referendum 30 November 1980; two constitutional reforms approved by plebiscite 26 November 1989 and 7 Januar 1997

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal und obligatorisch

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%