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Government
Long-form name: Republic of Chad.
Type: republic.
Capital: N'Djamena.
Administrative divisions: 14 prefectures (prefectures, singular--
prefecture); Batha, Biltine, Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, Chari-Baguirmi,
Guera, Kanem, Lac, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mayo-Kebbi,
Moyen-Chari, Ouaddai, Salamat, Tandjile.
Independence: 11 August 1960 (from France).
Constitution: 22 December 1989.
Legal system: based on French civil law system and Chadian
customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction.
National holiday: National Day (founding of the Third Republic),
7 June (1982).
Executive branch: president, Council of Ministers (cabinet).
Legislative branch: unicameral National Consultative Council
(Conseil National Consultatif).
Judicial branch: Court of Appeal.
Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government--President
Hissein HABRE (since 19 June 1982).
Political parties and leaders: National Union for Independence
and Revolution (UNIR) established June 1984 with Habre as
President; numerous dissident groups (most significant opponents
have returned to the government since mid-1986).
Suffrage: universal at age NA.
Elections: President--last held 10 December 1989 (next to
be held December 1996); results--President Habre was reelected
without opposition.
Communists: no front organizations or underground party;
probably a few Communists and some sympathizers.
Other political or pressure groups: NA.
Member of: ACP, AfDB, CEAO, Conference of East and Central
African States, EAMA, ECA, EC (associate), FAO, G-77, GATT,
IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, IDA, IDB--Islamic Development Bank, IFAD,
ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ITU, Lake Chad Basin Commission,
NAM, OAU, OCAM, OIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Mahamat Ali ADOUM;
Chancery at 2002 R Steet NW, Washington DC 20009; telephone
(202) 462-4009; US--Ambassador-designate Richard W. BOGOSIAN;
Charge d'Affaires, Julius WALKER; Embassy at Avenue Felix
Eboue, N'Djamena (mailing address is B.P. 413, N'Djamena);
telephone [235] (51) 32-69 or 35-13, 28-62, 23-29, 32-29,
30-94, 28-47.
Flag: three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow,
and red; similar to the flag of Andorra which has a national
coat of arms featuring a quartered shield centered in the
yellow band; also similar to the flag of Romania which has
a national coat of arms featuring a mountain landscape centered
in the yellow band; design was based on the flag of France.