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- Government
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- Long-form name: Principality of Monaco.
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- Type: constitutional monarchy.
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- Capital: Monaco.
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- Administrative divisions: 4 quarters (quartiers, singular--
- quartier); Fontvieille, La Condamine, Monaco-Ville, Monte-Carlo.
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- Independence: 1419, rule by the House of Grimaldi.
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- Constitution: 17 December 1962.
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- Legal system: based on French law; has not accepted compulsory
- ICJ jurisdiction.
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- National holiday: National Day, 19 November.
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- Executive branch: prince, minister of state, Council of
- Government (cabinet).
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- Legislative branch: National Council (Conseil National).
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- Judicial branch: Supreme Tribunal (Tribunal Supreme).
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- Leaders:
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- Chief of State--Prince RAINIER III (since November 1949);
- Heir Apparent Prince ALBERT Alexandre Louis Pierre
- (born 14 March 1958);
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- Head of Government Minister of State Jean AUSSEIL
- (since 10 September 1985).
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- Political parties and leaders: National and Democratic Union
- (UND), Democratic Union Movement (MUD), Monaco Action, Monegasque
- Socialist Party (PSM).
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- Suffrage: universal adult at age 25.
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- Elections: National Council--last held on 24 January 1988
- (next to be held 24 January 1993); results--percent of vote
- by party NA; seats--(18 total) UND 18.
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- Member of: IAEA, ICAO, IHO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, ITU,
- UN (permanent observer), UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO.
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- Diplomatic representation: Monaco maintains honorary consulates
- general in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New
- York, and San Francisco, and honorary consulates in Dallas,
- Honolulu, Palm Beach, Philadelphia, and Washington; US--no
- mission in Monaco, but the US Consul General in Marseille,
- France, is accredited to Monaco; Consul General R. Susan
- WOOD; Consulate General at 12 Boulevard Paul Peytral, 13286
- Marseille Cedex (mailing address APO NY 09777); telephone
- [33] (91) 549-200.
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- Flag: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white;
- similar to the flag of Indonesia which is longer and the
- flag of Poland which is white (top) and red.
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