*** One single chief [[pouvoir exécutif|executive]] = President He is at the same time the *head of state* and *head of government* (sometimes it is the Prime Minister[^1]) President is not elected by the Parliament, he's most of the times elected by the voters or indirectly via an organ ex : [[référendum]] de 1962 pour adopter le [[suffrage universel direct]] pour élire le président de la république en France The President and the Parliament majority are often not from the same [[parti politique|party]]. It is really frequent when both elections don't take place at the same times.[^2] ex : *mid-term elections* It happened to Obama And sometimes, the President's party control only one in two chambers *strict autonomy from the two powers :* Once selected, the president chooses the government, the ministers. Ministers do not have to be from the same party as the President or parlementaires (can be technocrats[^3]) Government and president are not accountable to the parliament exception, *[[impeachment]]* but it has very specific characteristics The president cannot dissolve the parliament. President can't be removed until the end of its term In some cases, such as the US, the President has a veto right on the laws of the Parliament but it can be overridden by a 2/3 majority from the Parliament. In some other cases, the President can also dissolve the Parliament such as in France. see [[advantages and drawbacks of presidential regimes]] ## Notes de bas de page ``` dataview TABLE length(file.outlinks) AS "Liens sortants", length(file.inlinks) AS "Liens entrants" WHERE file.path = this.file.path ``` [^1]: ex : France and its specific regime, not [[régime semi-présidentiel]] [^2]: called [[cohabitation politique]] in France [^3]: [[technocratisme]]