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Cape Verde Government 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/cape_verde/cape_verde_government.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code CV Government type republic National capital Praia Administrative divisions
14 districts (concelhos, singular - concelho); Boa Vista, Brava, Fogo,
Maio, Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa
Cruz, Sao Nicolau, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal
Independence 5 July 1975 (from Portugal) National holiday Independence Day, 5 July (1975) Constitution new constitution came into force 25 September 1992 Legal system derived from the legal system of Portugal Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (72 seats; members
are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
Judicial branch Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Supremo Tribunal de Justia Political parties and leaders Movement for Democracy or MPD [Prime Minister Carlos VEIGA, founder and president]; African Party for Independence of Cape Verde or PAICV [Pedro Verona Rodrigues PIRES, chairman]; Party for Democratic Convergence or PCD; Social Democratic Party or PSD [Joao ALEM, president] International organization participation ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM, OAU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WMO, WTrO (applicant) Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
three horizontal bands of light blue (top, double width), white (with
a horizontal red stripe in the middle third), and light blue; a circle of
10 yellow five-pointed stars is centered on the hoist end of the red stripe
and extends into the upper and lower blue bands
NOTE: The information regarding Cape Verde on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cape Verde Government 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cape Verde Government 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |