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<text id=93CT1237>
<title>
Senegal--Government
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Senegal
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Republic of Senegal</l>
<l> conventional short form: Senegal</l>
<l> local long form: Republique du Senegal</l>
<l> local short form: Senegal</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: SG
</p>
<p>Type: republic under multiparty democratic rule
</p>
<p>Capital: Dakar
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 10 regions (regions, singular -
region); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaolack, Kolda, Louga,
Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor
</p>
<p>Independence: 20 August 1960 (from France; The Gambia and
Senegal signed an agreement on 12 December 1981 that called for
the creation of a loose confederation to be known as Senegambia,
but the agreement was dissolved on 30 September 1989)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 3 March 1963, last revised in 1991
</p>
<p>Legal system: based on French civil law system; judicial
review of legislative acts in Supreme Court, which also audits
the government's accounting office; has not accepted compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction
</p>
<p>National holiday: Independence Day, 4 April (1960)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: Socialist Party (PS), President
Abdou DIOUF; Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), Abdoulaye WADE;
13 other small uninfluential parties
</p>
<p>Other political or pressure groups: students; teachers; labor;
Muslim Brotherhoods
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> President: last held 21 February 1993 (next to be held NA);
results - Abdou DIOUF (PS) 58.4%, Abdoulaye WADE (PDS) 32.03%,
other 9.57%
</p>
<p> National Assembly: last held 28 February 1988 (next to be
held NA May 1993); results - PS 71%, PDS 25%, other 4%; seats -
(120 total) PS 103, PDS 17
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, prime minister, Council of
Ministers (cabinet)
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (Assemblee
Nationale)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: President Abdou DIOUF (since 1 January
1981)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Prime Minister Habib THIAM (since 7
April 1991)
</p>
<p>Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEAO, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ,
G-15, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC,
ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO
(correspondent), ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNAVEM II,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNTAC, UPU, WADB, WCL, WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Ibra Deguene KA</l>
<l> chancery: 2112 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 234-0540 or 0541</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Robert J.
KOTT</l>
<l> embassy: Avenue Jean XXIII at the corner of Avenue Kleber,
Dakar</l>
<l> mailing address: B. P. 49, Dakar</l>
<l> telephone: [221] 23-42-96 or 23-34-24</l>
<l> FAX: [221] 22-29-91</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side),
yellow, and red with a small green five-pointed star centered in
the yellow band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
</p></body></article></text>