Cape Verde Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Republic of Cape Verde

Type: republic

Capital: Praia

Political subdivisions: 14 administrative districts

Legal system: based on constitution

National holiday: Independence Day, 5 July

Branches: 56-member National People’s Assembly; the official party is the supreme political organization

Government leaders: Aristides PEREIRA, President (since July 1975); Pedro PIRES, Prime Minister (since July 1975)

Suffrage: universal over age 15

Elections: National Assembly election held December 1985, the second since independence

Political parties and leaders: only legal party, African Party for Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV), led by Aristides Pereira, secretary general; PAICV established in January 1981 to replace the former ruling party in both Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), in protest of the November 1980 coup in Guinea-Bissau

Communists: a few Communists and some sympathizers

Member of: FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, IPU, ITU, NAM, OAU, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO

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