<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Tanzania<nl>Government</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Names:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>conventional long form:</hi> United Republic of Tanzania
<item>• <hi format=ital>conventional short form:</hi> Tanzania
<item>• <hi format=ital>former:</hi> United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
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<item><hi format=bold>Digraph:</hi> TZ
<item><hi format=bold>Type:</hi> republic
<item><hi format=bold>Capital:</hi> Dar es Salaam
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<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> some government offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital by the end of the 1990s
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<item><hi format=bold>Administrative divisions:</hi> 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
<item><hi format=bold>Independence:</hi> 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
<item><hi format=bold>National holiday:</hi> Union Day, 26 April (1964)
<item><hi format=bold>Constitution:</hi> 25 April 1977; major revisions October 1984
<item><hi format=bold>Legal system:</hi> based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts limited to matters of interpretation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
<item><hi format=bold>Suffrage:</hi> 18 years of age; universal
<item><hi format=bold>Executive branch:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of state:</hi> President Ali Hassan MWINYI (since 5 November 1985); First Vice President John MALECELA (since 9 November 1990); Second Vice President and President of Zanzibar Salmin AMOUR (since 9 November 1990) election last held 28 October 1990 (next to be held NA October 1995); results—Ali Hassan MWINYI was elected without opposition
<item>• <hi format=ital>head of government:</hi> Prime Minister John MALECELA (since 9 November 1990)
<item>• <hi format=ital>cabinet:</hi> Cabinet; appointed by the president from the National Assembly
<item><hi format=bold>National Assembly (Bunge):</hi> elections 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
<item><hi format=bold>Judicial branch:</hi> Court of Appeal, High Court
<item><hi format=bold>Political parties and leaders:</hi> Chama Cha 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; Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA), Edwin I. M. MTEI, chairman
<item><hi format=bold>Flag:</hi> 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