Улога шефа државе у политичком систему земаља Централне Азије
The Role of the Head of State in Political System of Central Asia

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to describe the function, importance and role that head of state as an political institution has in the political system in Central Asian states based on legal acts, especially the constitution, and laws relating to this matter, as well as political practice. The head of state is each country’s important institution in political system responsible for the well functioning of government. It gets its importance especially in those systems of government that can be characterized as presidential or semi-presidential. As the system of government in Central Asian republics can be classified into one of these, we can conclude that the president of the republic is one of the most important government institution in these political systems. A comparative analysis of the constitutional position and role of head of state in this paper covers five Central Asian states - Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. The first part of this paper deals with general characteristics and determinants of political system that are common to all these countries, while the second part of the paper deals with the specific position and role that the president of the republic has in these states individually. The third part of the paper deals with challenges to the political system of these states.

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