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FACTS
AND STATISTICS - GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION |
Country
name: Angola
Official
name: Republic of Angola
President:
Mr.
José Eduardo Dos Santos
Government
type: Multiparty democracy with a semi-executive
presidency composed of the following State
bodies: The President of the Republic, the
National Assembly,
the Government and the Courts.
Party
of Government:
MPLA
Main
opposition party:
UNITA
Capital:
Luanda
Political/Administrative
divisions: 18 Provinces divided
in 163 municipalities; Bengo,
Benguela,
Bié,
Cabinda,
Cuando
Cubango, Cuanza
Norte, Cuanza
Sul, Cunene,
Huambo,
Huila,
Luanda,
Lunda
Norte, Lunda
Sul, Malanje,
Moxico,
, Uige,
Zaire
Independence:
11 November 1975 (from Portugal)
National
holiday: Independence
Day, 11 November (1975)
Constitution:
11 November 1975; revised
7 January 1978, 11 August 1980, 6 March
1991, and 26 August 1992
Legal
system: based on Portuguese civil law
system and customary law; recently modified
to accommodate political pluralism and increased
use of free markets
Chief
of State: President Jose Eduardo Dos
Santos (since 21 September 1979).
Prime
Minister: Fernando Dias dos Santos "Nando" (since
December 2002)
Cabinet:
Council of Ministers appointed by the president
Judicial
branch: Supreme Court or Tribunal of
Relation, judges of the Supreme Court are
appointed by the president.
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| Diplomatic
representation in the United Kingdom: |
| Chief
of mission: The Ambassador, Mr. Antonio
Da Costa Fernandes
Chancellery: 22 Dorset Street - London
W1U 6QY
Telephone: 020-7299 9850
Fax:
020-7486 9397
E-mail:
embassy@angola.org.uk |
Flag
description: 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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