Angola Gouvernement Profil 2008

Capitale

nom: Luanda
coordonnées géographiques: 8 50 S, 13 14 E
différence de temps: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Fête de l'Indépendance

11 Novembre 1975 (from Portugal)

Fête nationale

Jour De l'Indépendance, 11 Novembre (1975)

Constitution

adopted by People's Assembly 25 Aoüt 1992

Suffrage - Age minimum de l'électeur

18 ans; universal

Pouvoir exécutif

chef d'état (Président): Président Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (depuis 21 September 1979); note - the president is both chef d'état (Président) and chef de gouvernement (1er ministre)
chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Président Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (depuis 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; Président 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