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    Mayotte Government 1997

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    SOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Country name
      conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte
      conventional short form: Mayotte

      Data code MF

      Dependency status territorial collectivity of France

      Government type NA

      National capital Mamoutzou

      Administrative divisions none (territorial collectivity of France)

      Independence none (territorial collectivity of France)

      National holiday National Day, Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)

      Constitution 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)

      Legal system French law

      Suffrage 18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch
      chief of state : President of France Jacques CHIRAC (since 17 May 1995), representedby Prefect Philippe BOISADAM (since NA)
      head of government: President of the General Council Younoussa BAMANA (since NA 1977)
      cabinet: NA
      elections: prefect appointed by the president of France on the advice of the FrenchMinistry of the Interior; president of the General Council elected by the members of the General Council for a six-year term

      Legislative branch unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members areelected by popular vote to serve three-year terms)
      elections: last held NA March 1994 (next to be held NA 1997)
      election results : percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MPM 12, RPR 4, independents3
      note: Mayotte elects 1 member of the French Senate; elections last held 24September 1995 (next to be held 24 September 2001); results - percent of voteby party - NA; seats by party - MPM 1; Mayotte also elects 1 member to theFrench National Assembly; elections last held 21 and 28 March 1993 (next tobe held as a special election on 25 May - 1 June 1997); results - percentof vote by party - UDF-CDS 54.3%, RPR 44.3%; seats by party - DF-CDS 1

      Judicial branch Supreme Court (Tribunal Superieur d'Appel)

      Political parties and leaders Mahoran Popular Movement or MPM [Younoussa BAMANA]; Mahoran Rally forthe Republic or RPR [Soibahadine Ibrahim RAMADAM]; Democratic Front or FrontDemocrate [Youssouf MOUSSA]; Association for French Mayotte or AssociationPour Mayotte Francaise [Didier BEOUTIS]

      International organization participation FZ

      Diplomatic representation in the US none (territorial collectivity of France)

      Diplomatic representation from the US none (territorial collectivity of France)

      Flag description the flag of France is used

      NOTE: The information regarding Mayotte on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mayotte Government 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mayotte Government 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.

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