Where are the world’s remaining monarchies?

by mahmood on 29/05/08 at 5:20 pm

Nepal’s 239-year-old Shah dynasty became the latest monarchy to tumble on Wednesday, after its ruling Hindu royals were outmanoeuvred by a decade-long Maoist insurgency and displaced by a mass pro-democracy movement.

Here is a list of some of the world’s remaining monarchies and their royal heads of state:

RULING MONARCHIES:

  • Bahrain, constitutional monarchy: King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa.
  • Brunei, constitutional sultanate: Sultan and Prime Minister Sir Hassanal Bolkiah.
  • Jordan, constitutional monarchy: King Abdullah II.
  • Kuwait, constitutional emirate: Sheik Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
  • Oman, monarchy: Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said.
  • Qatar, emirate: Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifah al-Thani.
  • Saudi Arabia, monarchy: King and Prime Minister Abdullah.
  • Swaziland, monarchy: King Mswati III rules Africa’s last remaining absolute monarchy.
  • United Arab Emirates, federation of emirates: President Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan.

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OTHER MONARCHIES:

  • Bhutan, constitutional monarchy: King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who ceded most of his powers at March democratic elections ending the country’s absolute monarchy.
  • Belgium, federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy: King Albert II.
  • Cambodia, multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy: King Norodom Sihamoni.
  • Commonwealth nations with constitutional monarchies under British Queen Elizabeth II: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua, Solomon Islands, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tuvalu, U.K.
  • Denmark, constitutional monarchy: Queen Margrethe II.
  • Japan, constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government: Emperor Akihito.
  • Lesotho, parliamentary constitutional monarchy: King Letsie III.
  • Lichenstein, constitutional monarchy: Prince Hans Adam II.
  • Luxembourg, constitutional monarchy: Grand Duke Henri.
  • Malaysia, (rotating) constitutional monarchy: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin.
  • Monaco, constitutional monarchy: Prince Albert II.
  • Morocco, constitutional monarchy: King Mohamed VI.
  • Norway, constitutional monarchy: King Harald V.
  • Thailand, constitutional monarchy: King Bhumibol Adulyadej, world’s longest-reigning monarch in power since 1946.
  • The Netherlands, constitutional monarchy: Queen Beatrix.
  • Tonga, constitutional monarchy: King George Tupou V.
  • Spain, parliamentary monarchy: King Juan Carlos I.
  • Sweden, constitutional monarchy: King Carl XVI Gustaf.

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