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- Government
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- Long-form name: Republic of Cameroon.
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- Type: unitary republic; one-party presidential regime.
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- Capital: Yaounde.
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- Administrative divisions: 10 provinces; Adamaoua, Centre,
- Est, Extreme-Nord, Littoral, Nord, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud,
- Sud-Ouest.
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- Independence: 1 January 1960 (from UN trusteeship under
- French administration; formerly French Cameroon).
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- Constitution: 20 May 1972.
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- Legal system: based on French civil law system, with common
- law influence; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction.
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- National holiday: National Day, 20 May (1972).
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- Executive branch: president, Cabinet.
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- Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (Assemblee
- Nationale).
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- Judicial branch: Supreme Court.
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- Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government President
- Paul BIYA (since 6 November 1982).
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- Political parties and leaders: only party--Cameroon People's
- Democratic Movement (RDPC), Paul Biya, president.
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- Suffrage: universal at age 21.
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- Elections:
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- President--last held 24 April 1988 (next to be held April 1993);
- results--President Paul Biya reelected without opposition;
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- National Assembly--last held 24 April 1988 (next to be held
- April 1993); results--RDPC is the only party; seats--(180
- total) RDPC 180.
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- Communists: no Communist party or significant number of
- sympathizers.
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- Other political or pressure groups: Cameroon People's Union
- (UPC), remains an illegal group with its factional leaders
- in exile.
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- Member of: ACP, AfDB, CCC, EAMA, ECA, EIB (associate), FAO,
- G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDB--Islamic
- Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,
- IPU, ISO, ITU, Lake Chad Basin Commission, NAM, Niger River
- Commission, OAU, OIC, UDEAC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO,
- WMO, WTO.
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- Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Paul PONDI; Chancery
- at 2349 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008; telephone
- (202) 265-8790 through 8794; US--Ambassador Frances COOK;
- Embassy at Rue Nachtigal, Yaounde (mailing address is B.
- P. 817, Yaounde); telephone [237] 234014; there is a US
- Consulate General in Douala.
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- Flag: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side),
- red, and yellow with a yellow five-pointed star centered
- in the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of
- Ethiopia.
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