In 1848, Switzerland adopted a new constitution under which it became a federal republic.
The region became a federal republic of Russia in 1991 following the collapse of the USSR.
There will be state governments and a union government, like in America or the Federal Republic of Germany.
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He is determined not to become the federal republic's first chancellor to be denied a second term in office.
The federal republic has never had one, although its constitution allows for plebiscites.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, an eventful day has ended and Christian Wulff is the president of the Federal Republic of Germany, " she said.
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Germany calls itself a federal republic, but its states are more or less administrative organs that carry out policies formulated in Berlin.
Indeed, their power to block reform, through their representation in the federal republic's second chamber, the Bundesrat, may nowadays be too much.
Mr. KARSTEN VOIGT (Coordinator, German-American Cooperation, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany): The mood is that the Germany is soft on Iran.
Indeed, the Federal Republic of Germany has chronically been among the weakest links in the Western effort to deny potential adversaries militarily relevant high technology.
Economically the federal republic is way up underwriting the entire European Union.
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Dr. Angela Merkel came to symbolize the triumph of freedom by becoming the first East German to serve as chancellor of a united Federal Republic of Germany.
The Federal Republic spends 4, 6% of the GDP on education and is thus able to provide free and compulsory education to all persons aged 18 years and below.
Ms Suu Kyi, released from a seven-year period of house arrest in November last year, advocates autonomy under a federal republic for at least three of Burma's ethnic groups.
Member nations are: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
By 1961 the best skilled and most ambitious East Germans were heading to Berlin, taking the subway into the Western zone, and traveling on to the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Achebe told the BBC's Network Africa programme that he hoped that rejecting the Commander of the Federal Republic - Nigeria's second highest honour - would serve as a "wake-up call".
The state-backed development lender founded in 1948 - even before the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany - is 80%-owned by the federal government and the states own the rest.
It is in the West's interest to accept rapid reunification, to have the GDR become part of the existing Federal Republic of Germany and to integrate it into the NATO framework.
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Thus, for example, Iraq would remain a federal republic, but its revenues from oil, which is concentrated in the north and south, would be shared among the provinces according to population size.
Founded in 1947, even before the Federal Republic of Germany's official birth, Der Spiegel made its name by tormenting the Adenauer government, promoting dialogue with the communist east and dredging up scandals.
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"The Kemenica border post was attacked by FRY light infantry, forces who have crossed the border and were advancing toward the border post, " Gonggrijp said, using the acronym for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
He has twice turned down the offer of a title Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic, once in 2004 from Nigeria's then President Olusegun Obasanjo and again in 2011 from President Goodluck Jonathan.
The Nigerian Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, the President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mallam Graba, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mr Terence P.
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The original mission of KFOR was to monitor, verify, and, when necessary, enforce compliance with the Military Technical Agreement between NATO and the then-Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Serbia), while maintaining a safe and secure environment.
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The Duke of Edinburgh and I look forward to receiving state visits by His Excellency the President of the Federal Republic of Germany next month, and his Excellency the President of the People's Republic of China next year.
The celebrations will start with a planned courtesy visit to the Attorney General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Bello Adoke, on the issue of implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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The Turkish-Cypriots, for their part, have won a moral victory by sloughing off their image as the main obstacle to the federal, demilitarised republic which both sides claim to accept in principle.
So he has put a tough general in charge of the 10, 000 or so federal troops stationed in the republic, muzzled its voice in the federal parliament, and tried (so far in vain) to silence its annoyingly lively press.
In 1946, the constitution of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia was promulgated.
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