Senegal Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Republic of Senegal

Type: republic under multiparty democratic rule; (early in 1982, Senegal and The Gambia formed a loose confederation named Senegambia, which calls for the eventual integration of their armed forces

Capital: Dakar

Political subdivisions: 8 regions, subdivided into 28 departments, 95 arrondissements

Legal system: based on French civil law system, constitution adopted 1960, revised 1963,1970, and 1981; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court, which also audits the government’s accounting office; legal education at University of Dakar; has not accepted compulsory 1CJ jurisdiction

National holiday: Independence Day, 4 April

Branches: government dominated by the President; unicameral legislature (120-member National Assembly), elected for five years; President elected for five-year term by universal suffrage; judiciary headed by Supreme Court, with members appointed by President

Government leaders: Abdou DIOUF, President (since January 1981)

Suffrage: universal adult

Elections: presidential and legislative elections held February 1983; Socialist Party holds 111 of 120 seats

Political parties and leaders: Socialist Party (PS), Abdou Diouf; Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), Abdoulaye Wade; 13 other small uninfluential parties

Communists: small number of Communists and sympathizers

Other political or pressure groups: students, teachers, labor, Muslim Brotherhood

Member of: AfDB, APC, CEAO, E AMA, ECA, ECOWAS, EIB (associate), F AO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB—Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAU, OCAM, O1C, OMVS (Organization for the Development of the Senegal River Valley), UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

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