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Sao Tome and Principe Government 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/sao_tome_and_principe/sao_tome_and_principe_government.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code TP Government type republic National capital Sao Tome Administrative divisions 2 districts (concelhos, singular - concelho); Principe, Sao Tome Independence 12 July 1975 (from Portugal) National holiday Independence Day, 12 July (1975) Constitution approved March 1990; effective 10 September 1990 Legal system based on Portuguese legal system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (55 seats; members
are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)
Judicial branch Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the National Assembly Political parties and leaders Party for Democratic Convergence-Reflection Group or PCD-GR [Armindo AGUIAR, secretary general]; Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome and Principe or MLSTP [Francisco Fortunas PIRES]; Christian Democratic Front or FDC [Alphonse Dos SANTOS]; Democratic Opposition Coalition or CODO; Independent Democratic Action or ADI [Carlos NEVES]; other small parties International organization participation ACP, AfDB, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM, OAU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant) Diplomatic representation in the US Sao Tome and Principe does not have an embassy in the US, but does have a Permanent Mission to the UN, headed by First Secretary Domingos AUGUSTO Ferreira, located at 122 East 42nd Street, Suite 1604, New York, NY 10168, telephone [1] (212) 697-4211 Diplomatic representation from the US the US does not have an embassy in Sao Tome and Principe; the Ambassador to Gabon is accredited to Sao Tome and Principe on a nonresident basis and makes periodic visits to the islands Flag description
three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double width), and green
with two black five-pointed stars placed side by side in the center of the
yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; uses the
popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
NOTE: The information regarding Sao Tome and Principe 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 Sao Tome and Principe Government 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sao Tome and Principe Government 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |