Government (Algeria)
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     Long-form name:
         Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
     Type:
         republic
     Capital:
         Algiers
     Administrative divisions:
         48 provinces (wilayast, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain
         Temouchent, Alger, Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Bou
         Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Oued,
         El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara,
         Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Oum el Bouaghi,
         Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanghasset,
         Tebessa, Tiaret, Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen
     Independence:
         5 July 1962 (from France)
     Constitution:
         19 November 1976, effective 22 November 1976; revised February 1989
     Legal system:
         socialist, based on French and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative
         acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials,
         including several Supreme Court justices; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
         jurisdiction
     National holiday:
         Anniversary of the Revolution, 1 November (1954)
     Executive branch:
         president, prime minister, Council of Ministers (cabinet)
     Legislative branch:
         unicameral National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani)
     Judicial branch:
         Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)
     Leaders:
       Chief of State:
         President Mohamed BOUDIAF; assassinated 29 June 1992
       Head of Government:
         Interim Prime Minister Sid Ahmed GHOZALI (since 6 June 1991)
     Political parties and leaders:
         National Liberation Front (FLN); Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Hocine Ait
         AHMED, Secretary General; the government established a multiparty system in
         September 1989, and, as of 31 December 1990, over 30 legal parties existed
     Suffrage:
         universal at age 18
     Elections:
       National People's Assembly:
         first round held on 26 December 1991 (second round canceled by the military
         after President BENJEDID resigned 11 January 1992); results - percent of
         vote by party NA; seats - (281 total); the fundamentalist FIS won 188 of the
         231 seats contested in the first round; note - elections (municipal and
         wilaya) were held in June 1990, the first in Algerian history; results - FIS
         55%, FLN 27.5%, other 17.5%, with 65% of the voters participating
       President:
         next election to be held December 1993
     Communists:
         400 (est.); Communist party banned 1962
     Member of:
         ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, AMU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA,
         IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,
         IOC, ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OAU, OIC, OPEC, UN,
         UNAVEM, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO