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dual executive  

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  • Among democratic political systems across the world, three models of organizing relations between the executive and legislative branches of government exist: parliamentary, presidential, and dual executive systems. In a parliamentary system, the executive consists of a cabinet that is headed by the prime minister and arises directly from the legislature. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Dual Executive]

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