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Cuba Government 1996

    • Names:

        conventional long form:
        Republic of Cuba

        conventional short form:
        Cuba

        local long form:
        Republica de Cuba

        local short form:
        Cuba

    • Digraph:
      CU

    • Type:
      Communist state

    • Capital:
      Havana

    • Administrative divisions:
      14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara

    • Independence:
      20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902)

    • National holiday:
      Rebellion Day, 26 July (1953)

    • Constitution:
      24 February 1976

    • Legal system:
      based on Spanish and American law, with large elements of Communist legal theory; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

    • Suffrage:
      16 years of age; universal

    • Executive branch:

        chief of state and head of government:
        President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers Fidel CASTRO Ruz (Prime Minister from February 1959 until 24 February 1976 when office was abolished; President since 2 December 1976); First Vice President of the Council of State and First Vice President of the Council of Ministers Gen. Raul CASTRO Ruz (since 2 December 1976)

        cabinet:
        Council of Ministers; proposed by the president of the Council of State, appointed by the National Assembly

    • Legislative branch:
      unicameral

        National Assembly of People's Power:
        (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular) elections last held February 1993 (next to be held NA); seats - 589 total, elected directly from slates approved by special candidacy commissions

    • Judicial branch:
      People's Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo Popular)

    • Political parties and leaders:
      only party - Cuban Communist Party (PCC), Fidel CASTRO Ruz, first secretary

    • Member of:
      CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, ICAO, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA (observer), NAM, OAS (excluded from formal participation since 1962), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

    • Diplomatic representation in US:

        chief of mission:
        Principal Officer Alfonso FRAGA PEREZ (since August 1992) represented by the Cuban Interests Section of the Swiss Embassy in Washington, DC

        chancery:
        2630 and 2639 16th Street NW, Cuban Interests Section, Swiss Embassy, Washington, DC 20009

        telephone:
        [1] (202) 797-8609, 8610, 8615

    • US diplomatic representation:

        chief of mission:
        Principal Officer Joseph G. SULLIVAN

        US Interests Section:
        USINT, Swiss Embassy, Calzada Entre L Y M, Vedado Seccion, Havana

        mailing address:
        use street address

        telephone:
        33-3551 through 3559, 33-3543 through 3547, 33-3700 (operator assistance required)

        FAX:
        Telex 512206

        note:
        protecting power in Cuba is Switzerland - US Interests Section, Swiss Embassy

    • Flag:
      five equal horizontal bands of blue (top and bottom) alternating with white; a red equilateral triangle based on the hoist side bears a white five-pointed star in the center






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