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<text>
<title>
Monaco: Government
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Monaco
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Principality of Monaco</l>
<l> conventional short form: Monaco</l>
<l> local long form: Principaute de Monaco</l>
<l> local short form: Monaco</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: MN
</p>
<p>Type: constitutional monarchy
</p>
<p>Capital: Monaco
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 4 quarters (quartiers, singular -
quartier); Fontvieille, La Condamine, Monaco-Ville, Monte-Carlo
</p>
<p>Independence: 1419 (rule by the House of Grimaldi)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 17 December 1962
</p>
<p>Legal system: based on French law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
</p>
<p>National holiday: National Day, 19 November
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: National and Democratic Union (UND);
Democratic Union Movement (MUD); Monaco Action; Monegasque Socialist
Party (PSM)
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 25 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> 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
</p>
<p>Executive branch: prince, minister of state, Council of Government
(cabinet)
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: unicameral National Council (Conseil National)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Tribunal (Tribunal Supreme)
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: Prince RAINIER III (since NA November 1949); Heir
Apparent Prince ALBERT Alexandre Louis Pierre (born 14 March 1958)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Minister of State Jacques DUPONT (since NA)
</p>
<p>Member of: ACCT, CSCE, IAEA, ICAO, IMF (observer), IMO, INMARSAT,
INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO,
WIPO
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> honorary consulates general: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New
Orleans, New York, San Francisco, San Juan (Puerto Rico)</l>
<l> honorary consulates: Dallas, Honolulu, Palm Beach, Philadelphia,
and Washington</l>
</list>
<p>US diplomatic representation: no mission in Monaco, but the US
Consul General in Marseille, France, is accredited to Monaco
</p>
<p>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
</p></body></article></text>