Mali Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Republic of Mali

Type: republic; single-party constitutional government

Capital: Bamako

Political subdivisions: 8 administrative regions

Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law; constitution adopted 1974, came into full effect in 1979; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Section of Court of State; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: Independence Day, 22 September

Branches: until 1979 executive authority exercised by Military Committee of National Liberation (MCNL) composed of 11 army officers; now Cabinet composed of civilians and army officers; unicameral legislature (National Council); judiciary

Government leader: Gen. Moussa TRAORE, President (led Mali as President of MCNL during 1968-79; President since 1979)

Suffrage: universal over age 21

Political parties and leaders: Democratic Union of Malian People (UDPM) is the sole political party; under civilian leadership

Elections: constitutional elections took place June 1979

Communists: a few Communists and some sympathizers (no legal Communist party)

Member of: AfDB APC, CEAO, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ID A, IDB—Islamic Development Bank, IF AD, IFC, 1LO, IMF. INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IRC, ITU, Niger River Commission, NAM, OAU, OIC, OMVS (Organization for the Development of the Senegal River Valley), UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO

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