Government (Brunei)
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     Names:
      conventional long form:
       Negara Brunei Darussalam
      conventional short form:
       Brunei
     Digraph:
       BX
     Type:
       constitutional sultanate
     Capital:   Bandar Seri Begawan
     Administrative divisions:
       4 districts (daerah-daerah, singular - daerah); Belait, Brunei and Muara,
       Temburong, Tutong
     Independence:
       1 January 1984 (from UK)
     Constitution:
       29 September 1959 (some provisions suspended under a State of Emergency
       since December 1962, others since independence on 1 January 1984)
     Legal system:
       based on Islamic law
     National holiday:
       23 February (1984)
     Political parties and leaders:
       Brunei United National Party (inactive), Anak HASANUDDIN, chairman; Brunei
       National Democratic Party (the first legal political party and now banned),
       leader NA
     Suffrage:
       none
     Elections:
      Legislative Council:
       last held in March 1962; in 1970 the Council was changed to an appointive
       body by decree of the sultan and no elections are planned
     Executive branch:
       sultan, prime minister, Council of Cabinet Ministers
     Legislative branch:
       unicameral Legislative Council (Majlis Masyuarat Megeri)
     Judicial branch:
       Supreme Court
     Leaders:
      Chief of State and Head of Government:
       Sultan and Prime Minister His Majesty Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji
       HASSANAL Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah (since 5 October 1967)
     Member of:
       APEC, ASEAN, C, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, ICAO, IDB, IMO, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO
       (correspondent), ITU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UPU, WHO, WMO
     Diplomatic representation in US:
      chief of mission:
       Ambassador Mohamed KASSIM bin Haji Mohamed Daud
      chancery:
       2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Suite 3000, Washington, DC 20037
      telephone:
       (202) 342-0159
     US diplomatic representation:
      chief of mission:
       Ambassador Donald Burnham ENSENAT
      embassy:
       Third Floor, Teck Guan Plaza, Jalan Sultan, Bandar Seri Begawan