Ivory Coast Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Republic of the Ivory Coast

Type: republic; one-party presidential regime established 1960

Capita/: Abidjan (capital city changed to Yamoussoukro in March 1983 but not recognized by US)

Political subdivisions 34 prefectures subdivided into 161 subprefectures

Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law; constitution adopted I960; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; legal education at Abidjan School of Law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: 7 December

Branches: President has sw eeping powers, unicameral legislature(175-member National Assembly), separate judiciary

Government leader-Felix HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY, President (since I960)

Suffrage: universal over age 21

Elections: legislative and municipal elections were held in October 1985;

Houphouet-Roigny reelected in October 1985 to his fifth consecutive five-year term; next round of national elections scheduled for October 1990

Political parties and leaders: Democratic Party of the Ivory Coast (PDCI), only party; Houphouet-Boigny firmly controls party

Communists: no Communist party, possibly some sympathizers

Member of: AfDB, CEAO, EAMA, ECA, ECOWAS, EIB (associate). Entente, F AO G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, ITU, Niger River Commission, NAM, OAU, OGAM, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

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