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Zimbabwe Government 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/zimbabwe/zimbabwe_government.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code ZI Government type parliamentary democracy National capital Harare Administrative divisions 8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status; Bulawayo*, Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midlands Independence 18 April 1980 (from UK) National holiday Independence Day, 18 April (1980) Constitution 21 December 1979 Legal system mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral parliament, called House of Assembly (150 seats, 120 of which
are directly elected by popular vote for six-year terms; of the other 30 seats,
12 are nominated by the president, 10 are occupied by traditional chiefs chosen
by their peers, and 8 by provincial governors)
Judicial branch Supreme Court Political parties and leaders Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Robert MUGABE]; Zimbabwe African National Union-NDONGA or ZANU-NDONGA [Ndabaningi SITHOLE]; Zimbabwe Unity Movement or ZUM [Edgar TEKERE]; Democratic Party or DP [Emmanuel MAGOCHE]; Forum Party of Zimbabwe [Enock DUMBUTSHENA]; United Parties [Abel MUZOREWA] International organization participation ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, MONUA, NAM, OAU, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow,
and green with a white equilateral triangle edged in black based on the hoist
side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird is superimposed on a red five-pointed star in
the center of the triangle
NOTE: The information regarding Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe Government 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Zimbabwe Government 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |