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| POLITICAL ORGANISATION | ||
Peru is a democratic republic with a presidential system of government. |
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| Power is vested in an executive branch headed by the President, a single-chamber legislative branch embodied by the Congress, and the judiciary. |
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| Direct presidential and legislative elections are held every five years, local elections every three. |
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| President Alan Garcia Perez was elected in 2006. | ||
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