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Rwanda Government 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/rwanda/rwanda_government.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code RW Government type republic; presidential, multiparty system National capital Kigali Administrative divisions 12 prefectures (prefectures, singular - prefecture in French; plural - NA, singular - prefegitura in Kinyarwanda); Butare, Byumba, Cyangugu, Gikongoro, Gisenyi, Gitarama, Kibungo, Kibuye, Kigali, Kigaliville, Umutara, Ruhengeri Independence 1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship) National holiday Independence Day, 1 July (1962) Constitution on 5 May 1995, the Transitional National Assembly adopted a new constitution which included elements of the constitution of 18 June 1991 as well as provisions of the 1993 Arusha peace accord and the November 1994 multi-party protocol of understanding Legal system based on German and Belgian civil law systems and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage NA years of age; universal adult Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral Transitional National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale de
Transition (70 seats; members were predetermined by the Arusha peace accord
to serve NA-year terms)
Judicial branch Constitutional Court, consists of the Court of Cassation and the Council of State in joint session Political parties and leaders significant parties include: Rwandan Patriotic Front or RPF [Alexis KANYARENGWE, chairman]; Democratic Republican Movement or MDR; Liberal Party or PL; Democratic and Socialist Party or PSD; Christian Democratic Party or PDC; Islamic Democratic Party or PDI; Rwandan Socialist Party or PSR; National Movement for Democracy and Development or MRND (former ruling party) Political pressure groups and leaders Rwanda Patriotic Army or RPA, the RPF military wing [Maj. Gen. Paul KAGAME, commander]; Rally for the Democracy and Return (RDR) International organization participation ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEEAC, CEPGL, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM, OAU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green with
a large black letter R centered in the yellow band; uses the popular pan-African
colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Guinea, which has a plain yellow
band
NOTE: The information regarding Rwanda 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 Rwanda Government 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Rwanda Government 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |