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    Angola Government - 2003
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    SOURCE: 2003 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Angola
      conventional short form: Angola
      local short form: Angola
      former: People's Republic of Angola
      local long form: Republica de Angola


      Government type: republic, nominally a multiparty democracy with a strong presidential system


      Capital: Luanda


      Administrative divisions: 18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire


      Independence: 11 November 1975 (from Portugal)


      National holiday: Independence Day, 11 November (1975)


      Constitution: 11 November 1975; revised 7 January 1978, 11 August 1980, 6 March 1991, and 26 August 1992


      Legal system: based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; recently modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased use of free markets


      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal


      Executive branch: chief of state: President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (since 21 September 1979); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government
      head of government: President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (since 21 September 1979); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government; Fernando de Piedade Dias DOS SANTOS was appointed Prime Minister on 6 December 2002, but this is not a position of real power
      cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president
      elections: president elected by universal ballot for a NA-year term; President DOS SANTOS originally elected (in 1979) without opposition under a one-party system and stood for reelection in Angola's first multiparty elections 29-30 September 1992 (next to be held NA)
      election results: DOS SANTOS 49.6%, Jonas SAVIMBI 40.1%, making a run-off election necessary; the run-off was not held and SAVIMBI's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) repudiated the results of the first election; the civil war resumed


      Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (220 seats; members elected by proportional vote to serve four-year terms)
      elections: last held 29-30 September 1992 (next to be held NA)
      election results: percent of vote by party - MPLA 54%, UNITA 34%, others 12%; seats by party - MPLA 129, UNITA 70, PRS 6, FNLA 5, PLD 3, others 7


      Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Tribunal da Relacao (judges are appointed by the president)


      Political parties and leaders: Liberal Democratic Party or PLD [Analia de Victoria PEREIRA]; National Front for the Liberation of Angola or FNLA [disputed leadership: Lucas NGONDA, Holden ROBERTO]; National Union for the Total Independence of Angola or UNITA [interim leader: PAULO Lukamba "Gato"], largest opposition party has engaged in years of armed resistance; Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola or MPLA [Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS], ruling party in power since 1975; Social Renewal Party or PRS [disputed leadership: Eduardo KUANGANA, Antonio MUACHICUNGO]
      note: about a dozen minor parties participated in the 1992 elections but only won a few seats and have little influence in the National Assembly


      Political pressure groups and leaders: Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda or FLEC [N'zita Henriques TIAGO; Antonio Bento BEMBE]
      note: FLEC is waging a small-scale, highly factionalized, armed struggle for the independence of Cabinda Province


      International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAS (observer), OAU, SADC, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO


      Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Josefina Perpetua Pitra DIAKIDI
      FAX: [1] (202) 785-1258
      consulate(s) general: Houston and New York
      telephone: [1] (202) 785-1156
      chancery: 1615 M Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036


      Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Christopher William DELL
      embassy: number 32 Rua Houari Boumedienne (in the Miramar area of Luanda), Luanda
      mailing address: international mail: Caixa Postal 6468, Luanda; pouch: American Embassy Luanda, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2550
      telephone: [244] (2) 445-481, 447-028, 446-224
      FAX: [244] (2) 446-924


      Flag description: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle)

      NOTE: The information regarding Angola on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Angola Government 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.

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