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Government
Long-form name: People's Republic of Angola.
Type: Marxist people's republic.
Capital: Luanda.
Administrative divisions: 18 provinces (provincias, singular--
provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango,
Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda,
Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire.
Independence: 11 November 1975 (from Portugal).
Constitution: 11 November 1975; revised 7 January 1978 and
11 August 1980.
Legal system: based on Portuguese civil law system and customary
law, but being modified along socialist lines.
National holiday: Independence Day, 11 November (1975).
Executive branch: president, chairman of the Council of
Ministers, Council of Ministers (cabinet).
Legislative branch: unicameral National People's Assembly.
Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Tribunal da Relacao).
Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government--President
Jose Eduardo dos SANTOS (since 21 September 1979).
Political parties and leaders: only party--Popular Movement
for the Liberation of Angola-Labor Party (MPLA-Labor Party),
Jose Eduardo dos Santos; National Union for the Total Independence
of Angola (UNITA), lost to the MPLA with Cuban military
support in immediate postindependence struggle, now carrying
out insurgency.
Suffrage: universal adult at age NA.
Elections: none held to date.
Member of: ACP, AfDB, CCC, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), ICAO,
IFAD, ILO, IMO, INTELSAT, ITU, NAM, OAU, SADCC, UN, UNESCO,
UNICEF, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO.
Diplomatic representation: none.
Flag: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black
with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed
star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the
style of a hammer and sickle).