Birmanie Gouvernement Profil 2008

Capitale

nom: Rangoon (Yangon)
coordonnées géographiques: 16 48 N, 96 09 E
différence de temps: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
note: Nay Pyi Taw is administrative capital

Fête de l'Indépendance

4 Janvier 1948 (from UK)

Fête nationale

Jour De l'Indépendance, 4 Janvier (1948); Union Day, 12 Février (1947)

Constitution

3 Janvier 1974; suspended since 18 Septembre 1988; national convention convened in 1993 to establish principles to guide in the drafting of a new constitution concluded in 2007; it did not include participation of major democratic and ethnic majority representatives; a constitutional drafting committee appointed by the junta began meeting in Decembre 2007

Suffrage - Age minimum de l'électeur

18 ans; universal

Pouvoir exécutif

chef d'état (Président): Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Sr. Gen. THAN SHWE (depuis 23 April 1992)
chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Prime Minister, Lt. Gen THEIN SEIN (depuis 24 October 2007)
cabinet: Cabinet is overseen by SPDC; military junta assumed power 18 September 1988 under name State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
elections: none