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Pouvoir exécutif: chef d'état (Président): Queen of Australia ELIZABETH II (depuis 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Michael JEFFERY (depuis 11 August 2003)
chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Prime Minister Kevin RUDD (depuis 3 December 2007); Deputy Prime Minister Julia GILLARD (depuis 3 December 2007)
cabinet: prime minister nominates, from among members of Parliament, candidates who are subsequently sworn in by the governor general to serve as government ministers
elections: the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition is sworn in as prime minister by the governor general
Source: CIA World Factbook - Version du Mai 16, 2008
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