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Mozambique Government 1996

Names:

conventional long form:

Republic of Mozambique

conventional short form:

Mozambique

local long form:

Republica Popular de Mocambique

local short form:

Mocambique

Digraph:

Type:

republic

Capital:

Maputo

Administrative divisions:

10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia

Independence:

25 June 1975 (from Portugal)

National holiday:

Independence Day, 25 June (1975)

Constitution:

30 November 1990

Legal system:

based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law

Suffrage:

18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:

chief of state:

President Joaquim Alberto CHISSANO (since 6 November 1986)

head of government:

Prime Minister Pascoal MOCUMBI (since December 1994)

cabinet:

Cabinet

Legislative branch:

unicameral

Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da Republica):

draft electoral law provides for periodic, direct presidential and Assembly elections

note:

as called for in the 1992 peace accords, presidential and legislative elections took place during 27-29 October 1994; fourteen parties, including the Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO) participated; Joaquim Alberto CHISSANO was elected president and his FRELIMO party gathered a slim majority in the 250 seat legislature

Judicial branch:

Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders:

Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO), Joaquim Alberto CHISSANO, chairman; the ruling party since independence, FRELIMO was the only legal party before 30 November 1990 when the new Constitution went into effect establishing a multiparty system

Member of:

ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, FAO, FLS, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO

Diplomatic representation in US:

chief of mission:

Ambassador Hipolito Pereira Zozimo PATRICIO

chancery:

Suite 570, 1990 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone:

[1] (202) 293-7146

FAX:

[1] (202) 835-0245

US diplomatic representation:

chief of mission:

Ambassador Dennis Coleman JETT

embassy:

Avenida Kenneth Kuanda, 193 Maputo

mailing address:

P. O. Box 783, Maputo

telephone:

[258] (1) 492797

FAX:

[258] (1) 490114

Flag:

three equal horizontal bands of green (top), black, and yellow with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the black band is edged in white; centered in the triangle is a yellow five-pointed star bearing a crossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book

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