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<text id=93CT1225>
<title>
Sao Tome & Principe--Government
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Sao Tome and Principe
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and
Principe</l>
<l> conventional short form: Sao Tome and Principe</l>
<l> local long form: Republica Democratica de Sao Tome e
Principe</l>
<l> local short form: Sao Tome e Principe</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: TP
</p>
<p>Type: republic
</p>
<p>Capital: Sao Tome
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 2 districts (concelhos, singular -
concelho); Principe, Sao Tome
</p>
<p>Independence: 12 July 1975 (from Portugal)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 5 November 1975, approved 15 December 1982
</p>
<p>Legal system: based on Portuguese law system and customary
law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
</p>
<p>National holiday: Independence Day, 12 July (1975)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: Party for Democratic
Convergence-Reflection Group (PCD-GR), Daniel Lima Dos Santos
DAIO, secretary general; Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome
and Principe (MLSTP), Carlos da GRACA; Christian Democratic
Front (FDC), Alphonse Dos SANTOS; Democratic Opposition
Coalition (CODO), leader NA; other small parties
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> President: last held 3 March 1991 (next to be held NA March
1996); results - Miguel TROVOADA was elected without opposition
in Sao Tome's first multiparty presidential election
</p>
<p> National People's Assembly: last held 20 January 1991 (next
to be held NA January 1996); results - PCD-GR 54.4%, MLSTP
30.5%, CODO 5.2%, FDC 1.5%, other 8.4%; seats - (55 total)
PCD-GR 33, MLSTP 21, CODO 1; note - this was the first
multiparty election in Sao Tome and Principe
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, prime minister, Council of
Ministers (cabinet)
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: unicameral National People's Assembly
(Assembleia Popular Nacional)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: President Miguel TROVOADA (since 4 April
1991)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Prime Minister Noberto Jose D'Alva COSTA
ALEGRE (since 16 May 1992)
</p>
<p>Member of: ACP, AfDB, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
IFAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, IOM (observer), ITU, LORCS, NAM,
OAU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Joaquim Rafael BRANCO</l>
<l> chancery: (temporary) 801 Second Avenue, Suite 603, New
York, NY 10017</l>
<l> telephone: (212) 697-4211</l>
</list>
<p>US diplomatic representation: ambassador to Gabon is
accredited to Sao Tome and Principe on a nonresident basis and
makes periodic visits to the islands
</p>
<p>Flag: three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double
width), and green with two black five-pointed stars placed side
by side in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles
triangle based on the hoist side; uses the popular pan-African
colors of Ethiopia
</p></body></article></text>