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    Djibouti Government - 1989
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    SOURCE: 1989 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Long-form name: Republic of Djibouti

      Type: republic

      Capital: Djibouti

      Administrative divisions: 5 districts (cercles, singular--cercle); Ali Sahih, Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjoura

      Independence: 27 June 1977 (from France; formerly French Territory of the Afars and Issas)

      Constitution: partial constitution ratified January 1981 by National Assembly

      Legal system: based on French civil law system, traditional practices, and Islamic law

      National holiday: Independence Day, 27 June (1977)

      Branches: legislative--65-member parliament (National Assembly), executive, judiciary

      Leader: @m5Chief of State--President Hassan GOULED Aptidon (since 24 June 1977); @m5Head of Government--Prime Minister Barkat GOURAD Hamadou (since 30 September 1978)

      Suffrage: universal adult

      Elections: parliament and President elected April 1987

      Political party and leader: Peoples Progress Assembly (RPP), Hassan Gouled Aptidon; sole legal party

      Communists: possibly a few sympathizers

      Member of: AfDB, Arab League, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB--Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO

      Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Roble OLHAYE; Chancery (temporary) at the Djiboutian Permanent Mission to the UN; 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 4011, New York, NY 10017; telephone (212) 753-3163; US--Ambassador Robert S. BARRETT IV; Embassy at Villa Plateau du Serpent Boulevard, Marechal Joffre, Djibouti (mailing address is B. P. 185, Djibouti); telephone �253� 35-38-49 or 35-39-95, 35-29-16, 35-29-17

      Flag: two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the center

      NOTE: The information regarding Djibouti on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Djibouti Government 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Djibouti Government 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.

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