: President TOLEDO elected in runoff election;
percent of vote - Alejandro TOLEDO 53.1%, Alan GARCIA 46.9%

Philippines:
chief of state: President Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
(since 20 January 2001); note - the president is both the chief of
state and head of government

head of government: President Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO (since 20
January 2001); note - the president is both the chief of state and
head of government

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president with the consent of the
Commission of Appointments

elections: president and vice president elected on separate tickets
by popular vote for six-year terms; election last held 11 May 1998
(next to be held 16 May 2004)

election results: results of the last presidential election -
Joseph Ejercito ESTRADA elected president; percent of vote -
approximately 40%; Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO elected vice president;
percent of vote - NA%; note - on 20 January 2001, Vice President
Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO was sworn in as the constitutional successor
to President Joseph ESTRADA after the Supreme Court declared that
President ESTRADA was unable to rule in view of the mass
resignations from his government; according to the Constitution,
only in cases of death, permanent disability, removal from office,
or resignation of the president, can the vice president serve for
the unexpired term

Pitcairn Islands:
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6
February 1952), represented by UK High Commissioner to New Zealand
and Governor (nonresident) of the Pitcairn Islands Martin WILLIAMS
(since NA May 1998); Commissioner (nonresident) Leon SALT (since NA;
is the liaison person between the governor and the Island Council)

head of government: Island Magistrate and Chairman of the Island
Council Jay WARREN (since NA)

cabinet: NA

elections: the monarch is hereditary; high commissioner and
commissioner appointed by the monarch; island magistrate elected
every three years in December by popular vote for a three-year term;
last election held NA December 1999 (next to be held NA December
2002)

election results: Lea BROWN elected island magistrate; percent of
vote - NA%

Poland:
chief of state: President Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI (since 23
December 1995)

head of government: Prime Minister Jerzy BUZEK - Solidarity
Electoral Union - (since 31 October 1997), Deputy Prime Ministers
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