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Government
Long-form name: Republic of Rwanda.
Type: republic; presidential system in which military leaders
hold key offices.
Capital: Kigali.
Administrative divisions: 10 prefectures (prefectures, singular--
prefecture in French; plural--NA, singular--prefegitura in
Kinyarwanda); Butare, Byumba, Cyangugu, Gikongoro, Gisenyi,
Gitarama, Kibungo, Kibuye, Rigali, Ruhengeri.
Constitution: 17 December 1978.
Independence: 1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian
administration).
Legal system: based on German and Belgian civil law systems
and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in
the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction.
National holiday: Independence Day, 1 July (1962).
Executive branch: president, Council of Ministers (cabinet).
Legislative branch: unicameral National Development Council
(Conseil pour le Developpement National).
Judicial branch: Constitutional Court (consists of the Court
of Cassation and the Council of State in joint session).
Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government--President
Maj. Gen. Juvenal HABYARIMANA (since 5 July 1973).
Political parties and leaders: only party--National Revolutionary
Movement for Development (MRND), Maj. Gen. Juvenal Habyarimana
(officially a development movement, not a party).
Suffrage: universal adult, exact age NA.
Elections:
President--last held 19 December 1988 (next to be held December
1993); results--President Maj. Gen. Juvenal Habyarimana reelected;
National Development Council--last held 19 December 1988
(next to be held December 1993); results--MRND is the only
party; seats--(70 total); MRND 70.
Communists: no Communist party.
Member of: ACP, AfDB, EAMA, CCC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD,
ICAO, ICO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,
IPU, ITU, NAM, OAU, OCAM, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Aloys UWIMANA; Chancery
at 1714 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington DC 20009; telephone
(202) 232-2882; US--Ambassador Leonard H.O. SPEARMAN, Sr.;
Embassy at Boulevard de la Revolution, Kigali (mailing address
is B.P. 28, Kigali); telephone [205] 75601 through 75603
or 72126 through 72128.
Flag: three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow,
and green with a large black letter R centered in the yellow
band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar
to the flag of Guinea, which has a plain yellow band.