Government (Zambia)
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     Long-form name:
         Republic of Zambia
     Type:
         multiparty system; on 17 December 1990, President Kenneth KAUNDA signed into
         law the constitutional amendment that officially reintroduced the multiparty
         system in Zambia ending 17 years of one-party rule
     Capital:
         Lusaka
     Administrative divisions:
         9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Northern,
         North-Western, Southern, Western
     Independence:
         24 October 1964 (from UK; formerly Northern Rhodesia)
     Constitution:
         NA August 1991
     Legal system:
         based on English common law and customary law; judicial review of
         legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council; has not accepted
         compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
     National holiday:
         Independence Day, 24 October (1964)
     Executive branch:
         president, Cabinet
     Legislative branch:
         unicameral National Assembly
     Judicial branch:
         Supreme Court
     Leaders:
       Chief of State and Head of Government:
         President Frederick CHILUBA (since 31 October 1991)
     Political parties and leaders:
         Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), Frederick CHILUBA; United National
         Independence Party (UNIP), none; elections pending
     Suffrage:
         universal at age 18
     Elections:
       President:
         last held 31 October 1991 (next to be held mid-1995); results - Frederick
         CHILUBA 84%, Kenneth KAUNDA 16%
       National Assembly:
         last held 31 October 1991 (next to be held mid-1995); results - percent of
         vote by party NA; seats - (150 total) MMD 125, UNIP 25
     Member of:
         ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, FLS, G-19, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
         IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, SADCC,
         UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIIMOG, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador (vacant); Chancery at 2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington,
         DC 20008; telephone (202) 265-9717 through 9721
       US:
         Ambassador Gordon L. STREEB; Embassy at corner of Independence Avenue and
         United Nations Avenue, Lusaka (mailing address is P. O. Box 31617, Lusaka);
         telephone [2601] 228-595, 228-601, 228-602, 228-603; FAX [2601] 251-578
     Flag:
         green with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side), black, and
         orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge of the flag