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<text>
<title>
Bolivia: Government
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Bolivia
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Republic of Bolivia</l>
<l> conventional short form: Bolivia</l>
<l> local long form: Republica de Bolivia</l>
<l> local short form: Bolivia</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: BL
</p>
<p>Type: republic
</p>
<p>Capital: La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital
and seat of judiciary)
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 9 departments (departamentos,
singular - departamento); Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Beni, La Paz,
Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija
</p>
<p>Independence: 6 August 1825 (from Spain)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 2 February 1967
</p>
<p>Legal system: based on Spanish law and Code Napoleon; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
</p>
<p>National holiday: Independence Day, 6 August (1825)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: Movement of the Revolutionary
Left (MIR), Jaime PAZ Zamora; Nationalist Democratic Action
(ADN), Hugo BANZER Suarez; Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
(MNR), Gonzalo SANCHEZ de Lozada; Civic Solidarity Union (UCS),
Max FERNANDEZ Rojas; Conscience of the Fatherland (CONDEPA),
Carlos PALENQUE Aviles; Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Jorge
AGREDO; Free Bolivia Movement (MBL), Antonio ARANIBAR; United
Left (IU), a coalition of leftist parties that includes
Patriotic National Convergency Axis (EJE-P), Walter DELGADILLO
and Bolivian Communist Party (PCB), Humberto RAMIREZ;
Revolutionary Vanguard - 9th of April (VR-9), Carlos SERRATE
Reich
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory (married)
21 years of age; universal and compulsory (single)
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> Chamber of Deputies: last held 7 May 1989 (next to be held 6
June 1993); results - percent of vote by party NA; note -
legislative and presidential candidates run on a unified slate,
so vote percentages are the same as in section on presidential
election results; seats - (130 total) MNR 40, ADN 35, MIR 33, IU
10, CONDEPA 9, PDC 3
</p>
<p> Chamber of Senators: last held 7 May 1989 (next to be held 6
June 1993); results - percent of vote by party NA; note -
legislative and presidential candidates run on a unified slate,
so vote percentages are the same as in section on presidential
election results; seats - (27 total) MNR 9, ADN 7, MIR 8,
CONDEPA 2, PDC 1
</p>
<p> President: last held 7 May 1989 (next to be held 6 June
1993); results - Gonzalo SANCHEZ de Lozada (MNR) 23%, Hugo
BANZER Suarez (ADN) 22%, Jaime PAZ Zamora (MIR) 19%; no
candidate received a majority of the popular vote; Jaime PAZ
Zamora (MIR) formed a coalition with Hugo BANZER (ADN); with ADN
support, PAZ Zamora won the congressional runoff election on 4
August and was inaugurated on 6 August 1989
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, vice president, Cabinet
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress (Congreso
Nacional) consists of an upper chamber or Chamber of Senators
(Camara de Senadores) and a lower chamber or Chamber of Deputies
(Camara de Diputados)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State and Head of Government: President Jaime PAZ
Zamora (since 6 August 1989); Vice President Luis OSSIO Sanjines
(since 6 August 1989)
</p>
<p>Member of: AG, ECLAC, FAO, GATT, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC,
IOM, ITU, LAES, LAIA, LORCS, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Jorge CRESPO</l>
<l> chancery: 3014 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20008</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 483-4410 through 4412</l>
<l> consulates general: Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San
Francisco</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Charles R. BOWERS</l>
<l> embassy: Banco Popular del Peru Building, corner of Calles
Mercado y Colon, La Paz</l>
<l> mailing address: P. O. Box 425, La Paz, or APO AA 34032</l>
<l> telephone: [591] (2) 350251 or 350120</l>
<l> FAX: [591] (2) 359875</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and
green with the coat of arms centered on the yellow band; similar
to the flag of Ghana, which has a large black five-pointed star
centered in the yellow band
</p></body></article></text>