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    Guam Government 1995
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    SOURCE: 1995 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Names:
      conventional long form: Territory of Guam
      conventional short form:
      Digraph: GQ
      Type: organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Territorial and International Affairs, US Department of the Interior

      Capital: Agana
      Administrative divisions: none (territory of the US)

      Independence: none (territory of the US)
      National holiday: Guam Discovery Day (first Monday in March) (1521); Liberation Day, 21 July

      Constitution: Organic Act of 1 August 1950

      Legal system: modeled on US; federal laws apply
      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal; US citizens, but do not vote in US presidential elections

      Executive branch:
      chief of state: President William Jefferson CLINTON (since 20 January 1993); Vice President Albert GORE, Jr. (since 20 January 1993)
      head of government: Governor Joseph A. ADA (since November 1986); Lieutenant Governor Frank F. BLAS (since NA); election last held on 6 November 1990 (next to be held NA November 1994); results - Joseph F. ADA reelected
      cabinet: executive departments; heads appointed by the governor with the consent of the Guam legislature

      Legislative branch: unicameral
      Legislature: elections last held on 9 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1994); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (21 total) Democratic 14, Republican 7
      US House of Representatives: elections last held 9 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1994); Guam elects one delegate; results - Robert UNDERWOOD was elected as delegate; seats - (1 total) Democrat 1

      Judicial branch: Federal District Court, Territorial Superior Court

      Political parties and leaders: Democratic Party (controls the legislature); Republican Party (party of the Governor)
      Member of: ESCAP (associate), IOC, SPC

      Diplomatic representation in US: none (territory of the US)
      US diplomatic representation: none (territory of the US)

      Flag: territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; US flag is the national flag

      NOTE: The information regarding Guam on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guam Government 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guam Government 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.

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