On the classification of parliamentary republics

Siushkin A. E.

The article is devoted to the problem of classifying a parliamentary republic as a form of government. The parliamentary Republic as a form of government is represented by a significantly smaller number of countries than the presidential and mixed republics, which causes a small number of its types. The author singles out the classic parliamentary republics of the European type; republics with direct presidential elections, which is seen as a deviation from the classical form; atypical parliamentary republics, which include countries with a significant shift in the balance of the branches of government in favor of the legislative and the absence of a sole head of state, as well as ethno-confessional parliamentary republics, characteristic, first of all, of the countries of the Middle East. The article also analyzes the reasons for the formation of each type of parliamentary republic.

Keywords:state, forms of state, forms of government, republic, parliamentary republic.