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{{wikipedia}}According to [[English Wikipedia]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parliamentary_system&oldid=1063927565|title=Parliamentary system|date=2021-01-20|website=[[English Wikipedia]]|url-status=live}}</ref>:<blockquote>A '''parliamentary system''' or '''parliamentary democracy''' is a system of [[democracy|democratic]] [[government|governance]] of a [[sovereign state|state]] (or subordinate entity) where the [[Executive (government)|executive]] derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the [[legislature]], typically a [[parliament]], to which it is accountable. In a parliamentary system, the [[head of state]] is usually a person distinct from the [[head of government]]. This is in contrast to a [[presidentialfederation]] systemor a [[unitary state]], where the head of state often is also the head of government and, most importantly, where the executive does not derive its democratic legitimacy from the legislature.

Countries with parliamentary systems may be [[Constitutional monarchy|constitutional monarchies]], where a [[monarch]] is the head of state while the head of government is almost always a [[member of parliament]], or [[parliamentary republic]]srepublics, where a mostly ceremonial president is the head of state while the head of government is regularly from the legislature. In a few parliamentary republics, among [[List of countries by system of government#Parliamentary republics with an executive presidency|some others]], the head of government is also head of state, but is elected by and is answerable to parliament. In [[bicameral legislature|bicameral]] parliaments, the head of government is generally, though not always, a member of the lower house.

[[Parliamentarianism]] is the dominant [[form of government]] in Europe, with 32 of its [[W:List of European countries|50 sovereign states]] being parliamentarian. It is also common in the [[Caribbean]], being the form of government of 10 of its 13 island states, and in Oceania. Elsewhere in the world, parliamentary countries are less common, but they are distributed through all continents, most often in former colonies of the [[British Empire]] that subscribe to a particular brand of parliamentarianism known as the [[Westminster system]].</blockquote>See [[Government formation]]