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Politics of Iceland
The
politics of
Iceland
take place within the framework of a
parliamentary
representative democratic
republic
. The
President of Iceland
is the
head of state
, while the
Prime Minister of Iceland
is the
head of government
in a
multi-party system
. It is arguably the world's oldest parliamentary democracy.
Executive power
is exercised by the government.
Legislative power
is vested in both the
government
and parliament, the
Althing
. The
Judiciary
is independent of the executive and the legislature.
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