No.
America has a congressional, not parliamentary system.
It elects a President separately from its legislature. (The President is both the head of state and head of government. He fulfills both practical and ceremonial roles--and he's George Walker Bush, currently)
There is a Speaker of the House of Representatives (the lower and larger house) who is sort of like a chancellor. She's currently Nancy Pelosi (D-California). The head of the upper house (the Senate) has no real power, but he's the vice president, Dick Cheney.
2007-03-25 17:00:35
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answered by Eileen 3
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No, America has a President. Directly beneath the President is the Emperors of East America and West America. Each of those Emperors have some chancellors serving under them.
2007-03-25 16:59:05
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answered by red_necksuck 4
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No US does not have a chancellor like Germany which is the head of the Government. In German politics the position is somewhat equivalent to that of a Prime Minister in other countries.
Among other things, president today is a common title for the head of state of most republics or as in the United States for that matter, whether popularly elected, chosen by the legislature or a special electoral college. It is also often adopted by dictators.
2007-03-25 17:06:37
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answered by W j 4
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A chancellor would be someone who is the head of government, like in Europe, you have Angela Merkel and Tony Blair. Then there is the head of state like the german president or the queen of england. In the US, the president is both head of state and head of government, and thats part of the excutive branch of government. There are also balance of power thing and checks and balances to make sure one branch of governent doesnt amass too much power(pssh not going so well with bush and republicans)...the reason y we have this was because the founding fathers of america(probably some of the smartest americans in history) were afraid of having a monarchy(or some1 who wants a lot of power, like King Bush haha) come back...(the revolution just ended and people were concerned
2007-03-25 17:04:57
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answered by JN 3
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I assume that by 'chancellor' you mean a government official who is in charge of all higher education here in the US.
There is no such office, and the US government has no official role in higher education as such; that is, they don't run colleges except in a very few odd cases like schools on Indian reservations and of course our military academies.
Some individual states, like Ohio, have higher education chancellors who nominally rule over the various state-supported schools, but their powers are generally not well-defined, and we in Ohio are ready to get rid of ours. Private schools are completely independent and are only responsible to the government in the broadest of senses, such as admission of students without regard to race.
2007-03-25 17:04:44
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answered by 2n2222 6
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