Martinique Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Department of Martinique

Type: overseas department and region of France; represented by three deputies in the French National Assembly and two senators in the Senate

Capital: Fort-de-France

Political subdivisions: 3 arrondissements; 34 communes, each with a locally elected municipal council

Legal system: French legal system; highest court is a court of appeal based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique

Branches: executive, Prefect appointed by Paris; legislative, popularly elected council of 36 members and a Regional Council including all members of the local general council and the locally elected deputies and senators to the French parliament; judicial, under jurisdiction of French judicial system

Government leader: Jean CHEVANCE, Prefect of the Republic (since 1981)

Suffrage-universal over age 18

Elections: General Council election normally held every five years; last General Council election took place in June 1981; regional assembly elections held February 1983

Political parties and leaders: Rally for the Republic (RPR), Edmond Valcin; Progressive Party of Martinique (PPM), Aime Ce-saire; Communist Party of Martinique (PCM), Armand Nicolas; Democratic Union of Martinique (UDM), Leon-Laurent Valere

Voting strength RPR, 1 seat in French National Assembly; UDF, 1 seat; Socialist Party, 1 seat

Communists: 1,000 estimated

Other political or pressure groups- Proletarian Action Group (G AP), Socialist Revolution Group (GRS), Martinique

Independence Movement (M1M), Caribbean Revolutionary Alliance (ARC), Central Union for Martinique Workers (CSTM)

Member of: WFTU

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