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Mali Government 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/mali/mali_government.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code ML Government type republic National capital Bamako Administrative divisions 8 regions (regions, singular - region); Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou Independence 22 September 1960 (from France) National holiday Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic, 22 September (1960) Constitution adopted 12 January 1992 Legal system based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court (which was formally established on 9 March 1994); has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage 21 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (147 seats; members
are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
Judicial branch Supreme Court (Cour Supreme) Political parties and leaders Alliance for Democracy or ADEMA [Ibrahim N'DIAYE, secretary-general]; Party for National Renewal or PARENA [Yoro DIAKITE, chairman; Tiebile DRAME, secretary-general]; Democratic and Social Convention or CDS [Mamadou Bakary SANGARE, chairman]; Union for Democracy and Development or UDD [Moussa Balla COULIBALY, leader]; Party for Democracy and Progress or PDP [Me Idrissa TRAORE, leader]; National Congress for Democratic Initiative or CNID [Mountaga TALL, chairman]; Sudanese Union/African Democratic Rally or US/RDA [Mamadou Bamou TOURE, secretary-general]; Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Almamy SYLLA, chairman]; Rally for Democracy and Labor or RDT [Ali GNANGADO, leader]; Union of Democratic Forces for Progress or UFDP [Youssouf TOURE, secretary-general]; Movement for the Independence, Renaissance and Integration of Africa or MIRIA [Mohamed Lamine TRAORE, Mouhamedou DICKO, leaders] Political pressure groups and leaders United Movement and Fronts of Azawad or MFUA; Patriotic Movement of the Ghanda Kaye or MPGK International organization participation ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, MIPONUH, MONUA, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB, WAEMU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red; uses
the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
NOTE: The information regarding Mali 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 Mali Government 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mali Government 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |