Angola Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: People’s Republic of Angola

Type: Marxist people’s republic

Capital: Luanda

Political subdivisions: 18 provinces including the coastal exclave of Cabinda

Legal system: formerly based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; being modified along “socialist” model

National holiday: Independence Day, 11 November

Brunches: the official party is the supreme political institution; legislative—National People’s Assembly

Government leader: Jose Eduardo dos SANTOS, President (since September 1979)

Suffrage: to be determined

Elections: none held to date

Political parties and leaders: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola -Labor Party (MPLA-Labor Party), led by dos Santos, is the only legal party; National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), lost to the MPLA in immediate postindependence struggle, now carrying out insurgency

Member of: AfDB, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), ICAO, IFAD, 1LO, IMO, INTELSAT, ITU, NAM, OAU, SADCC, UN, UNESCO, UNICEF, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO

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