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<text id=93CT1441>
<title>
Tanzania--Government
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Tanzania
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: United Republic of Tanzania</l>
<l> conventional short form: Tanzania</l>
<l> former: United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: TZ
</p>
<p>Type: republic
</p>
<p>Capital: Dar es Salaam
</p>
<p>note: some government offices have been transferred to Dodoma,
which is planned as the new national capital by the end of the
1990s
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 25 regions; Arusha, Dar es Salaam,
Dodoma, Iringa, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Lindi, Mara, Mbeya,
Morogoro, Mtwara, Mwanza, Pemba North, Pemba South, Pwani,
Rukwa, Ruvuma, Shinyanga, Singida, Tabora, Tanga, Zanzibar
Central/South, Zanzibar North, Zanzibar Urban/West, Ziwa
Magharibi
</p>
<p>Independence: 26 April 1964 Tanganyika became independent 9
December 1961 (from UN trusteeship under British
administration); Zanzibar became independent 19 December 1963
(from UK); Tanganyika united with Zanzibar 26 April 1964 to form
the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; renamed United
Republic of Tanzania 29 October 1964
</p>
<p>Constitution: 15 March 1984 (Zanzibar has its own constitution
but remains subject to provisions of the union constitution)
</p>
<p>Legal system: based on English common law; judicial review of
legislative acts limited to matters of interpretation; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
</p>
<p>National holiday: Union Day, 26 April (1964)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: Chama Chr Mapinduzi (CCM or
Revolutionary Party), Ali Hassan MWINYI; Civic United Front
(CUF), James MAPALALA; National Committee for Constitutional
Reform (NCCK), Mabere MARANDO; Union for Multiparty Democracy
(UMD), Abdullah FUNDIKIRA; Democratic Party (DP), Christopher
Mtikila
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> President: last held 28 October 1990 (next to be held NA
October 1995); results - Ali Hassan MWINYI was elected without
opposition
</p>
<p> National Assembly: last held 28 October 1990 (next to be
held NA October 1995); results - CCM was the only party; seats -
(241 total, 168 elected) CCM 168
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, first vice president and prime
minister of the union, second vice president and president of
Zanzibar, Cabinet
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (Bunge)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Court of Appeal, High Court
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: President Ali Hassan MWINYI (since 5
November 1985); First Vice President John MALECELA (since 9
November 1990); Second Vice President Salmin AMOUR (since 9
November 1990)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Prime Minister John MALECELA (since 9
November 1990)
</p>
<p>Member of: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, EADB, ECA, FAO, FLS, G-6, G-77,
GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT,
INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Charles Musama NYIRABU</l>
<l> chancery: 2139 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 939-6125</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Peter Jon DE VOS</l>
<l> embassy: 36 Laibon Road (off Bagamoyo Road), Dar es
Salaam</l>
<l> mailing address: P. O. Box 9123, Dar es Salaam</l>
<l> telephone: [255] (51) 66010/13</l>
<l> FAX: [255] (51) 66701</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the
lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is
green and the lower triangle is blue
</p></body></article></text>