GOVERNMENT SYSTEM

OF
BRUNEI

SANTOS, ANDREA C.
MIRAVALLES, EZRA
CASTILLO, AEZEL
2-BSTM
SS102: CONTEMPORARY WORLD
 BRUNEI GOVERNMENT
KEY FIGURES:
CHIEF OF STATE/ HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT IS CALLED
SULTAN AND PRIME MINISTER HASSANAL BOLKIAH

GOVERNMENT NAME:
NATION OF BRUNEI, ABODE OF PEACE

CONSTITUTION:
ADOPTED: 1959; DICTATES THE GOVERNMENT INCLUDING THE EXECUTIVE HEAD OF
STATE AND VARIOUS COUNCILS. ELIMINATED THE NEED FOR ELECTONS.

GOVERNMENT TYPE:
ABSOLUTE MONARCHY OR SULTANATE
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THE ISLAMIC SULTANATE OF NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM WAS A BRITISH
PROTECTORATE FROM 1888 UNTIL WORLD WAR II WHEN THE JAPANESE OOCCUPIED
BRUNEI.
AFTER THE JAPANESE WERE DEFEATED IN 1945, THE BRITISH RESUMED CONTROL.
IN 1959, BRUNEI BECAME SELF-GGOVERNING IN A LIMITED WAY ACCORDING TO THE
CONSTITUTION, WITH BRITAIN REMAINING RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFENSE AND FOREIGN
POLICY.
IN JANUARY 1984, BRUNEI BECAME FULLY INDEPENDENT ACCORDING TO THE 1979
TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE UK AND BRUNEI. SINCE THEN,
BRUNEI HAS BECOME A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY WITH A MINISTERIAL
GOVERNMENT.
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BRUNEI'S LEGAL SYSTEM IS BASED ON BRITISH COMMON LAW, WITH A PARALLEL SHARIAH
LAW SYSTEM FOR MUSLIMS.
IN TERMS OF SUCCESSION OF POWER, BRUNEI IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT DID NOT
FOLLOW MODERN TRENDS AS THE SULTANATE CAN ONLY BE PASSED ON TO THE SULTAN'S
NEXT OF KIN. OTHER COUNTRIES MAY HAVE RETAINED THEIR ROYAL FAMILIES BUT BRUNEI
HAS SOMEHOW MANAGE TOO HAVE MANDATE FROM ITS CONSTITUENTS
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GOVERNANCE IN BRUNEI IS GUIDED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND THE STATE IDEOLOGY OF
MELAYU ISLAM BERAJA (MIB) OR 'MALAY ISLAMIC MONARCHY', WHICH ENCAPSULATES
NORMS OF MALAY CULTURE, ISLAMIC RELIGION, AND THE POLITICAL FRAMEWORK UNDER
THE MONARCHY.
BRUNEI IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING ABSOLUTE MONARCHIES IN THE WORLD, AND
THE ONLY ONE IN ASIA. AS ABSOLUTE MONARCH, THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI IS THUS THE
HEAD OF STATE AND HEAD OF GOVERNMENT. HE IS ALSO THE OFFICIAL 'GUARDIAN AND
PROTECTOR' OF ISLAM AND TRADITION IN BRUNEI.
 BRUNEI GOVERNMENT BRANCHES
MAIN POWERS ELECTION PROCESS ELECTION CYCLE
THE SULTAN HAS ABSOLUTE EXECUTIVE THE SULTAN AND
AUTHORITY. IT APPOINTS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PRIME MINISTER ARE HEREDITARY
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS AND THE SUPREME COURT HEREDITARY

THE HIGHEST COURT OF LAND. SHARIAH THE SUPREME COURT THE SUPREME COURT
JUDICIAL DEALS WITH ISLAMIC LAW MATTERS JUDGES AND THE SHARIA JUDGES CAN SERVE
COURT OF APPEAL JUDGES UNTIL AGE 65 AND
ARE APPOINTED BY THE THE SHARIA COURT
MONARCH OF APPEAL JUDGES
HAVE NO TERM
LIMITS

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAS

LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATVE COUNCIL ADVISES THE SULTAN 36 MEMBERS WHO ARE UNTIL DISMISSAL BY
APPOINTED BY THE SULTAN
SULTAN
 THANK YOU !!

SANTOS, ANDREA C.
MIRAVALLES, EZRA
CASTILLO, AEZEL
2-BSTM
SS102: CONTEMPORARY WORLD