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Government
Long-form name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Type: constitutional monarchy.
Capital: Luxembourg.
Administrative divisions: 3 districts; Diekirch, Grevenmacher,
Luxembourg.
Independence: 1839.
Constitution: 17 October 1868, occasional revisions.
Legal system: based on civil law system; accepts compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction.
National holiday: National Day (public celebration of the
Grand Duke's birthday), 23 June (1921).
Executive branch: grand duke, prime minister, vice prime
minister, Council of Ministers (cabinet).
Legislative branch: unicameral Chamber of Deputies (Chambre
des Deputes); note--the Council of State (Conseil d'Etat)
is an advisory body whose views are considered by the Chamber
of Deputies.
Judicial branch: Superior Court of Justice (Cour Superieure
de de Justice).
Leaders:
Chief of State--Grand Duke JEAN (since 12 November 1964);
Heir Apparent Prince HENRI (son of Grand Duke Jean,
born 16 April 1955);
Head of Government--Prime Minister Jacques SANTER (since
21 July 1984); Deputy Prime Minister Jacques F. POOS (since
21 July 1984).
Political parties and leaders: Christian Social Party (CSV),
Jacques Santer; Socialist Workers Party (LSAP), Jacques
Poos; Liberal (DP), Colette Flesch; Communist (KPL), Rene
Urbany; Green Alternative (GAP), Jean Huss.
Suffrage: universal and compulsory at age 18.
Elections: Chamber of Deputies--last held on 18 June 1989
(next to be held by June 1994); results--CSV 31.7%, LSAP 27.2%,
DP 16.2%, Greens 8.4%, PAC 7.3%, KPL 5.1%, others 4%; seats--
(60 total) CSV 22, LSAP 18, DP 11, Greens 4, PAC 4, KPL 1, others 4.
Communists: 500 party members (1982).
Other political or pressure groups: group of steel industries
representing iron and steel industry, Centrale Paysanne
representing agricultural producers; Christian and Socialist
labor unions; Federation of Industrialists; Artisans and
Shopkeepers Federation.
Member of: Benelux, BLEU, CCC, Council of Europe, EC, EIB,
EMS, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO,
IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOOC, IPU, ITU, NATO, OECD, UN,
UNESCO, UPU, WEU, WHO, WIPO, WMO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Andre PHILIPPE; Chancery
at 2200 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008; telephone
(202) 265-4171; there are Luxembourg Consulates General
in New York and San Francisco; US--Ambassador Jean B. S.
GERARD; Embassy at 22 Boulevard Emmanuel-Servais, 2535 Luxembourg
City (mailing address is APO New York 09132); telephone
[352] 460123.
Flag: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white,
and light blue; similar to the flag of the Netherlands which
uses a darker blue and is shorter; design was based on the
flag of France.