Thailand Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Offinal name. Kingdom of Thailand

Typt: constitutional monarchy

Capital: Bangkok

Political subdivisions: 72 centrally controlled provinces

Legal system: based on civil law system, with influences of common law; legal education at Thammasat University; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: King’s Birthday,5 December

Branches: King is head of state with nominal powers; bicameral legislature (National Assembly—Senate appointed by King, elected House of Representatives); judiciary relatively independent except in important political subversive cases

Government leaders: BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ, King (since June 1946); Gen. (Ret.) PREM TINSULANONDA, Prime Minister (since March 1980)

Suffrage· universal at age 20

Elections: last held April 19d3

Political parties: Social Action Party, Thai Nation Party, Thai People’s Party, Thai Citizen Party, Democrat Party, Freedom and Justice Party, Nation and People Party, New Force Party, National Democracy Party; other small parties represented in parliament

Communists: strength of dlegal Communist Party is probably less than 1,000; Communist insurgents throughout Thailand total an estimated 1 000

Member of: ADB, ANRPC, ASEAN, ASP AC, Association of Tin Producing Countries, Colombo Plan, GATT, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT,

INTERPOL, IPU, IRC, 1TC, ITU, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO

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