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- Government
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- Long-form name: Republic of Djibouti.
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- Type: republic.
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- Capital: Djibouti.
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- Administrative divisions: 5 districts (cercles, singular--cercle);
- Ali Sahih, Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjoura.
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- Independence: 27 June 1977 (from France; formerly French
- Territory of the Afars and Issas).
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- Constitution: partial constitution ratified January 1981 by
- the Chamber of Deputies.
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- Legal system: based on French civil law system, traditional
- practices, and Islamic law.
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- National holiday: Independence Day, 27 June (1977).
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- Executive branch: president, prime minister, Council of Ministers.
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- Legislative branch: Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Deputes).
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- Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme).
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- Leaders:
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- Chief of State--President Hassan GOULED Aptidon
- (since 24 June 1977);
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- Head of Government--Prime Minister Barkat GOURAD Hamadou
- (since 30 September 1978).
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- Political parties and leaders: only party--People's Progress
- Assembly (RPP), Hassan Gouled Aptidon.
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- Suffrage: universal adult at age NA.
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- Elections:
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- President--last held 24 April 1987 (next to be held April 1993);
- results--President Hassan Gouled Aptidon was reelected without
- opposition;
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- Chamber of Deputies--last held 24 April 1987 (next to be held
- April 1992); results--RPP is the only party; seats--(65 total)
- RPP 65.
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- Communists: NA.
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- Member of: ACP, AfDB, Arab League, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO,
- IDA, IDB--Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF,
- IMO, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO.
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- Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Roble OLHAYE; Chancery
- (temporary) at the Djiboutian Permanent Mission to the UN;
- 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 4011, New York, NY 10017;
- telephone (212) 753-3163; US--Ambassador Robert S. BARRETT
- IV; Embassy at Villa Plateau du Serpent Boulevard, Marechal
- Joffre, Djibouti (mailing address is B. P. 185, Djibouti);
- telephone [253] 35-38-49 or 35-39-95, 35-29-16, 35-29-17.
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- Flag: two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and
- light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the
- hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the center.
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