<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Bolivia<nl>Government</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Names:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>conventional long form:</hi> Republic of Bolivia
<item>• <hi format=ital>conventional short form:</hi> Bolivia
<item>• <hi format=ital>local long form:</hi> Republica de Bolivia
<item>• <hi format=ital>local short form:</hi> Bolivia
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<item><hi format=bold>Digraph:</hi> BL
<item><hi format=bold>Type:</hi> republic
<item><hi format=bold>Capital:</hi> La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)
<item><hi format=bold>Administrative divisions:</hi> 9 departments (departamentos, singular—departamento); Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Beni, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija
<item><hi format=bold>Independence:</hi> 6 August 1825 (from Spain)
<item><hi format=bold>National holiday:</hi> Independence Day, 6 August (1825)
<item><hi format=bold>Constitution:</hi> 2 February 1967
<item><hi format=bold>Legal system:</hi> based on Spanish law and Code Napoleon; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
<item><hi format=bold>Suffrage:</hi> 18 years of age, universal and compulsory (married); 21 years of age, universal and compulsory (single)
<item><hi format=bold>Executive branch:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of state and head of government:</hi> President Gonzalo SANCHEZ DE LOZADA Bustamente (since 6 August 1993); Vice President Victor Hugo CARDENAS Conde (since 6 August 1993); election last held 6 June 1993 (next to be held May 1997); results—Gonzalo SANCHEZ DE LOZADA (MNR) 34%, Hugo BANZER Suarez (ADN/MIR alliance) 20%, Carlos PALENQUE Aviles (CONDEPA) 14%, Max FERNANDEZ Rojas (UCS) 13%, Antonio ARANIBAR Quiroga (MBL) 5%; no candidate received a majority of the popular vote; Gonzalo SANCHEZ DE LOZADA won a congressional runoff election on 4 August 1993 after forming a coalition with Max FERNANDEZ and Antonio ARANIBAR
<item>• <hi format=ital>cabinet:</hi> Cabinet; appointed by the president from panel proposed by the Senate
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<item><hi format=bold>Legislative branch:</hi> bicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional)
<item><hi format=bold>Chamber of Deputies (Camara de Diputados):</hi> elections last held 6 June 1993 (next to be held May 1997); results—percent of vote by party NA; seats—(130 total) MNR 52, UCS 20, ADN 17, MIR 17, CONDEPA 13, MBL 7, ARBOL 1, ASD 1, EJE 1, PDC 1
<item><hi format=bold>Chamber of Senators (Camara de Senadores):</hi> elections last held 6 June 1993 (next to be held May 1997); results—percent of vote by party NA; seats—(27 total) MNR 17, ADN 4, MIR 4, CONDEPA 1, UCS 1
<item><hi format=bold>Political parties and leaders:</hi> Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR), Jaime PAZ Zamora; Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN), Jorge LANDIVAR; Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (MNR), Gonzalo SANCHEZ DE LOZADA; Civic Solidarity Union (UCS), Max FERNANDEZ Rojas; Conscience of the Fatherland (CONDEPA), Carlos PALENQUE Aviles; Free Bolivia Movement (MBL), Antonio ARANIBAR; Tupac Katari Revolutionary Liberation Movement (MRTK-L), Victor Hugo CARDENAS Conde; Christian Democrat Party (PDC), Jorge AGREDA
<item><hi format=bold>Flag:</hi> three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green with the coat of arms centered on the yellow band; similar to the flag of Ghana, which has a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band