Forms of Government

Head of State – the person or people in charge of a country’s government

Forms of government1. Monarchy2. Constitutional monarchy3. Dictatorship4. Democracy

Head of state inherits his/her job

Usually, a monarchy is run by a king or queen, who makes all the laws and major government decisions

Monarchy

Bhumibol Adulyadej – King of Thailand

Monarcy

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan– President of UAE and hereditary ruler of Abu Dhabi

For the most part, the monarchs in a C.M. do not have any real power. The power is held by another part of the government

For example, in Great Britaingovernment decisions are madeby Parliament

Constitutional Monarchy

Queen Elizabeth of England

Constitutional Monarcy

Head of State : dictator People have little to no control over the

gov’t and its decisions Keep power through force and intimidation

Dictatorship

North Korea’s Kim Jong Il

Dictatorship

Fidel Castro of Cuba

Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany

People run the government (elect the H.O.S. and representatives)

People control government by voting

Barack Obama of the United States of America

Democracy

Direct◦ In a direct democracy, citizens make policy

and law decisions in person, without going through representatives

Representative◦ Citizens elect representatives to make gov’t

decisions to benefit the whole nation

Types of democracies