Mozambique Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: People’s Republic of Mozam bique

Type: people’s republic

Capital: Maputo

Political subdivisions: 10 provinces subdivided into 112 districts; administrators are appointed by central government

Legal system: based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law

National holiday Independence Day, 25 June

Branch: unicameral legislature (People’s Assembly; last convened in Dec ember 1985)

Government leader: Samora Mo'ises MACHEL, President (since June 1975)

Suffrage: universal adult

Elections: general elections announced for 1986

Political parties and leaders: the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO), led by Samora Machel, is only legal party

Communists: FRELIMO is a Marxist organization and maintains close ties to the Soviet Union and its allies but has recently taken steps to improve relations with the West and neighboring South Africa

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

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