The practice of having two heads of state, like Roman consuls, chosen in frequentelections, is derived directly from the customs of the Roman Republic. The councilis equivalent to the Roman Senate; the captains regent, to the consuls of ancientRome. It is thought the inhabitants of the area came together as Roman rulecollapsed to form a rudimentary government for their own protection from foreignrule.San Marino is a multi-party democratic republic. A new election law in 2008 raisedthe threshold for small parties entering Parliament, causing political parties toorganise themselves into two alliances: the right-wing Pact for San Marino, led bythe San Marinese Christian Democratic Party; and the left-wing Reforms and Freedom,led by the Party of Socialists and Democrats, a merger of the Socialist Party ofSan Marino and the former communist Party of Democrats. The 2008 general electionwas won by the Pact for San Marino with 35 seats in the Grand and General Councilagainst Reforms and Freedom's 25.On 1 October 2007, Mirko Tomassoni was elected as among the heads of state, makinghim the first disabled person ever to have been elected as captain regent.[44]San Marino has had more female heads of state than any other country: 15 as ofOctober 2014, including three who served twice. With regard to the legalprofession, while the Order of Lawyers and Notaries of the Republic of San Marino[Ordine degli Avvocati e Notai della Repubblica di San Marino] exists, there is no
clear indication as to how demographic groups have fared in the legal field.Administrative divisionsMunicipalitiesAdministrative divisions of San MarinoSan Marino is divided into the following nine municipalities, known locally ascastelli (meaning "castles"):San Marino (City of San Marino, officially Città di San Marino) is the capital.There are also eight minor municipalities:AcquavivaBorgo MaggioreChiesanuovaDomagnanoFaetanoFiorentinoMontegiardinoSerravalleThe largest settlement of the Republic is Dogana, which is not an autonomouscastello, but rather belongs to the Castello of Serravalle.In a similar way to an Italian comune, each castello includes a main settlement,called capoluogo, which is the seat of the castello, and some even smallerlocalities known as frazioni.CuraciesThe republic is made up of 43 parishes[45] named curacies (It: curazie):Cà Berlone, Cà Chiavello, Cà Giannino, Cà Melone, Cà Ragni, Cà Rigo, Cailungo,Caladino, Calligaria, Canepa, Capanne, Casole, Castellaro, Cerbaiola, Cinque Vie,Confine, Corianino, Crociale, Dogana, Falciano, Fiorina, Galavotto, Gualdicciolo,La Serra, Lesignano, Molarini, Montalbo, Monte Pulito, Murata, Pianacci,Piandivello, Poggio Casalino, Poggio Chiesanuova, Ponte Mellini, Rovereta, SanGiovanni sotto le Penne, Santa Mustiola, Spaccio Giannoni, Teglio, Torraccia,Valdragone, Valgiurata and Ventoso.
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Term
Spring
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Jorge
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San Marino