Albania Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: People’s Socialist Republic of Albania

Type- Communist state

Capital: Tirane

Political subdivisions: 26 rrethet (districts)

Legal system: based on constitution adopted in 1976; judicial review of legislative acts only in the Presidium of the People’s Assembly, which is not a true court; legal education at University of Tirane; has not accepted compulsory 1CJ jurisdiction

National holiday: Liberation Day, 29 November

Branches: legislature (People’s Assembly), Council of Ministers, judiciary

Government leaders: Ramiz ALIA, Chairman, Presidium of the People’s Assembly (chief of state; since November 1982); Adil CARQAN1, Chairman, Council of Ministers (premier; since November 1982)

Suffrage: universal and compulsory over age 18

Elections: national elections held every four years; last elections 12 November 1982;

100% of electorate voted (with one dissenting vote)

Political parties and leaders: Albanian Workers Party only; First Secretary, Ramiz Alia (since April 1985)

Communists: 122,600 party members (November 1981); 4.5% of population

Member of: CEMA, F 40,1AFA, 1PU, ITU, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO; has not participated in CEMA since rift with USSR in 1961; officially withdrew from Warsaw Pact 13 September 1968

NOTE: The information regarding Albania on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.