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<text>
<title>
Mayotte (FR): Government
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Mayotte
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of
Mayotte</l>
<l> conventional short form: Mayotte</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: MF
</p>
<p>Type: territorial collectivity of France
</p>
<p>Capital: Mamoutzou
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: none (territorial collectivity of
France)
</p>
<p>Independence: none (territorial collectivity of France)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
</p>
<p>Legal system: French law
</p>
<p>National holiday: Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: Mahoran Popular Movement (MPM),
Younoussa BAMANA; Party for the Mahoran Democratic Rally (PRDM),
Daroueche MAOULIDA; Mahoran Rally for the Republic (RMPR), Mansour
KAMARDINE; Union of the Center (UDC)
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> General Council: last held March 1991 (next to be held March
1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (17 total) MPM
12, RPR 5
</p>
<p> French Senate: last held on 24 September 1989 (next to be held
September 1993); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1
total) MPM 1
</p>
<p> French National Assembly: last held 5 and 12 June 1988 (next to
be held June 1993); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1
total) UDC 1
</p>
<p>Executive branch: government commissioner
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: unicameral General Council (Conseil General)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Tribunal Superieur d'Appel)
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May
1981)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Commissioner, Representative of the French
Government Jean-Paul COSTE (since NA 1991); President of the General
Council Youssouf BAMANA (since NA 1976)
</p>
<p>Member of: FZ
</p>
<p>Diplomatic representation in US: as a territorial collectivity of
France, Mahoran interests are represented in the US by France
</p>
<p>Flag: the flag of France is used
</p></body></article></text>