10 Facts About Semi-constitutional monarchy

Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary monarchy, or democratic monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in decision making.

Oldest constitutional Semi-constitutional monarchy dating back to ancient times was that of the Hittites.

Constitutional Semi-constitutional monarchy occurred briefly in the early years of the French Revolution, but much more widely afterwards.

Napoleon Bonaparte is considered the first monarch proclaiming himself as an embodiment of the nation, rather than as a divinely appointed ruler; this interpretation of Semi-constitutional monarchy is germane to continental constitutional monarchies.

The Semi-constitutional monarchy under this system of government is a powerful political institution.

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Present-day concept of a constitutional Semi-constitutional monarchy developed in the United Kingdom, where the democratically elected parliaments, and their leader, the prime minister, exercise power, with the monarchs having ceded power and remaining as a titular position.

However, this model of constitutional Semi-constitutional monarchy was discredited and abolished following Germany's defeat in the First World War.

Later, Fascist Italy could be considered a constitutional Semi-constitutional monarchy, in that there was a king as the titular head of state while actual power was held by Benito Mussolini under a constitution.

Nowadays a parliamentary democracy that is a constitutional Semi-constitutional monarchy is considered to differ from one that is a republic only in detail rather than in substance.

Semi-constitutional monarchy played an influential role in each incident, often acting as mediator between disputing political opponents.