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Government
Long-form name: Department of Martinique.
Type: overseas department of France.
Capital: Fort-de-France.
Administrative divisions: none (overseas department of France).
Independence: none (overseas department of France).
Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution).
Legal system: French legal system.
National holiday: Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789).
Executive branch: government commissioner.
Legislative branch: unicameral General Council and unicameral
Regional Council.
Judicial branch: Supreme Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981);
Head of Government--Government Commissioner Jean Claude
ROURE (since 5 May 1989); President of the General Council
Emile MAURICE (since NA 1988).
Political parties: Rally for the Republic (RPR), Stephen
Bago; Union of the Left composed of the Progressive Party
of Martinique (PPM), Aime Cesaire; Socialist Federation
of Martinique, Michael Yoyo; and the Communist Party of
Martinique (PCM), Armand Nicolas; Union for French Democracy
(UDF), Jean Maran.
Suffrage: universal at age 18.
Elections:
General Council--last held on NA October 1988 (next to be
held by March 1991); results--percent of vote by party NA;
seats--(44 total) number of seats by party NA;
Regional Assembly--last held on 16 March 1986 (next to
be held by March 1992); results--UDF/RPR coalition 49.8%,
PPM/FSM/PCM coalition 41.3%, others 8.9%; seats--(41 total)
PPM/FSM/PCM coalition 21, UDF/RPR coalition 20;
French Senate--last held 24 September 1989 (next to be
held September 1992); results--percent of vote by party
NA; seats--(2 total) UDF 1, PPM 1;
French National Assembly--last held on 5 and 12 June 1988
(next to be held June 1993); results--percent of vote by
party NA; seats--(4 total) PPM 1, FSM 1, RPR 1, UDF 1.
Communists: 1,000 (est.).
Other political or pressure groups: Proletarian Action Group
(GAP); Alhed Marie-Jeanne Socialist Revolution Group (GRS),
Martinique Independence Movement (MIM), Caribbean Revolutionary
Alliance (ARC), Central Union for Martinique Workers (CSTM),
Marc Pulvar; Frantz Fanon Circle; League of Workers and Peasants.
Member of: WFTU.
Diplomatic representation: as an overseas department of
France, Martiniquais interests are represented in the US
by France; US--Consul General Ray ROBINSON; Consulate General
at 14 Rue Blenac, Fort-de-France (mailing address is B.P. 561,
Fort-de-France); telephone [596] 63-13-03.
Flag: the flag of France is used.