Algeria Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria

Type: republic

Capital: Algiers

Political subdivisions: 31 wilayas (departments or provinces); 160 dairat (administrative districts); 691 communes

Legal system: based on French and Islamic law, with socialist principles; new constitution adopted by referendum November 1976; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials, including several Supreme Court justices; Supreme Court divided into four chambers; legal education at Universities of Algiers, Oran, and Constantine; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: Anniversary of the Revolution, 1 November

Branches, executive; unicameral legislature (National People’s Assembly); judiciary

Government leaders· Col Chadli BENDJE-D1D, President (since February 1979);

Abdelhamid BRAHIMI, Prime Minister (sincejanuary 1984)

Suffrage- universal adult at age 18

Elections: presidential, 12 January 1984; departmental assemblies, 2 June 1974; local assemblies, 30 March 1975; legislative, 5 March 1982

Political parties and leaders: National Liberation Front i'FLN), Secretary General Chadli Bendjedid

Communists: 400 (est.); Communist Party illegal'banned 1962)

Member of: AfDB, AIUEC, Arab League, ASSIMER, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB—Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, 1LO, IMF. IMO, INTELSAT, International Lead and Zinc Study Group, INTERPOL, IOOC, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OAU, OIC, OPEC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO

NOTE: The information regarding Algeria 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 Algeria 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Algeria 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.