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Comoros Government 1996


    • Names:

        conventional long form:
        Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros

        conventional short form:
        Comoros

        local long form:
        Republique Federale Islamique des Comores

        local short form:
        Comores

    • Digraph:
      CN

    • Type:
      independent republic

    • Capital:
      Moroni

    • Administrative divisions:
      three islands; Grand Comore (Njazidja), Anjouan (Nzwani), and Moheli (Mwali)

        note:
        there are also four municipalities named Domoni, Fomboni, Moroni, and Mutsamudu

    • Independence:
      6 July 1975 (from France)

    • National holiday:
      Independence Day, 6 July (1975)

    • Constitution:
      7 June 1992

    • Legal system:
      French and Muslim law in a new consolidated code

    • Suffrage:
      18 years of age; universal

    • Executive branch:

        chief of state:
        President Said Mohamed DJOHAR (since 11 March 1990); election last held 11 March 1990 (next to be held March 1996); results - Said Mohamed DJOHAR (UDZIMA) 55%, Mohamed TAKI Abdulkarim (UNDC) 45%

        head of government:
        Prime Minister Halifa HOUMADI (since 13 October 1994); note - HOUMADI is the fifteenth prime minister appointed by President DJOHAR in the last three years

        cabinet:
        Council of Ministers; appointed by the president

    • Legislative branch:
      unicameral

        Federal Assembly (Assemblee Federale):
        elections last held 12-20 December 1993 (next to be held by NA January 1998); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (42 total) Ruling Coalition: RDR 15, UNDC 5, MWANGAZA 2; Opposition: UDZIMA 8, other smaller parties 10; 2 seats remained unfilled

    • Judicial branch:
      Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

    • Political parties and leaders:
      over 20 political parties are currently active, the most important of which are; Comoran Union for Progress (UDZIMA), Omar TAMOU; Islands' Fraternity and Unity Party (CHUMA), Said Ali KEMAL; Comoran Party for Democracy and Progress (PCDP), Ali MROUDJAE; Realizing Freedom's Capability (UWEZO), Mouazair ABDALLAH; Democratic Front of the Comoros (FDR), Moustapha CHELKH; Dialogue Proposition Action (DPA/MWANGAZA), Said MCHAWGAMA; Rally for Change and Democracy (RACHADE), Hassan HACHIM; Union for Democracy and Decentralization (UNDC), Mohamed Taki Halidi IBRAHAM; Rally for Democracy and Renewal (RDR); Comoran Popular Front (FPC), Mohamed HASSANALI, Mohamed El Arif OUKACHA, Abdou MOUSTAKIM (Secretary General)

    • Member of:
      ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AL, CCC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS (associate), ILO, IMF, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WMO

    • Diplomatic representation in US:

        chief of mission:
        Ambassador Mohamed Ahamadu DJIMBANAO (ambassador to the US and Canada)

        chancery:
        (temporary) care of the Permanent Mission of the Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros to the United Nations, 336 East 45th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10017

        telephone:
        [1] (212) 972-8010

        FAX:
        [1] (212) 983-4712

    • US diplomatic representation:
      none; ambassador to Port Louis, Mauritius, is accredited to Comoros

    • Flag:
      green with a white crescent in the center of the field, its points facing upward; there are four white five-pointed stars placed in a line between the points of the crescent; the crescent, stars, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam; the four stars represent the four main islands of the archipelago - Mwali, Njazidja, Nzwani, and Mayotte (a territorial collectivity of France, but claimed by Comoros); the design, the most recent of several, is described in the constitution approved by referendum on 7 June 1992






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