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Government
Long-form name: Republic of Haiti.
Type: republic.
Capital: Port-au-Prince.
Administrative divisions: 9 departments, (departements,
singular--departement); Artibonite, Centre, Grand'Anse,
Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est.
Independence: 1 January 1804 (from France).
Constitution: 27 August 1983, suspended February 1986; draft
constitution approved March 1987, suspended June 1988, most
articles reinstated March 1989.
Legal system: based on Roman civil law system; accepts compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction.
National holiday: Independence Day, 1 January (1804).
Executive branch: president, Council of Ministers (cabinet).
Legislative branch: bicameral National Assembly (Assemblee
Nationale) consisted of an upper house or Senate and a lower
house or House of Representatives, but was dissolved on
20 June 1988 after the coup of 19 June 1988 (there was a
subsequent coup on 18 September 1988); after naming a civilian
as provisional president on 13 March 1990, it was announced
that a Council of State was being formed.
Judicial branch: Court of Appeal (Cour de Cassation).
Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government--Provisional
President Ertha PASCAL-TROUILLOT (since 13 March 1990).
Political parties and leaders: Haitian Christian Democratic
Party (PDCH), Sylvio Claude; Haitian Social Christian Party
(PSCH), Gregoire Eugene; Movement for the Installation of
Democracy in Haiti (MIDH), Marc Bazin; National Alliance
Front (FNC), Gerard Gourgue; National Agricultural and Industrial
Party (PAIN), Louis Dejoie; Congress of Democratic Movements
(CONACOM), Victor Bono; National Progressive Revolutionary
Party (PANPRA), Serge Gilles; National Patriotic Movement
of November 28 (MNP-28), Dejean Belizaire; Movement for
the Organization of the Country (MOP), Gesner Comeau; Mobilization
for National Development (MDN), Hubert De Ronceray.
Suffrage: none.
Elections:
President--last held 17 January 1988 (next to be held by mid-June
1990); on 13 March 1990 Ertha Pascal-Trouillot became provisional
president after the resignation of President Lieut. Gen. Prosper
Avril;
Legislature--last held 17 January 1988, but dissolved on
20 June 1988; the government has promised an election by
mid-June 1990.
Communists: United Party of Haitian Communists (PUCH), Rene
Theodore (roughly 2,000 members).
Other political or pressure groups: Democratic Unity Confederation
(KID), Roman Catholic Church, Confederation of Haitian Workers
(CTH), Federation of Workers Trade Unions (FOS), Autonomous
Haitian Workers (CATH), National Popular Assembly (APN).
Member of: CCC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDB--Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD,
IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IRC, ITU, OAS, PAHO,
SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador (vacant), Charge d'Affaires
Fritz VOUGY; Chancery at 2311 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington
DC 20008; telephone (202) 332-4090 through 4092; there are
Haitian Consulates General in Boston, Chicago, Miami, New
York, and San Juan (Puerto Rico); US--Ambassador Alvin ADAMS;
Embassy at Harry Truman Boulevard, Port-au-Prince (mailing
address is P. O. Box 1761, Port-au-Prince), telephone [509]
(1) 20354 or 20368, 20200, 20612.
Flag: two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with
a centered white rectangle bearing the coat of arms which
contains a palm tree flanked by flags and two cannons above
a scroll bearing the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union
Makes Strength).