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- Zimbabwe: Government
- </title>
- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Zimbabwe
- Government</hdr><body>
- <list>
- <l>Names:</l>
- <l> conventional long form: Republic of Zimbabwe</l>
- <l> conventional short form: Zimbabwe</l>
- <l> former: Southern Rhodesia</l>
- </list>
- <p>Digraph: ZI
- </p>
- <p>Type: parliamentary democracy
- </p>
- <p>Capital: Harare
- </p>
- <p>Administrative divisions: 8 provinces; Manicaland, Mashonaland
- Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo
- (Victoria), Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midlands
- </p>
- <p>Independence: 18 April 1980 (from UK)
- </p>
- <p>Constitution: 21 December 1979
- </p>
- <p>Legal system: mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law
- </p>
- <p>National holiday: Independence Day, 18 April (1980)
- </p>
- <p>Political parties and leaders: Zimbabwe African National
- Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), Robert MUGABE; Zimbabwe African
- National Union-Sithole (ZANU-S), Ndabaningi SITHOLE; Zimbabwe
- Unity Movement (ZUM), Edgar TEKERE; Democratic Party (DP),
- Emmanuel MAGOCHE; Forum Party, Enock DUMBUTSHENA
- </p>
- <p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
- </p>
- <p>Elections:
- </p>
- <p> Executive President: last held 28-30 March 1990 (next to be
- held NA March 1996); results - Robert MUGABE 78.3%, Edgar TEKERE
- 21.7%
- </p>
- <p> Parliament: last held 28-30 March 1990 (next to be held NA
- March 1995); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (150
- total, 120 elected) ZANU-PF 117, ZUM 2, ZANU-S 1
- </p>
- <p>Executive branch: executive president, 2 vice presidents,
- Cabinet
- </p>
- <p>Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament
- </p>
- <p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court
- </p>
- <p>Leaders:
- </p>
- <p> Chief of State and Head of Government: Executive President
- Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since 31 December 1987); Co-Vice
- President Simon Vengai MUZENDA (since 31 December 1987); Co-Vice
- President Joshua M. NKOMO (since 6 August 1990)
- </p>
- <p>Member of: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, FLS, G-15, G-77, GATT,
- IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,
- IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, PCA, SADC, UN, UNAVEM
- II, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOSOM, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
- <l> chief of mission: Counselor (Political Affairs), Head of
- Chancery, Ambassador-designate Amos Bernard Muvengwa MIDZI</l>
- <l> chancery: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
- 20009</l>
- <l> telephone: (202) 332-7100</l>
- </list>
- <list>
- <l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
- <l> chief of mission: Ambassador Edward Gibson LANPHER</l>
- <l> embassy: 172 Herbert Chitapo Avenue, Harare</l>
- <l> mailing address: P. O. Box 3340, Harare</l>
- <l> telephone: [263] (4) 794-521</l>
- <l> FAX: [263] (4) 796-488</l>
- </list>
- <p>Flag: seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red,
- black, red, yellow, and green with a white equilateral triangle
- edged in black based on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird
- is superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the center of the
- triangle
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