Kuwait

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"Kuwait gained its independence from Britain in 1961, and since that time it has been a constitutional monarchy whose ruler, called the Emir, has episodically shared some power with a National Assembly elected by adult male Kuwaitis. The National Assembly has been suspended from time to time, once in 1976 and again in 1986, showing that it is secondary in terms of power to the emir.

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"Kuwait gained its independence from Britain in 1961, and since that time it has been a constitutional monarchy whose ruler, called the Emir, has episodically shared some power with a National Assembly elected by adult male Kuwaitis. The National Assembly has been suspended from time to time, once in 1976 and again in 1986, showing that it is secondary in terms of power to the emir. Reopening the National Assembly became the goal of the prodemocracy Constitutionalist Movement in 1989 90. Just before the Iraqi invasion in 1990, a compromise National Council, partially elected and partially appointed and with more limited power, was convened by the Emir, and it was reconvened following the liberation of Kuwait in 1991. However, this did not placate the popular opposition, which prompted the Emir to schedule elections for October 1992 ("Kuwait: Government"). "

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