word | | Executive branch |
| December | Laos | ... BOUN-GNANG Volachit (since 8 June 2006) head of government: Prime Minister THONGSING Thammavong (since 24 December 2010); First Deputy Prime Minister Maj. Gen. ASANG Laoli (since May 2002), Prime Ministers Maj ... |
| December | Macau | ... Jintao (since 15 March 2003) head of government: Chief Executive Fernando CHUI Sai-on (since 20 December 2009) cabinet: Executive Council consists of 1 government secretary, 3 legislators, 4 businessmen, 1 pro ... |
| December | Madagascar | ... vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 3 December 2006 (next to be held in March 2012); prime minister appointed by the president; note ... |
| December | Malaysia | chief of state: King - Tuanku Abdul HALIM Mu'adzam Shah (since 13 December 2011); the position of the king is primarily ceremonial head of government: Prime Minister Mohamed NAJIB bin Abdul Razak ... |
| December | Mexico | chief of state: President Felipe de Jesus CALDERON Hinojosa (since 1 December 2006); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: President Felipe de ... |
| December | Moldova | chief of state: Acting President Marian LUPU (since 30 December 2010) note: Vladimir VORONIN, president since 4 April 2001, resigned on 11 September 2009; during the first AEI government, Speaker of Parliament ... |
| December | Mongolia | ... government: Prime Minister Sukhbaatar BATBOLD (since 29 October 2009); Deputy Prime Minister Miegombyn ENKHBOLD (since 6 December 2007) cabinet: Cabinet nominated by the prime minister in consultation with the president and confirmed ... |
| December | Montenegro | ... President Filip VUJANOVIC (since 6 April 2008) head of government: Prime Minister Igor LUKSIC (since 29 December 2010) cabinet: Ministries act as cabinet elections: president elected by direct vote for five-year ... |
| December | Peru | ... Vice President Omar CHEHADE (since 28 July 2011) note: Prime Minister Oscar VALDES Dancuart (since 11 December 2011) does not exercise executive power; this power rests with the president cabinet: Council of ... |
| December | Pitcairn Islands | ... monarch; island mayor elected by popular vote for a three-year term; election last held in December 2010 (next to be held in December 2013) election results: Mike WARREN reelected mayor and ... |