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Kingdoms and Monarchs of the World

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CountryMonarchType of monarchy
BahrainKing Hamad bin Isa al-KhalifaConstitutional
BelgiumKing Albert IIConstitutional 
BhutanKing Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchukin Transitional1
BruneiSultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Constitutional
CambodiaKing Norodom SihamoniConstitutional
DenmarkQueen Margrethe IIConstitutional
JapanEmperor AkihitoConstitutional
JordanKing Abdullah IIConstitutional
KuwaitSheikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Salim Al SabahConstitutional
LesothoKing Letsie IIIConstitutional
LiechtensteinPrince Hans Adam IIConstitutional
LuxembourgGrand Duke HenriConstitutional
MalaysiaKing Syed SirajuddinConstitutional
MonacoPrince Albert IIConstitutional
MoroccoKing Muhammad VIConstitutional
NepalKing GyanendraConstitutional2
NetherlandsQueen BeatrixConstitutional
NorwayKing Harald VConstitutional
OmanSultan Qabus ibn Sa'idAbsolute
QatarEmir Sheik Hamad ibn Khalifa al-ThaniConstitutional
Saudi ArabiaKing AbdullahAbsolute
SpainKing Juan Carlos IParliamentary
SwazilandKing Mswati IIIAbsolute
SwedenKing Carl XVI GustafConstitutional
ThailandKing Bhumibol AdulyadejConstitutional
TongaKing George Tupou VConstitutional
United Arab EmiratesKhalifa bin Zayed Al NahayanConstitutional
United KingdomQueen Elizabeth II3Constitutional4
1. Bhutan is in the process of becoming a constitutional monarchy.
2. Constitutional monarchy suspended in 2002, when King Gyanendra assumed power. A popular uprising in 2006, however, forced him to relinquish much of his power.
3. Queen Elizabeth II is also the Sovereign of 15 countries in the Commonwealth of Nations: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu.
4. Also parliamentary democracy.

See also World Rulers.


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