Uruguay Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Type .-republic

Capital: Montevideo

Political subdivisions: 19 departments with limited autonomy

Legal system: based on Spanish civil law system; most recent constitution implemented 1967; legal education at University of the Republic in Montevideo; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: Independence Day, 25 August

Branches: executive, headed by President; bicameral National Congress (Senate and House of Deputies); national judiciary headed by Court of Justice

Government leaders: Julio M. SANGUINETTI, President (since March 1985); Enrique E. TARIGO, Vice President (since March 1985)

Suffrage: universal over age 18

Elections: last November 1984; elections held every five years

Political parties and leaders: National (Blanco) Party, Wilson Ferreira; Broad Front Coalition, Liber Seregni; Colorado Party, Julio Sanguinetti, Enrique Tarigo, Jorge Pacheco Areco; (Communist Party (legalized in March 1985), Rodney Arismendi; Civic Union, Humberto Ciganda; Radical Christian Union, leader unknown

Voting strength: (1984 elections) 41 % Colorado, 34.9% Blanco, 21.7% Broad Front, 2.4% Civic Union, 0.5% Radical Christian Union

Communists: 15,000-18,000

Other political or pressure groups: National Liberation Movement (MLN)—Tupamaros, leftist revolutionary terrorist group, granted amnesty in 1985

Member of: FAO, G-77, GATT, I WB, I AFA, IBRD, ICAO, IDB—Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IRC, ITU, LAIA, OAS, PAHO, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WSG

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