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Ecuador Government 1996

    • Names:

        conventional long form:
        Republic of Ecuador

        conventional short form:
        Ecuador

        local long form:
        Republica del Ecuador

        local short form:
        Ecuador

    • Digraph:
      EC

    • Type:
      republic

    • Capital:
      Quito

    • Administrative divisions:
      21 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Azuay, Bolivar, Canar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galapagos, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Rios, Manabi, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Pichincha, Sucumbios, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe

    • Independence:
      24 May 1822 (from Spain)

    • National holiday:
      Independence Day, 10 August (1809) (independence of Quito)

    • Constitution:
      10 August 1979

    • Legal system:
      based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

    • Suffrage:
      18 years of age; universal, compulsory for literate persons ages 18-65, optional for other eligible voters

    • Executive branch:

        chief of state and head of government:
        President Sixto DURAN-BALLEN Cordovez (since 10 August 1992); Vice President Alberto DAHIK Garzoni (since 10 August 1992); election runoff election held 5 July 1992 (next to be held NA 1996); results - Sixto DURAN-BALLEN elected as president and Alberto DAHIK elected as vice president

        cabinet:
        Cabinet; appointed by the president

    • Legislative branch:
      unicameral

        National Congress (Congreso Nacional):
        elections last held 1 May 1994 (next to be held 1 May 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (77 total) PSC 25, PRE 11, MPD 8, ID 7, DP 7, PCE 7, PUR 2, CFP 2, APRE 2, PSE 1, FRA 1, PLRE 1, LN 1, independents 2

    • Judicial branch:
      Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)

    • Political parties and leaders:

        Center-Right parties:
        Social Christian Party (PSC), Jaime NEBOT Saadi, president; Republican Unity Party (PUR), President Sixto DURAN-BALLEN, leader; Ecuadorian Conservative Party (PCE), Vice President Alberto DAHIK, president

        Center-Left parties:
        Democratic Left (ID), Andres VALLEJO Arcos, Rodrigo BORJA Cevallos, leaders; Popular Democracy (DP), Rodrigo PAZ, leader; Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party (PLRE), Medardo MORA, leader; Radical Alfarista Front (FRA), Jaime ASPIAZU Seminario, director

        populist parties:
        Roldista Party (PRE), Abdala BUCARAM Ortiz, director; Concentration of Popular Forces (CFP), Rodolfo BAQUERIZO Nazur, leader; Popular Revolutionary Action (APRE), Frank VARGAS Passos, leader

        Far-Left parties:
        Popular Democratic Movement (MPD), Juan Jose CASTELLO, leader; Ecuadorian Socialist Party (PSE), Leon ROLDOS, leader; Broad Leftist Front (FADI), Rene Mauge MOSQUERA, chairman; Ecuadorian National Liberation (LN), Alfredo CASTILLO, director

        Communists:
        Communist Party of Ecuador (PCE, pro-North Korea), Rene Mauge MOSQUERA, Secretary General; Communist Party of Ecuador/Marxist-Leninist (PCMLE, Maoist)

    • Member of:
      AG, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

    • Diplomatic representation in US:

        chief of mission:
        Ambassador Edgar TERAN Teran

        chancery:
        2535 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

        telephone:
        [1] (202) 234-7200

        consulate(s) general:
        Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, and San Francisco

        consulate(s):
        Newark

    • US diplomatic representation:

        chief of mission:
        Ambassador Peter F. ROMERO

        embassy:
        Avenida 12 de Octubre y Avenida Patria, Quito

        mailing address:
        APO AA 34039-3420

        telephone:
        [593] (2) 562-890, 561-624, 561-749

        FAX:
        [593] (2) 502-052

        consulate(s) general:
        Guayaquil

    • Flag:
      three horizontal bands of yellow (top, double width), blue, and red with the coat of arms superimposed at the center of the flag; similar to the flag of Colombia that is shorter and does not bear a coat of arms






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