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Government
Long-form name: Department of Guadeloupe.
Type: overseas department of France.
Capital: Basse-Terre.
Administrative divisions: none (overseas department of France).
Independence: none (overseas department of France).
Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution).
Legal system: French legal system.
National holiday: Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789).
Executive branch: government commissioner.
Legislative branch: unicameral General Council and unicameral
Regional Council.
Judicial branch: Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel) with jurisdiction
over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique.
Leaders:
Chief of State--President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981);
Head of Government--Commissioner of the Republic Jean-Paul PROUST
(since November 1989).
Political parties and leaders: Rally for the Republic (RPR),
Marlene Captant; Communist Party of Guadeloupe (PCG), Christian
Medard Celeste; Socialist Party (PSG), Dominique Larifla;
Independent Republicans; Union for French Democracy (UDF);
Union for a New Majority (UNM).
Suffrage: universal at age 18.
Elections:
General Council--last held NA 1986 (next to be held by NA 1992);
results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(42 total) number of
seats by party NA;
Regional Council--last held on 16 March 1986 (next to be
held by 16 March 1992); results--RPR 33.1%, PS 28.7%, PCG
23.8%, UDF 10.7%, others 3.8%; seats--(41 total) RPR 15,
PS 12, PCG 10, UDF 4;
French Senate--last held on 5 and 12 June 1988 (next to
be held June 1994); Guadeloupe elects two representatives;
results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(2 total) PCG
1, PS 1;
French National Assembly--last held on 5 and 12 June 1988
(next to be held June 1994); Guadeloupe elects four representatives;
results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(4 total) PS 2 seats,
RPR 1 seat, PCG 1 seat.
Communists: 3,000 est.
Other political or pressure groups: Popular Union for the
Liberation of Guadeloupe (UPLG); Popular Movement for Independent
Guadeloupe (MPGI); General Union of Guadeloupe Workers (UGTG);
General Federation of Guadeloupe Workers (CGT-G); Christian
Movement for the Liberation of Guadeloupe (KLPG).
Member of: WFTU.
Diplomatic representation: as an overseas department of
France, the interests of Guadeloupe are represented in the
US by France.
Flag: the flag of France is used.