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- <text id=93CT1411>
- <title>
- Tunisia--Government
- </title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Tunisia
- Government</hdr><body>
- <list>
- <l>Names:</l>
- <l> conventional long form: Republic of Tunisia</l>
- <l> conventional short form: Tunisia</l>
- <l> local long form: Al Jumhuriyah at Tunisiyah</l>
- <l> local short form: Tunis</l>
- </list>
- <p>Digraph: TS
- </p>
- <p>Type: republic
- </p>
- <p>Capital: Tunis
- </p>
- <p>Administrative divisions: 23 governorates; Beja, Ben Arous,
- Bizerte, Gabes, Gafsa, Jendouba, Kairouan, Kasserine, Kebili,
- L'Ariana, Le Kef, Mahdia, Medenine, Monastir, Nabeul, Sfax, Sidi
- Bou Zid, Siliana, Sousse, Tataouine, Tozeur, Tunis, Zaghouan
- </p>
- <p>Independence: 20 March 1956 (from France)
- </p>
- <p>Constitution: 1 June 1959
- </p>
- <p>Legal system: based on French civil law system and Islamic
- law; some judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme
- Court in joint session
- </p>
- <p>National holiday: National Day, 20 March (1956)
- </p>
- <p>Political parties and leaders: Constitutional Democratic Rally
- Party (RCD), President BEN ALI (official ruling party); Movement
- of Democratic Socialists (MDS), Mohammed MOUAADA; five other
- political parties are legal, including the Communist Party
- </p>
- <p>Other political or pressure groups: the Islamic fundamentalist
- party, An Nahda (Rebirth), is outlawed
- </p>
- <p>Suffrage: 20 years of age; universal
- </p>
- <p>Elections:
- </p>
- <p> President: last held 2 April 1989 (next to be held NA March
- 1994); results - Gen. Zine el Abidine BEN ALI was reelected
- without opposition
- </p>
- <p> Chamber of Deputies: last held 2 April 1989 (next to be held
- NA April 1994); results - RCD 80.7%, independents/Islamists
- 13.7%, MDS 3.2%, other 2.4%; seats - (141 total) RCD 141
- </p>
- <p>Executive branch: president, prime minister, Cabinet
- </p>
- <p>Legislative branch: unicameral Chamber of Deputies (Majlis
- al-Nuwaab)
- </p>
- <p>Judicial branch: Court of Cassation (Cour de Cassation)
- </p>
- <p>Leaders:
- </p>
- <p> Chief of State: President Gen. Zine el Abidine BEN ALI
- (since 7 November 1987)
- </p>
- <p> Head of Government: Prime Minister Hamed KAROUI (since 26
- September 1989)
- </p>
- <p>Member of: ABEDA, ACCT, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, AMU, CCC, ECA,
- FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IDB, IFAD,
- IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU,
- LORCS, MINURSO, NAM, OAPEC (withdrew from active membership in
- 1986), OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNPROFOR,
- UNTAC, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
- <l> chief of mission: Ambassador Ismail KHELIL</l>
- <l> chancery: 1515 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
- 20005</l>
- <l> telephone: (202) 862-1850</l>
- </list>
- <list>
- <l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
- <l> chief of mission: Ambassador John T. McCARTHY</l>
- <l> embassy: 144 Avenue de la Liberte, 1002 Tunis-Belvedere</l>
- <l> mailing address: use embassy street address</l>
- <l> telephone: [216] (1) 782-566</l>
- <l> FAX: [216] (1) 789-719</l>
- </list>
- <p>Flag: red with a white disk in the center bearing a red
- crescent nearly encircling a red five-pointed star; the crescent
- and star are traditional symbols of Islam
- </p></body></article></text>
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