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Algeria Government 1996
Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Shabiyah
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Administrative divisions:
48 provinces (wilayas, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain Temouchent,
Alger, Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Bou Arreridj,
Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Oued, El Tarf,
Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Medea, Mila,
Mostaganem, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Oum el Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida,
Setif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanghasset, Tebessa, Tiaret,
Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen
5 July 1962 (from France)
Anniversary of the Revolution, 1 November (1954)
19 November 1976, effective 22 November 1976; revised 3 November 1988 and 23
February 1989
socialist, based on French and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative
acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials,
including several Supreme Court justices; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
18 years of age; universal
President Lamine ZEROUAL (since 31 January 1994); next election to be held
by the end of 1995
Prime Minister Mokdad SIFI (since 11 April 1994)
Council of Ministers; appointed by the prime minister
unicameral; note - suspended since 1992
National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani):
elections first round held on 26 December 1991 (second round canceled by the
military after President BENDJEDID resigned 11 January 1992, effectively
suspending the Assembly); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats -
(281 total); the fundamentalist FIS won 188 of the 231 seats contested in
the first round; note - elections (provincial and municipal) were held in
June 1990, the first in Algerian history; results - FIS 55%, FLN 27.5%,
other 17.5%, with 65% of the voters participating
Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)
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Political parties and leaders:
Islamic Salvation Front (FIS, outlawed April 1992), Ali BELHADJ, Dr. Abassi
MADANI, Abdelkader HACHANI (all under arrest), Rabeh KEBIR (self-exile in
Germany); National Liberation Front (FLN), Abdelhamid MEHRI, Secretary
General; Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Hocine Ait AHMED, Secretary General
the government established a multiparty system in September 1989 and, as of
31 December 1990, over 50 legal parties existed
ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, AMU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT,
INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OAU, OIC,
OPEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIH, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Ambassador Osmane BENCHERIF
2118 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008
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US diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Ronald E. NEUMANN
4 Chemin Cheikh Bachir El-Ibrahimi, Algiers
B. P. Box 549, Alger-Gare, 16000 Algiers
[213] (2) 69-11-86, 69-18-54, 69-38-75
none (Oran closed June 1993)
two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white with a red
five-pointed star within a red crescent; the crescent, star, and color green
are traditional symbols of Islam (the state religion)
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