Government (Chad)
=================


     Long-form name:
         Republic of Chad
     Type:
         republic
     Capital:
         N'Djamena
     Administrative divisions:
         14 prefectures (prefectures, singular - prefecture); Batha, Biltine,
         Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, Chari-Baguirmi, Guera, Kanem, Lac, Logone Occidental,
         Logone Oriental, Mayo-Kebbi, Moyen-Chari, Ouaddai, Salamat, Tandjile
     Independence:
         11 August 1960 (from France)
     Constitution:
         22 December 1989, suspended 3 December 1990; Provisional National Charter 1
         March 1991
     Legal system:
         based on French civil law system and Chadian customary law; has not accepted
         compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
     National holiday:
         11 August
     Executive branch:
         president, Council of State (cabinet)
     Legislative branch:
         the National Consultative Council (Conseil National Consultatif) was
         disbanded 3 December 1990 and replaced by the Provisional Council of the
         Republic; 30 members appointed by President DEBY on 8 March 1991
     Judicial branch:
         Court of Appeal
     Leaders:
       Chief of State:
         Col. Idriss DEBY (since 4 December 1990)
       Head of Government:
         Prime Minister Jean ALINGUE Bawoyeu (since 8 March 1991)
     Political parties and leaders:
         Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS; former dissident group), Idriss DEBY,
         chairman; President DEBY has promised political pluralism, a new
         constitution, and free elections by September 1993; numerous dissident
         groups; national conference to be held in 1992
     Suffrage:
         universal at age NA
     Elections:
       National Consultative Council:
         last held 8 July 1990; disbanded 3 December 1990
       President:
         last held 10 December 1989 (next to be held NA); results - President Hissein
         HABRE was elected without opposition; note - the government of then
         President HABRE fell on 1 December 1990, and Idriss DEBY seized power on 3
         December 1990; national conference scheduled for mid-1992 and election to
         follow in 1993
     Communists:
         no front organizations or underground party; probably a few Communists and
         some sympathizers
     Other political or pressure groups:
         NA
     Member of:
         ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU,
         IDA, IDB, IFAD, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU,
         OIC, UDEAC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO