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<text id=93CT1261>
<title>
Slovakia--Government
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Slovakia
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Slovak Republic</l>
<l> conventional short form: Slovakia</l>
<l> local long form: Slovenska Republika</l>
<l> local short form: Slovensko</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: LO
</p>
<p>Type: parliamentary democracy
</p>
<p>Capital: Bratislava
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 4 departments (departamentos,
singular - departamento) Bratislava, Zapadoslovensky,
Stredoslovensky, Vychodoslovensky
</p>
<p>Independence: 1 January 1993 (from Czechoslovakia)
</p>
<p>Constitution: ratified 3 September 1992; fully effective 1
January 1993
</p>
<p>Legal system: civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian
codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code
modified to comply with the obligations of Conference on
Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and to expunge
Marxist-Leninist legal theory
</p>
<p>National holiday: Slovak National Uprising, August 29 (1944)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: Hungarian Christian Democratic
Movement, Vojtech BUGAR; Christian Democratic Movement, Jan
CARNOGURSKY; Movement for a Democratic Slovakia, Vladimir
MECIAR, chairman; Party of the Democratic Left, Peter WEISS,
chairman; Slovak National Party, Ludovit CERNAK, chairman;
Coexistence, Miklos DURAY, chairman; Party of Conservative
Democrats, leader NA
</p>
<p>Other political or pressure groups: Green Party; Democratic
Party; Social Democratic Party in Slovakia; Movement for
Czech-Slovak Accord; Freedom Party; Slovak Christian Union;
Hungarian Civic Party
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> President: last held 8 February 1993 (next to be held NA
1998); results - Michal KOVAC elected by the National Council
</p>
<p> National Council: last held 5-6 June 1992 (next to be held
NA June 1996); results - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 37%,
Party of the Democratic Left 15%, Christian Democratic Movement
9%, Slovak National Party 8%, Hungarian Christian Democratic
Movement/Coexistence 7%; seats - (150 total) Movement for a
Democratic Slovakia, 74, Party of the Democratic Left 29,
Christian Democratic Movement 18, Slovak National Party 15,
Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement/Coexistence 14
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, prime minister, Cabinet
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: unicameral National Council (Narodni
Rada)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: President Michal KOVAC (since 8 February
1993)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Prime Minister Vladimir MECIAR (since
NA), Deputy Prime Minister Roman KOVAC (since NA)
</p>
<p>Member of: BIS, CCC, CE, CEI, CERN, CSCE, EBRD, ECE, FAO,
GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO,
INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU,
LORCS, NACC, NAM (guest), NSG, PCA, UN (as of 8 January 1993),
UNAVEM II, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOSOM, UNPROFOR, UPU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Charge d'Affaires Dr. Milan ERBAN</l>
<l> chancery: 3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW, Washington, DC
20008</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 363-6315 or 6316</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Elect Eleanor SUTTER</l>
<l> embassy: Hviczdoslavovo Namestie 4, 81102 Bratislava</l>
<l> mailing address: use embassy street address</l>
<l> telephone: 427 330 861</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and
red superimposed with a crest with a white double cross on three
blue mountains
</p></body></article></text>