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- Government
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- Long-form name: Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros.
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- Type: independent republic.
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- Capital: Moroni.
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- Administrative divisions: 3 islands; Anjouan, Grande Comore,
- Moheli; note--there may also be 4 municipalities named Domoni,
- Fomboni, Moroni, and Mutsamudu.
-
- Independence: 6 July 1975 (from France).
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- Constitution: 1 October 1978, amended October 1982 and January 1985.
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- Legal system: French and Muslim law in a new consolidated code.
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- National holiday: Independence Day, 6 July (1975).
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- Executive branch: president, Council of Ministers (cabinet).
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- Legislative branch: unicameral Federal Assembly (Assemblee
- Federale).
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- Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme).
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- Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government--President
- Said Mohamed DJOHAR (since 11 March 1990).
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- Political parties: Comoran Union for Progress (Udzima),
- Said Mohamed Djohar, president; National Union for Democracy
- (UNDC), Mohamed Taki.
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- Suffrage: universal at age 18.
-
- Elections:
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- President--last held 11 March 1990 (next to be held March 1996);
- results--Said Mohamed Djohar (Udzima) 55%; Mohamed Taki Abdulkarim
- (UNDC) 45%;
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- Federal Assembly--last held 22 March 1987 (next to be held March
- 1992); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(42 total)
- Udzima 42.
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- Member of: ACP, AfDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, IDA, IDB--Islamic
- Development Bank, IFAD, ILO, IMF, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN,
- UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO.
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- Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Amini Ali MOUMIN;
- Chancery (temporary) at the Comoran Permanent Mission to
- the UN, 336 East 45th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10017;
- telephone (212) 972-8010; US--Ambassador Howard K. WALKER,
- resides in Antananarivo (Madagascar); Embassy at address
- NA, Moroni (mailing address B.P. 1318, Moroni); telephone
- 73-12-03.
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- Flag: green with a white crescent placed diagonally (closed
- side of the crescent points to the upper hoist-side corner
- of the flag); there are four white five-pointed stars placed
- in a line between the points of the crescent; the crescent,
- stars, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam; the
- four stars represent the four main islands of the archipelago--
- Mwali, Njazidja, Nzwani, and Mayotte (which is a territorial
- collectivity of France, but claimed by the Comoros).
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