Angola Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Luanda
geographische Koordinaten: 8 50 S, 13 14 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Unabhängigkeit

11 November 1975 (from Portugal)

Nationalfeiertag

Unabhängigkeit, 11 November (1975)

Konstitution

adopted by People's Assembly 25 August 1992

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (seit dem 21 September 1979); note - the president is both Staatsoberhaupt and Regierungschef
Regierungschef: Staatspräsident Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (seit dem 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; Staatspräsident 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 because 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