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- <title>
- Zaire: Government
- </title>
- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Zaire
- Government</hdr><body>
- <list>
- <l>Names:</l>
- <l> conventional long form: Republic of Zaire</l>
- <l> conventional short form: Zaire</l>
- <l> local long form: Republique du Zaire</l>
- <l> local short form: Zaire</l>
- <l> former: Belgian Congo Congo/Leopoldville
- Congo/Kinshasa</l>
- </list>
- <p>Digraph: CG
- </p>
- <p>Type: republic with a strong presidential system
- </p>
- <p>Capital: Kinshasa
- </p>
- <p>Administrative divisions: 10 regions (regions, singular -
- region) and 1 town* (ville); Bandundu, Bas-Zaire, Equateur,
- Haut-Zaire, Kasai-Occidental, Kasai-Oriental, Kinshasa*,
- Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Shaba, Sud-Kivu
- </p>
- <p>Independence: 30 June 1960 (from Belgium)
- </p>
- <p>Constitution: 24 June 1967, amended August 1974, revised 15
- February 1978; amended April 1990; new constitution to be put to
- referendum in 1993
- </p>
- <p>Legal system: based on Belgian civil law system and tribal
- law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
- </p>
- <p>National holiday: Anniversary of the Regime (Second Republic),
- 24 November (1965)
- </p>
- <p>Political parties and leaders: sole legal party until January
- 1991 - Popular Movement of the Revolution (MPR); other parties
- include Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), Etienne
- TSHISEKEDI wa Mulumba; Democratic Social Christian Party (PDSC),
- Joseph ILEO; Union of Federalists and Independent Republicans
- (UFERI), NGUZ a Karl-I-Bond; Unified Lumumbast Party (PALU),
- leader NA
- </p>
- <p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory
- </p>
- <p>Elections:
- </p>
- <p> President: last held 29 July 1984 (next to be scheduled by
- High Council, the opposition-controlled transition legislature);
- results - President MOBUTU was reelected without opposition
- </p>
- <p> Legislative Council: last held 6 September 1987 (next to be
- scheduled by High Council); results - MPR was the only party;
- seats - (210 total) MPR 210; note - MPR still holds majority of
- seats but some deputies have joined other parties
- </p>
- <p>Executive branch: president, prime minister, Executive Council
- (cabinet)
- </p>
- <p>Legislative branch: unicameral National Parliament;
- anti-Mobutu opposition claims National Parliament replaced by
- High Council
- </p>
- <p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)
- </p>
- <p>Leaders:
- </p>
- <p> Chief of State: President Marshal MOBUTU Sese Seko Kuku
- Ngbendu wa Za Banga (since 24 November 1965)
- </p>
- <p> Head of Government: Interim Prime Minister Faustin BIRINDWA
- (since 18 March 1993)
- </p>
- <p>Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEEAC, CEPGL, ECA, FAO, G-19,
- G-24, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO,
- IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, PCA,
- UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
- WMO, WTO
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
- <l> chief of mission: Ambassador TATANENE Manata</l>
- <l> chancery: 1800 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
- 20009</l>
- <l> telephone: (202) 234-7690 or 7691</l>
- </list>
- <list>
- <l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
- <l> chief of mission: Deputy Chief of Mission John YATES</l>
- <l> embassy: 310 Avenue des Aviateurs, Kinshasa</l>
- <l> mailing address: APO AE 09828</l>
- <l> telephone: [243] (12) 21532, 21628</l>
- <l> FAX: [243] (12) 21232</l>
- <l> consulate general: Lubumbashi (closed and evacuated in
- October 1991 because of the poor security situation)</l>
- </list>
- <p>Flag: light green with a yellow disk in the center bearing a
- black arm holding a red flaming torch; the flames of the torch
- are blowing away from the hoist side; uses the popular
- pan-African colors of Ethiopia
- </p></body></article></text>
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