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Country name: |
conventional long form: Territorial
Collectivity of Mayotte
conventional short form: Mayotte |
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Dependency status: |
territorial collectivity of France |
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Government type: |
NA |
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Capital: |
Mamoutzou |
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Administrative
divisions: |
none (territorial collectivity of France) |
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Independence: |
none (territorial collectivity of France) |
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National holiday: |
Bastille Day, 14 July (1789) |
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Constitution: |
28 September 1958 (French Constitution) |
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Legal system: |
French law |
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Suffrage: |
18 years of age; universal |
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Executive branch: |
chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC
of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Jean-Jacques
BROT (since 3 July 2002)
elections: French president elected by popular vote for a
five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the
advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; president of the
General Council elected by the members of the General Council for a
six-year term
head of government: President of the General Council Younoussa
BAMANA (since NA 1977)
cabinet: NA |
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Legislative branch: |
unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19
seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms)
elections: last held 7 October 2000 (next to be held NA 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party
- NA
note: Mayotte elects one member of the French Senate; elections
last held 24 September 2001 (next to be held NA September 2007);
results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; Mayotte
also elects one member to the French National Assembly; elections last
held 16 June 2002 (next to be held as a special election on NA June
2005); results - percent of vote by party - UMP-RPR 55.08%, UDF
44.92%; seats by party - UMP-RPR 1 |
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Judicial branch: |
Supreme Court or Tribunal
Superieur d'Appel |
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Political parties and
leaders: |
Democratic Front or FD [Youssouf MOUSSA]; Mahoran
Popular Movement or MPM [Ahmed MADI]; Federation of Mahorans or RPR [Mansour
KAMARDINE]; Movement for Department Status Mayotte or MDM [Mouhoutar
SALIM]; Socialist Party or PS (local branch of French Parti Socialiste)
[Ibrahim ABUBACAR]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Henri JEAN-BAPTISTE]
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Political pressure
groups and leaders: |
NA |
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International
organization participation: |
none |
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Diplomatic
representation in the US: |
none (territorial collectivity of France) |
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Diplomatic
representation from the US: |
none (territorial collectivity of France) |
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Flag description: |
the flag of France is used |