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Rwanda Government 1995 https://theodora.com/wfb/1995/rwanda/rwanda_government.html SOURCE: 1995 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Names: conventional long form: Republic of Rwanda conventional short form: local long form: Republika y'u Rwanda local short form: Digraph: RW Type: republic; presidential system note: a new, interim government formed in August 1992 to last until peace accord; political parties are working to form a multiethical broad-based transitonal government to lead them to elections in 1995 Capital:
Kigali
Independence:
1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration)
Constitution: 18 June 1991 Legal system:
based on German and Belgian civil law systems and customary law;
judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Executive branch:
Legislative branch:
unicameral
Judicial branch: Constitutional Court (consists of the Court of Cassation and the Council of State in joint session) Political parties and leaders:
Republican National Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND);
significant independent parties include: Democratic Republican
Movement (MDR); Liberal Party (PL); Democratic and Socialist Party
(PSD); Coalition for the Defense of the Republic (CDR); Party for
Democracy in Rwanda (PADER); Christian Democratic Party (PDL)
Diplomatic representation in US:
Flag:
three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green with
a large black letter R centered in the yellow band; uses the popular
pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Guinea, which
has a plain yellow band
NOTE: The information regarding Rwanda 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 Rwanda Government 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Rwanda Government 1995 should be addressed to the CIA. |