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    Malawi Government - 2003
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    SOURCE: 2003 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Malawi
      conventional short form: Malawi
      former: British Central African Protectorate, Nyasaland Protectorate, Nyasaland


      Government type: multiparty democracy


      Capital: Lilongwe


      Administrative divisions: 27 districts; Balaka, Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Chitipa, Dedza, Dowa, Karonga, Kasungu, Likoma, Lilongwe, Machinga (Kasupe), Mangochi, Mchinji, Mulanje, Mwanza, Mzimba, Ntcheu, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Nsanje, Ntchisi, Phalombe, Rumphi, Salima, Thyolo, Zomba


      Independence: 6 July 1964 (from UK)


      National holiday: Independence Day (Republic Day), 6 July (1964)


      Constitution: 18 May 1994


      Legal system: based on English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Appeal; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction


      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal


      Executive branch: chief of state: President Bakili MULUZI (since 21 May 1994); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
      head of government: President Bakili MULUZI (since 21 May 1994); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
      cabinet: 46-member Cabinet named by the president
      elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 15 June 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
      election results: Bakili MULUZI reelected president; percent of vote - Bakili MULUZI (UDF) 51.4%, Gwandaguluwe CHAKUAMBA (MCP-AFORD) 44.3%


      Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (193 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
      elections: last held 15 June 1999 (next to be held NA 2004)
      election results: percent of vote by party - UDF 48%, MCP 34%, AFORD 15%, others 3%; seats by party - UDF 96, MCP 61, AFORD 30, others 6


      Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Appeal; High Court (chief justice appointed by the president, puisne judges appointed on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission); magistrate's courts


      Political parties and leaders: Alliance for Democracy or AFORD [Chakufwa CHIHANA]; Malawi Congress Party or MCP [John TEMBO, president; Gwanda CHAKUAMBA, vice president]; Malawi Democratic Party or MDP [Kampelo KALUA]; United Democratic Front or UDF [Bakili MULUZI] - governing party


      Political pressure groups and leaders: National Democratic Alliance [Brown MPINGANJIRA]


      International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, C, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MONUC, NAM, OAU, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIK, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO


      Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Paul Tony Steven KANDIERO
      FAX: [1] (202) 265-0976
      telephone: [1] (202) 797-1007
      chancery: 2408 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008


      Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Roger A. MEECE
      embassy: Area 40, Plot 24, Kenyatta Road
      mailing address: P. O. Box 30016, Lilongwe 3, Malawi
      telephone: [265] (1) 773 166
      FAX: [265] (1) 770 471


      Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band


      Government - note: the executive exerts considerable influence over the legislature

      NOTE: The information regarding Malawi 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 Malawi Government 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.

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