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- Government
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- Long-form name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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- Type: constitutional monarchy.
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- Capital: Luxembourg.
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- Administrative divisions: 3 districts; Diekirch, Grevenmacher,
- Luxembourg.
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- Independence: 1839.
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- Constitution: 17 October 1868, occasional revisions.
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- Legal system: based on civil law system; accepts compulsory
- ICJ jurisdiction.
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- National holiday: National Day (public celebration of the
- Grand Duke's birthday), 23 June (1921).
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- Executive branch: grand duke, prime minister, vice prime
- minister, Council of Ministers (cabinet).
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- Legislative branch: unicameral Chamber of Deputies (Chambre
- des Deputes); note--the Council of State (Conseil d'Etat)
- is an advisory body whose views are considered by the Chamber
- of Deputies.
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- Judicial branch: Superior Court of Justice (Cour Superieure
- de de Justice).
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- Leaders:
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- Chief of State--Grand Duke JEAN (since 12 November 1964);
- Heir Apparent Prince HENRI (son of Grand Duke Jean,
- born 16 April 1955);
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- Head of Government--Prime Minister Jacques SANTER (since
- 21 July 1984); Deputy Prime Minister Jacques F. POOS (since
- 21 July 1984).
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- Political parties and leaders: Christian Social Party (CSV),
- Jacques Santer; Socialist Workers Party (LSAP), Jacques
- Poos; Liberal (DP), Colette Flesch; Communist (KPL), Rene
- Urbany; Green Alternative (GAP), Jean Huss.
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- Suffrage: universal and compulsory at age 18.
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- Elections: Chamber of Deputies--last held on 18 June 1989
- (next to be held by June 1994); results--CSV 31.7%, LSAP 27.2%,
- DP 16.2%, Greens 8.4%, PAC 7.3%, KPL 5.1%, others 4%; seats--
- (60 total) CSV 22, LSAP 18, DP 11, Greens 4, PAC 4, KPL 1, others 4.
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- Communists: 500 party members (1982).
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- Other political or pressure groups: group of steel industries
- representing iron and steel industry, Centrale Paysanne
- representing agricultural producers; Christian and Socialist
- labor unions; Federation of Industrialists; Artisans and
- Shopkeepers Federation.
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- Member of: Benelux, BLEU, CCC, Council of Europe, EC, EIB,
- EMS, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO,
- IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOOC, IPU, ITU, NATO, OECD, UN,
- UNESCO, UPU, WEU, WHO, WIPO, WMO.
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- Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Andre PHILIPPE; Chancery
- at 2200 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008; telephone
- (202) 265-4171; there are Luxembourg Consulates General
- in New York and San Francisco; US--Ambassador Jean B. S.
- GERARD; Embassy at 22 Boulevard Emmanuel-Servais, 2535 Luxembourg
- City (mailing address is APO New York 09132); telephone
- [352] 460123.
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- Flag: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white,
- and light blue; similar to the flag of the Netherlands which
- uses a darker blue and is shorter; design was based on the
- flag of France.
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