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Name Parties Progress Actions
🇦🇫 Afghanistan 15
🇦🇱 Albania 14
🇩🇿 Algeria 9
🇦🇴 Angola 4
🇦🇷 Argentina 15
🇦🇲 Armenia 6
🇦🇺 Australia 6
🇦🇹 Austria 6
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 5
🇧🇭 Bahrain 1
🇧🇩 Bangladesh 11
🇧🇾 Belarus 1
🇧🇪 Belgium 22
🇧🇯 Benin 23
🇧🇹 Bhutan 3
🇧🇴 Bolivia 19
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16
🇧🇼 Botswana 2
🇧🇷 Brazil 21
🇧🇳 Brunei 1
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 16
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 7
🇧🇮 Burundi 8
🇰🇭 Cambodia 8
🇨🇲 Cameroon 8
🇨🇦 Canada 5
🇨🇻 Cape Verde 4
🇨🇫 Central African Republic 16
🇹🇩 Chad 17
🇨🇱 Chile 14
🇨🇳 China 1
🇨🇴 Colombia 12
🇰🇲 Comoros 15
🇨🇬 Congo 15
🇨🇷 Costa Rica 8
🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire 10
🇭🇷 Croatia 11
🇨🇺 Cuba 1
🇨🇾 Cyprus 9
🇨🇿 Czech Republic 18
🇩🇰 Denmark 9
🇩🇯 Djibouti 4
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 10
🇨🇩 DR Congo (Zaire) 14
🇪🇨 Ecuador 17
🇪🇬 Egypt 6
🇸🇻 El Salvador 8
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 13
🇪🇷 Eritrea 1
🇪🇪 Estonia 17
🇪🇹 Ethiopia 4
🇫🇯 Fiji 11
🇫🇮 Finland 14
🇫🇷 France 21
🇬🇦 Gabon 11
🇬🇲 Gambia 3
🇬🇪 Georgia 12
German Democratic Republic 1
🇩🇪 Germany 6
🇬🇭 Ghana 6
🇬🇷 Greece 8
🇬🇩 Grenada 7
🇬🇹 Guatemala 12
🇬🇳 Guinea 7
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 7
🇬🇾 Guyana 7
🇭🇹 Haiti 14
🇭🇳 Honduras 5
🇭🇺 Hungary 9
🇮🇸 Iceland 10
🇮🇳 India 25
🇮🇩 Indonesia 15
🇮🇷 Iran 20
🇮🇶 Iraq 25
🇮🇪 Ireland 6
🇮🇱 Israel 34
🇮🇹 Italy 37
🇯🇲 Jamaica 3
🇯🇵 Japan 10
🇯🇴 Jordan 3
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 4
🇰🇪 Kenya 12
🇰🇵 Korea (North) 1
🇰🇷 Korea (South) 11
🇰🇼 Kuwait 1
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 9
🇱🇦 Laos 3
🇱🇻 Latvia 22
🇱🇧 Lebanon 20
🇱🇸 Lesotho 8
🇱🇷 Liberia 10
🇱🇾 Libya 4
🇱🇹 Lithuania 19
🇱🇺 Luxembourg 5
🇲🇰 Macedonia 14
🇲🇬 Madagascar 13
🇲🇼 Malawi 7
🇲🇾 Malaysia 20
🇲🇻 Maldives 11
🇲🇱 Mali 14
🇲🇹 Malta 3
🇲🇷 Mauritania 8
🇲🇺 Mauritius 13
🇲🇽 Mexico 6
🇲🇩 Moldova 11
🇲🇳 Mongolia 7
🇲🇪 Montenegro 9
🇲🇦 Morocco 11
🇲🇿 Mozambique 1
🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) 5
🇳🇦 Namibia 2
🇳🇵 Nepal 8
🇳🇱 Netherlands 11
🇳🇿 New Zealand 10
🇳🇮 Nicaragua 12
🇳🇪 Niger 14
🇳🇬 Nigeria 8
🇳🇴 Norway 8
🇴🇲 Oman 1
🇵🇰 Pakistan 12
🇵🇦 Panama 14
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 20
🇵🇾 Paraguay 9
🇵🇪 Peru 14
🇵🇭 Philippines 13
🇵🇱 Poland 25
🇵🇹 Portugal 7
🇶🇦 Qatar 1
🇷🇴 Romania 17
🇷🇺 Russia 15
🇷🇼 Rwanda 10
🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 7
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 1
🇸🇳 Senegal 14
🇷🇸 Serbia 26
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 8
🇸🇬 Singapore 2
🇸🇰 Slovakia 18
🇸🇮 Slovenia 15
🇸🇴 Somalia 5
🇿🇦 South Africa 8
🇸🇸 South Sudan 2
🇪🇸 Spain 5
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 16
🇸🇩 Sudan 9
🇸🇷 Suriname 20
🇸🇿 Swaziland 1
🇸🇪 Sweden 7
🇨🇭 Switzerland 5
🇸🇾 Syria 2
🇹🇼 Taiwan 6
🇹🇯 Tajikistan 3
🇹🇿 Tanzania 4
🇹🇭 Thailand 25
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 7
🇹🇬 Togo 11
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 7
🇹🇳 Tunisia 10
🇹🇷 Turkey 13
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 1
🇺🇬 Uganda 11
🇺🇦 Ukraine 29
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 4
🇺🇸 United States 3
🇺🇾 Uruguay 6
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 5
🇻🇪 Venezuela 10
🇻🇳 Vietnam 2
Vietnam (South) 1
🇾🇪 Yemen 8
Yemen (South) 2
🇿🇲 Zambia 3
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 5

Information

governments // leaders, ministers (global, 1966–2016)

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055420000490

main dataset (main) — popular datasets linked with Party Facts

first imported on 28 December 2020 and last updated on 19 April 2024

Reference

Nyrup, Jacob, and Stuart Bramwell. 2020. Who Governs? A New Global Dataset on Members of Cabinets. American Political Science Review. 1-9. FirstView. doi: 10.1017/S0003055420000490

Import "readme.txt"

WhoGov

Source

Import

  • converted encoding of WhoGov_within_V1.2.csv from Windows-1252 to utf-8
  • iconv -f Windows-1252 -t utf-8 WhoGov_within_V1.2.csv > WhoGov_within_V1.2_utf-8.csv
  • imports
  • initial import — all WhoGov data and automatic linking during import in PF-Web
  • final import — parties with 5 ministers and those linked automatically before