Cameroon Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name-Republic of Cameroon

Type, unitary republic; one-party presidential regime

Capital: Yaounde

Political subdivisions: 10 provinces divided into departments, arrondissements, districts

Legal system: based on French civil law system, with common law influence, unitary constitution adopted 1972; judicial review by Supreme Court, when a question of constitutionality is referred to it by the President; has not accepted compulsory 1CJ jurisdiction

National holiday National Day, 20 May

Branches: executive (President), legislative (National Assembly), and judicial (Supreme Court)

Government leader: Paul BIYA, President (since November 1982)

Suffrage: universal over age 21

Elections: parliamentary elections held May 1983; presidential elections held January 1984

Political parties and leaders: Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (known as the Cameroon People’s National Union during 1966-85), Paul Riya, president

Communists: no Communist party or significant number of sympathizers

Other political or pressure groups: Cameroon People’s Union (UPC), remains an illegal group with its factional leaders in exile

Cameroon

Member of: AfBD EAMA, ECA, E1B ^associate), FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, 1GAG, 1GAO, IGO, IDA, 1DB—Islamic Development Bank, IFAD 1FC, 1LO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTFRPOL, IPU, ISO, ITU, Lake Ghad Basin Commission, NAM, Niger River Commission, OAU, O1C, UDEAC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, W1 PO, WMO, WTO

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