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Country name:
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conventional long
form: Republic of Angola
conventional short form: Angola
local long form: Republica de Angola
local short form: Angola
former: People's Republic of Angola
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Government type:
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republic; multiparty
presidential regime |
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Capital:
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name: Luanda
geographic coordinates: 8 50 S, 13 14 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of
Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
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Administrative
divisions:
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18 provinces (provincias,
singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie,
Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul,
Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda
Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire
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Independence:
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11 November 1975 (from
Portugal) |
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National holiday:
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Independence Day, 11
November (1975) |
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Constitution:
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adopted by People's
Assembly 25 August 1992 |
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Legal system:
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based on Portuguese
civil law system and customary law; recently
modified to accommodate political pluralism and
increased use of free markets |
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Suffrage:
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18 years of age;
universal |
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Executive branch:
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chief of state:
President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (since 21
September 1979); note - the president is both chief
of state and head of government
head of government: President Jose Eduardo
DOS SANTOS (since 21 September 1979); Fernando de
Piedade Dias DOS SANTOS was appointed prime minister
on 6 December 2002
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by
the president
elections: president elected by universal
ballot for a five-year term (eligible for a second
consecutive or discontinuous term) under the 1992
constitution; President DOS SANTOS originally
elected (in 1979) without opposition under a
one-party system and stood for reelection in
Angola's first multiparty elections 29-30 September
1992 (next to be held in 2009)
election results: Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS
49.6%, Jonas SAVIMBI 40.1%, making a run-off
election necessary; the run-off was not held and
SAVIMBI's National Union for the Total Independence
of Angola (UNITA) repudiated the results of the
first election; the civil war resumed leaving DOS
SANTOS in his current position as the president
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Legislative
branch:
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unicameral National
Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (220 seats; members
elected by proportional vote to serve four-year
terms)
elections: last held 29-30 September 1992
(next to be held in September 2008)
election results: percent of vote by party -
MPLA 54%, UNITA 34%, other 12%; seats by party -
MPLA 129, UNITA 70, PRS 6, FNLA 5, PLD 3, other 7
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Judicial branch:
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Supreme Court and
separate provincial courts (judges are appointed by
the president) |
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Political parties
and leaders:
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Liberal Democratic Party
or PLD [Analia de Victoria PEREIRA]; National Front
for the Liberation of Angola or FNLA [Holden
ROBERTO]; National Union for the Total Independence
of Angola or UNITA (largest opposition party)
[Isaias SAMAKUVA]; Popular Movement for the
Liberation of Angola or MPLA (ruling party in power
since 1975) [Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS]; Social
Renewal Party or PRS [Antonio MUACHICUNGO]
note: about a dozen minor parties
participated in the 1992 elections but only won a
few seats; they and the other 115 smaller parties
have little influence in the National Assembly
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Political
pressure groups and leaders:
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Front for the Liberation
of the Enclave of Cabinda or FLEC [N'zita Henriques
TIAGO, Antonio Bento BEMBE]
note: FLEC's small-scale, highly
factionalized armed struggle for the independence of
Cabinda Province ended after BEMBE's faction signed
a peace accord in August 2006; other factions have
since demobilized under provisions of the accord,
although the two main faction leaders have not
acceded to the accord |
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International
organization participation:
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ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA,
CPLP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory),
ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO,
ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OPEC, SADC,
UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU,
WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO |
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Diplomatic
representation in the US:
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chief of mission:
Ambassador Josefina Perpetua Pitra DIAKITI
chancery: 2108 16th Street NW, Washington, DC
20009
telephone: [1] (202) 785-1156
FAX: [1] (202) 785-1258
consulate(s) general: Houston, New York
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Diplomatic
representation from the US:
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chief of mission:
Ambassador Dan MOZENA
embassy: number 32 Rua Houari Boumedienne (in
the Miramar area of Luanda), Luanda
mailing address: international mail: Caixa
Postal 6468, Luanda; pouch: US Embassy Luanda, US
Department of State, 2550 Luanda Place, Washington,
DC 20521-2550
telephone: [244] (222) 64-1000
FAX: [244] (222) 64-1232 |
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Flag description:
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two equal horizontal
bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow
emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half
a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a
hammer and sickle) |
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Facts
on Angolan Government