Politics of the Netherlands
Politics in the Netherlands Politiek in Nederland (Dutch) | |
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| Constitution | Constitution of the Netherlands |
| Legislative branch | |
| Name | States General |
| Type | Bicameral |
| Meeting place | Inner Court |
| Upper house | |
| Name | Senate |
| Presiding officer | Jan Anthonie Bruijn, President of the Senate |
| Lower house | |
| Name | House of Representatives |
| Presiding officer | Martin Bosma, Speaker of the House of Representatives |
| Executive branch | |
| Head of state | |
| Title | King or Queen |
| Currently | King Willem-Alexander |
| Appointer | Hereditary |
| Head of government | |
| Title | King or Queen (de jure) Prime Minister (de facto) |
| Currently | Dick Schoof |
| Appointer | Monarch |
| Cabinet | |
| Name | Cabinet of the Netherlands Council of Ministers |
| Current cabinet | Schoof cabinet |
| Leader | Prime Minister |
| Deputy leader | Deputy Prime Minister |
| Appointer | Monarch |
| Headquarters | Inner Court |
| Ministries | 15 |
| Judicial branch | |
| Name | Judiciary of the Netherlands |
| Supreme Court | |
| Chief judge | Dineke de Groot |
| Seat | The Hague |
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The Netherlands is a parliamentary representative democracy. A constitutional monarchy, the country is organised as a decentralised unitary state. The Netherlands can be described as a consociational state. Dutch politics and governance are characterised by a common striving for broad consensus on important issues, within both of the political community and society as a whole.