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<text>
<title>
Burma: Government
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Burma
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Union of Burma</l>
<l> conventional short form: Burma</l>
<l> local long form: Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated
by the US Government as Union of Myanma and by the Burmese as
Union of Myanmar)</l>
<l> local short form: Myanma Naingngandaw</l>
<l> former: Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: BM
</p>
<p>Type: military regime
</p>
<p>Capital: Rangoon (sometimes translated as Yangon)
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 7 divisions* (yin-mya, singular -
yin) and 7 states (pyine-mya, singular - pyine); Chin State,
Irrawaddy*, Kachin State, Karan State, Kayah State, Magwe*,
Mandalay*, Mon State, Pegu*, Rakhine State, Rangoon*, Sagaing*,
Shan State, Tenasserim*
</p>
<p>Independence: 4 January 1948 (from UK)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 3 January 1974 (suspended since 18 September
1988); National Convention started on 9 January 1993 to draft
chapter headings for a new constitution
</p>
<p>Legal system: has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
</p>
<p>National holiday: Independence Day, 4 January (1948)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: National Unity Party (NUP;
proregime), THA KYAW; National League for Democracy (NLD), U
AUNG SHWE; National Coalition of Union of Burma (NCGUB), SEIN
WIN (which consists of individuals legitimately elected to
parliament, but not recognized by military regime) fled to
border area and joined with insurgents in December 1990 to form
a parallel government
</p>
<p>Other political or pressure groups: Kachin Independence Army
(KIA); United Wa State Army (UWSA); Karen National Union (KNU -
the only non-drug group); several Shan factions, including the
Mong Tai Army (MTA)
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> People's Assembly: last held 27 May 1990, but Assembly never
convened; results - NLD 80%; seats - (485 total) NLD 396, the
regime-favored NUP 10, other 79
</p>
<p>Executive branch: chairman of the State Law and Order
Restoration Council, State Law and Order Restoration Council
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: unicameral People's Assembly (Pyithu
Hluttaw) was dissolved after the coup of 18 September 1988
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: none; Council of People's Justices was
abolished after the coup of 18 September 1988
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State and Head of Government: Chairman of the State
Law and Order Restoration Council Gen. THAN SHWE (since 23 April
1992)
</p>
<p>Member of: AsDB, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS,
UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WMO
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador U THAUNG</l>
<l> chancery: 2300 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 332-9044 through 9046</l>
<l> consulate general: New York</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: (vacant); Deputy Chief of Mission, Charge
d'Affaires Franklin P. HUDDLE, Jr.</l>
<l> embassy: 581 Merchant Street, Rangoon</l>
<l> mailing address: GPO Box 521, AMEMB Box B, APO AP 96546</l>
<l> telephone: [95] (1) 82055, 82181</l>
<l> FAX: [95] (1) 80409</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner
bearing, all in white, 14 five-pointed stars encircling a
cogwheel containing a stalk of rice; the 14 stars represent the
14 administrative divisions
</p></body></article></text>