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<text>
<title>
Uruguay: Government
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Uruguay
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Oriental Republic of Uruguay</l>
<l> conventional short form: Uruguay</l>
<l> local long form: Republica Oriental del Uruguay</l>
<l> local short form: Uruguay</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: UY
</p>
<p>Type: republic
</p>
<p>Capital: Montevideo
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 19 departments (departamentos,
singular - departamento); Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo,
Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado,
Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose,
Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres
</p>
<p>Independence: 25 August 1828 (from Brazil)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 27 November 1966, effective February 1967,
suspended 27 June 1973, new constitution rejected by referendum
30 November 1980
</p>
<p>Legal system: based on Spanish civil law system; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
</p>
<p>National holiday: Independence Day, 25 August (1828)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: National (Blanco) Party, Carlos
CAT; Colorado Party, Secretary General (vacant); Broad Front
Coalition, Liber SEREGNI Mosquera - includes PSU, PCU, MLN, MRO,
PVP; Uruguayan Socialist Party (PSU), Jose Pedro CARDOSO, and;
Communist Party (PCU), Marina ARISMENDI; National Liberation
Movement (MLN) or Tupamaros, Eleuterio FERNANDEZ Huidobro;
Oriental Rvolutionary Movement (MRO), Walter ARTOLA; Party for
the Victory of the Poor (PVP), Hugo CORES; New Space Coalition
consists of PGP, PDC, and Civic Union, Hugo BATALLA; People's
Government Party (PGP), Hugo BATALLA, secretary general;
Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Carlos VASSALLO, secretary
general; Civic Union, Humberto CIGANDA
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> President: last held 26 November 1989 (next to be held NA
November 1994); results - Luis Alberto LACALLE Herrera (Blanco)
37%, Jorge BATLLE Ibanez (Colorado) 29%, Liber SEREGNI Mosquera
(Broad Front) 20%
</p>
<p> Chamber of Senators: last held 26 November 1989 (next to be
held NA November 1994); results - Blanco 40%, Colorado 30%,
Broad Front 23% New Space 7%; seats - (30 total) Blanco 12,
Colorado 9, Broad Front 7, New Space 2
</p>
<p> Chamber of Representatives: last held NA November 1989 (next
to be held NA November 1994); results - Blanco 39%, Colorado
30%, Broad Front 22%, New Space 8%, other 1%; seats - (99 total)
number of seats by party NA
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, vice president, Council of
Ministers (cabinet)
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: bicameral General Assembly (Asamblea
General) consists of an upper chamber or Chamber of Senators
(Camara de Senadores) and a lower chamber or Chamber of
Representatives (Camera de Representantes)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State and Head of Government: President Luis
Alberto LACALLE (since 1 March 1990); Vice President Gonzalo
AGUIRRE Ramirez (since 1 March 1990)
</p>
<p>Member of: AG (observer), CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, GATT,
IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT,
INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, LAES, LAIA, LORCS,
MERCOSUR, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMOGIP, UNOMOZ, UNTAC, UPU, WCL, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Eduardo MACGILLYCUDDY</l>
<l> chancery: 1918 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20006</l>
<l> telephone: telephone (202) 331-1313 through 1316</l>
<l> consulates general: Los Angeles, Miami, and New York,</l>
<l> consulate: New Orleans</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Richard C. BROWN</l>
<l> embassy: Lauro Muller 1776, Montevideo</l>
<l> mailing address: APO AA 34035</l>
<l> telephone: [598] (2) 23-60-61 or 48-77-77</l>
<l> FAX: [598] (2) 48-86-11</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom)
alternating with blue; there is a white square in the upper
hoist-side corner with a yellow sun bearing a human face known
as the Sun of May and 16 rays alternately triangular and wavy
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