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Mozambique Government 1997https://photius.com/wfb1997/mozambique/mozambique_government.htmlSOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code MZ Government type republic National capital Maputo Administrative divisions 10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Cabo Delgado, Gaza,Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia Independence 25 June 1975 (from Portugal) National holiday Independence Day, 25 June (1975) Constitution 30 November 1990 Legal system based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (250seats; members are directly elected by popular vote on a secret ballot toserve five-year terms)
Judicial branch Supreme Court, judges appointed by the president and judges electedby the Assembly Political parties and leaders Front for the Liberation of Mozambique or FRELIMO [Joaquim Alberto CHISSANO,chairman]; Mozambique National Resistance or RENAMO [Afonso DHLAKAMA, president];Democratic Union or DU [Antonio PALANGE, general secretary] International organization participation ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB,IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer),ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), black, and yellow witha red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the black band is edgedin white; centered in the triangle is a yellow five-pointed star bearing acrossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book
NOTE: The information regarding Mozambique 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 Mozambique Government 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mozambique Government 1997 should be addressed to the CIA. |