Rwanda Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Republic of Rwanda

Type republic; presidential system in which military leaders hold key offices, new constitution adopted 17 Decr ml-er 1978

Capital. Kigali

Political subdivisions: 10 prefectures, subdivided into 143 communes

Lega¹ system: based on German and Belgian civil law systems and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: National Day, I July

Branches: executive (President, 16-member Cabinet); unicameral legislative (National Development Council); judiciary (4 senior courts, magistrates)

Government leader: Maj. Gen. Juvenal HABYARIMANA, President and Head of State (since 1973)

Suffrage: universal adult

Elections: national elections, including constitutional referendum and presidential plebiscite, held December 1978; National Development Council elected and President reelected in December 1983

Political parties and leaders: National Revolutionary Movement for Development (MRND), General Habyarimana (officially a 'development movement,” not a party)

Communists: no Communist party

Member of: AfDB, EAM A, FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTERPOL, IPU, ITU, NAM, OAU, OCAM, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO

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