Variable: Election of the Executive

QoG Code: (iaep_ee)


Dataset: Institutions and Elections Project Data

Description:

Is the executive elected by:

  1. Directly elected by public vote
  2. Elected through legislative action by members of the legislature
  3. Chosen through party process strictly by a party
  4. Indirect public vote
  5. Appointed

Source: IAEP (Wig et al., 2015)

Type of variable: Categorical

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-12-27
Last updated by source: 2015-05-20


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


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Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series: 143


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This variable has information from the year 1960 to the year 2012