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<text id=93CT1148>
<title>
Portugal--Government
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Portugal
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Portuguese Republic</l>
<l> conventional short form: Portugal</l>
<l> local long form: Republica Portuguesa</l>
<l> local short form: Portugal</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: PO
</p>
<p>Type: republic
</p>
<p>Capital: Lisbon
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 18 districts (distritos, singular -
distrito) and 2 autonomous regions* (regioes autonomas, singular
- regiao autonoma); Aveiro, Acores (Azores)*, Beja, Braga,
Braganca, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria,
Lisboa, Madeira*, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do
Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu
</p>
<p>Dependent areas: Macau (scheduled to become a Special
Administrative Region of China on 20 December 1999)
</p>
<p>Independence: 1140 (independent republic proclaimed 5 October
1910)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 25 April 1976, revised 30 October 1982 and 1
June 1989
</p>
<p>Legal system: civil law system; the Constitutional Tribunal
reviews the constitutionality of legislation; accepts compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
</p>
<p>National holiday: Day of Portugal, 10 June
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic Party (PSD),
Anibal CAVACO Silva; Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), Antonio
GUTERRES; Party of Democratic Renewal (PRD), Pedro CANAVARRO;
Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), Carlos CARVALHAS; Social
Democratic Center (CDS), Manuel MONTEIRO; National Solidarity
Party, Manuel SERGIO; Center Democratic Party; United Democratic
Coalition (CDU; Communists)
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> President: last held 13 February 1991 (next to be held NA
February 1996); results - Dr. Mario Lopes SOARES 70%, Basilio
HORTA 14%, Carlos CARVALHAS 13%, Carlos MARQUES 3%
</p>
<p> Assembly of the Republic: last held 6 October 1991 (next to
be held NA October 1995); results - PSD 50.4%, PS 29.3%, CDU
8.8%, Center Democrats 4.4%, National Solidarity Party 1.7%, PRD
0.6%, other 4.8%; seats - (230 total) PSD 135, PS 72, CDU 17,
Center Democrats 5, National Solidarity Party 1
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, Council of State, prime minister,
deputy prime minister, Council of Ministers (cabinet)
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the Republic
(Assembleia da Republica)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Supremo Tribunal
de Justica)
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: President Dr. Mario Alberto Nobre Lopes
SOARES (since 9 March 1986)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Prime Minister Anibal CAVACO SILVA
(since 6 November 1985)
</p>
<p>Member of: AfDB, Australian Group, BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, COCOM,
CSCE, EBRD, EC, ECE, ECLAC, EIB, FAO, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT,
INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAIA (observer), LORCS,
MTCR, NACC, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD,
PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOMOZ, UNPROFOR, UPU, WCL, WEU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Francisco Jose Laco Treichler
KNOPFLI</l>
<l> chancery: 2125 Kalorama Road NW, Washington DC 20008</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 328-8610</l>
<l> consulates general: Boston, New York, Newark (New Jersey),
and San Francisco</l>
<l> consulates: Los Angeles, New Bedford (Massachusetts), and
Providence (Rhode Island)</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Everett Ellis BRIGGS</l>
<l> embassy: Avenida das Forcas Armadas, 1600 Lisbon</l>
<l> mailing address: PSC 83, APO AE 09726</l>
<l> telephone: [351] (1) 726-6600 or 6659, 8670, 8880</l>
<l> FAX: [351] (1) 726-9109</l>
<l> consulate: Ponta Delgada (Azores)</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: two vertical bands of green (hoist side, two-fifths) and
red (three-fifths) with the Portuguese coat of arms centered on
the dividing line
</p></body></article></text>