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- Government
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- Long-form name: Republic of the Congo
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- Type: republic
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- Capital: Brazzaville
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- Administrative divisions: 9 regions (regions, singular -
- region) and 1 commune*; Bouenza, Brazzaville*, Cuvette,
- Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pool, Sangha
-
- Independence: 15 August 1960 (from France; formerly
- Congo/Brazzaville)
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- Constitution: 8 July 1979, currently being modified
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- Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law
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- National holiday: Congolese National Day, 15 August (1960)
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- Executive branch: president, prime minister, Council of
- Ministers (cabinet)
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- Legislative branch: a transitional National Assembly
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- Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)
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- Leaders:
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- Chief of State: President Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO (since 8
- February 1979); stripped of most powers by National Conference
- in May 1991
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- Head of Government: Prime Minister Andre MILONGO (since May
- 1991)
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- Political parties and leaders: Congolese Labor Party (PCT),
- President Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO, leader; note - multiparty
- system legalized, with over 50 parties established
-
- Suffrage: universal at age 18
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- Elections:
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- National Assembly: transitional body selected by National
- Conference in May 1991; election for new legislative body to be
- held spring 1992
-
- President: last held 26-31 July 1989 (next to be held June
- 1992); results - President SASSOU-NGUESSO unanimously reelected
- leader of the PCT by the Party Congress, which automatically
- made him president
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- Communists: small number of Communists and sympathizers
-
- Other political or pressure groups: Union of Congolese
- Socialist Youth (UJSC), Congolese Trade Union Congress (CSC),
- Revolutionary Union of Congolese Women (URFC), General Union of
- Congolese Pupils and Students (UGEEC)
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- Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC, CCC, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, FZ,
- G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO,
- INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, UDEAC, UN,
- UNAVEM, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
-
- Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Roger ISSOMBO; Chancery at
- 4891 Colorado Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20011; telephone (202)
- 726-5500
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- US: Ambassador James Daniel PHILLIPS; Embassy at Avenue
- Amilcar Cabral, Brazzaville (mailing address is B. P. 1015,
- Brazzaville, or Box C, APO AE 09828); telephone (242) 83-20-70;
- FAX [242] 83-63-38
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- Flag: red, divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a
- yellow band; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the
- lower triangle is red; uses the popular pan-African colors of
- Ethiopia
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