<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Moldova<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 Moldova
<item>• <hi format=ital>conventional short form:</hi> Moldova
<item>• <hi format=ital>local long form:</hi> Republica Moldoveneasca
<item>• <hi format=ital>local short form:</hi> none
<item>• <hi format=ital>former:</hi> Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova; Moldavia
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<item><hi format=bold>Digraph:</hi> MD
<item><hi format=bold>Type:</hi> republic
<item><hi format=bold>Capital:</hi> Chisinau
<item><hi format=bold>Administrative divisions:</hi> previously divided into 40 rayons; new districts possible under new constitution in 1994
<item><hi format=bold>Independence:</hi> 27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
<item><hi format=bold>National holiday:</hi> Independence Day, 27 August 1991
<item><hi format=bold>Constitution:</hi> old Soviet constitution (adopted NA 1979) is still in effect but has been heavily amended during the past few years; a new constitution is expected in 1994
<item><hi format=bold>Legal system:</hi> based on civil law system; no judicial review of legislative acts; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction but accepts many UN and CSCE documents
<item><hi format=bold>Suffrage:</hi> 18 years of age; universal
<item><hi format=bold>Executive branch:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of state:</hi> President Mircea SNEGUR (since 3 September 1990); election last held 8 December 1991 (next to be held NA 1996); results—Mircea SNEGUR ran unopposed and won 98.17% of vote; note—President SNEGUR was named executive president by the Supreme Soviet on 3 September 1990 and was confirmed by popular election on 8 December 1991
<item>• <hi format=ital>head of government:</hi> Prime Minister Andrei SANGHALI (since 1 July 1992; reappointed 5 April 1994 after elections for new legislature)
<item>• <hi format=ital>cabinet:</hi> Council of Ministers; appointed by the president on recommendation of the prime minister
<item><hi format=bold>Parliament:</hi> elections last held 27 February 1994 (next to be held NA 1999); results—percent by party NA; seats—(104 total) Agrarian-Democratic Party 56, Socialist/Yedinstvo Bloc 28, Peasants and Intellectual Bloc 11, Christian Democratic Popular Front 9
<item><hi format=bold>Political parties and leaders:</hi> Christian Democratic Popular Front (formerly Moldovan Popular Front), Iurie ROSCA, chairman; Yedinstvo Intermovement, V. YAKOVLEV, chairman; Social Democratic Party, Oazu NANTOI, chairman, two other chairmen; Agrarian-Democratic Party, Dumitru MOTPAN, chairman; Democratic Party, Gheorghe GHIMPU, chairman; Democratic Labor Party, Alexandru ARSENI, chairman; Reform Party, Anatol SELARU; Republican Party, Victor PUSCAS; Socialist Party, Valeriu SENIC, chairman; Communist Party, Vladimir VORONIN
<item><hi format=bold>Other political or pressure groups:</hi> United Council of Labor Collectives (UCLC), Igor SMIRNOV, chairman; Congress of Intellectuals, Alexandru MOSANU; The Ecology Movement of Moldova (EMM), G. MALARCHUK, chairman; The Christian Democratic League of Women of Moldova (CDLWM), L. LARI, chairman; National Christian Party of Moldova (NCPM), D. TODIKE, M. BARAGA, V. NIKU, leaders; The Peoples Movement Gagauz Khalky (GKh), S. GULGAR, leader; The Democratic Party of Gagauzia (DPG), G. SAVOSTIN, chairman; The Alliance of Working People of Moldova (AWPM), G. POLOGOV, president; Christian Alliance for Greater Romania; Stefan the Great Movement; Liberal Convention of Moldova; Association of Victims of Repression; Christian Democratic Youth League
<item><hi format=bold>Member of:</hi> BSEC, CE (guest), CIS, CSCE, EBRD, ECE, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), IOC, ITU, NACC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO
<item><hi format=bold>Diplomatic representation in US:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of mission:</hi> Ambassador Nicolae TIU
<item>• <hi format=ital>chancery:</hi> 1511 K Street NW, Room 329, Washington, DC
<item>• <hi format=ital>telephone:</hi> (202) 783-3012 or -2807
<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of mission:</hi> Ambassador Mary C. PENDLETON
<item>• <hi format=ital>embassy:</hi> Strada Alexei Mateevich #103, Chisinau
<item>• <hi format=ital>mailing address:</hi> use embassy street address
<item>• <hi format=ital>telephone:</hi> 373 (2) 23-37-72 or 23-34-76
<item>• <hi format=ital>FAX:</hi> 7-0422-23-30-44
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<item><hi format=bold>Flag:</hi> same color scheme as Romania—3 equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; emblem in center of flag is of a Roman eagle of gold outlined in black with a red beak and talons carrying a yellow cross in its beak and a green olive branch in its right talons and a yellow scepter in its left talons; on its breast is a shield divided horizontally red over blue with a stylized ox head, star, rose, and crescent all in black-outlined yellow