Diarchy+&+Co-Kingship

Diarchy and Co-Kingship
(Return to Monarchy) (Return to Life Philosophies) Diarchy (or dyarchy), from the Greek "to rule," is a form of government in which two diarchs are the heads of state. In most diarchies, the diarchs hold their position for life and pass the responsibilities and power of the position to their children or family when they die. The diarchy is one of the oldest types of government and has been in existence for centuries. Diarchies are known from ancient Sparta, Rome, Carthage as well as from Germanic and Dacian tribes. Several ancient Polynesian societies exhibited a diarchic political structure as well. Ranks in the Inca Empire were structured in moieties, with two occupants of each rank, but with different prestige, one hanan (upper) and one hurin (lower). In modern usage diarchy means a system of dual rule, whether this be of a government or of an organisation. Such 'diarchies' are not hereditary. Examples of modern forms are the governments of San Marino and Northern Ireland. The Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of British India prescribed a "dyarchy" of ministers who were individually responsible to the legislature, and the Australian Defence Organisation operates as a diarchy. Andorra is the only present country to retain two diarchs, known as co-princes, as head of state.

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"//Diarchy is the rule of two for the Incas, and an equal marriage for America. It's only defining trait is that power is being 'shared' by two people in the same position//." -Sam)(ael-

-Andorra is a co-principality. The Diarchs are the President of France and the Bishop of Urgell. The current co-princes are Nicolas Sarkozy and Joan Enric Vives Sicília respectively.
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