for Labour, also making her the first female member of the cabinet. Margaret Thatcher was the longest serving prime minister of the 20th century. Baroness Janet Mary Young was the first woman to hold the role of Leader of the House of Lords. The Leader of the House of Lords is responsible for organising House business and representing the House of Lords on formal occasions. The first and only female Speaker of the House of Commons was Betty Boothroyd. The Speaker keeps order and oversees the business of the House of Commons. Baroness Hale of Richmond was appointed as a Law Lord in 2004. She is still the most senior female judge in the UK. Used links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom http://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/workofthehouseoflords/checkingandchallenging / http://www.parliament.uk/education/aboutyourparliament/historyofparliament/groundbreak / http://www.parliament
current President is Aníbal Cavaco Silva. The Parliament is a chamber composed of 230 deputies elected for a four-year term. The government, whose head is the Prime Minister (currently Pedro Passos Coelho), chooses a Council of Ministers, that comprises the Ministers and State Secretaries. The courts are organized into several levels: judicial, administrative, and fiscal branches. The Supreme Courts are institutions of last resort/appeal. A thirteen- member Constitutional Court oversees the constitutionality of the laws. Portugal operates a multi-party system of competitive legislatures/local administrative governments at the national-, regional- and local-levels. The Legislative Assembly, Regional Assemblies and local municipalities and/or parishes, are dominated by two political parties, the Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party, in addition to the Unitarian Democratic Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party plus Ecologist Party "The Greens"), the Left Bloc
Upon signing an agreement with the Government, the investor has to present a bank guarantee in the amount of 2% of the total investment. Instead of a bank guarantee, the investor may also deposit the corresponding amount. This is a pledge amount securing fulfillment of the obligations assumed by the investor. The Agency monitors implementation of an investment with the status of special importance and oversees whether the investor fulfills fully and duly the obligations assumed under the agree- ment. The Agency also studies the circumstances that prevent and delay the investing process and submits a corresponding report to the Government of Georgia. The Government of Georgia is entitled to provide the investor with additional support in the process of making the investment. The status of special importance of an investment provides an investor with additional rights and guarantees.