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Sierra Leone Government 1996

Names:

conventional long form:

Republic of Sierra Leone

conventional short form:

Sierra Leone

Digraph:

Type:

military government

Capital:

Freetown

Administrative divisions:

3 provinces and 1 area*; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western*

Independence:

27 April 1961 (from UK)

National holiday:

Republic Day, 27 April (1961)

Constitution:

1 October 1991; suspended following 19 April 1992 coup

Legal system:

based on English law and customary laws indigenous to local tribes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Suffrage:

18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:

chief of state and head of government:

Chairman of the Supreme Council of State Capt. Valentine E. M. STRASSER (since 29 April 1992)

cabinet:

Council of Secretaries; responsible to the Supreme Council of State (SCS)

Legislative branch:

unicameral House of Representatives (suspended after coup of 29 April 1992); Chairman STRASSER promises multi-party elections sometime in 1995

Judicial branch:

Supreme Court (suspended after coup of 29 April 1992)

Political parties and leaders:

status of existing political parties is unknown following 29 April 1992 coup

Member of:

ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in US:

chief of mission:

Ambassador Thomas Kahota KARGBO

chancery:

1701 19th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone:

[1] (202) 939-9261

US diplomatic representation:

chief of mission:

Ambassador Lauralee M. PETERS

embassy:

Corner of Walpole and Siaka Stevens Streets, Freetown

mailing address:

use embassy street address

telephone:

[232] (22) 226481 trough 226485

FAX:

[232] (22) 225471

Flag:

three equal horizontal bands of light green (top), white, and light blue

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