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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in two rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister nominated by the president after consultation with the majority party in Parliament"
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"text": "none; note - in 1947, Algeria began hosting a French military rocket test site, which was the continent of Africa's first rocket launch site; it was called the Centre Interarmées d’Essais d’Engins Spéciaux (CIEES or Interarmy Special Vehicles Test Center) and was in service until 1967"
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"Space program overview": {
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"text": "has a national space policy and a national space research program with stated goals of supporting internal development, managing resource usage, mastering space technology, and reinforcing national sovereignty; builds and operates communications and remote sensing (RS) satellites; researching and developing a range of space-related capabilities, including satellites and satellite payloads, communications, RS, instrumentation, satellite image processing, and geo-spatial information; has bilateral relationships with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Argentina, China, France, Germany, India, Russia, Ukraine, and the UK; also a member of the Arab Space Coordination Group, established by the UAE in 2019 (2024)",
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"text": "has a national space policy and space research program with stated goals of supporting internal development, managing resources, mastering space technology, and reinforcing national sovereignty; builds and operates communications and remote sensing (RS) satellites; researching and developing a range of space-related capabilities, including satellites and satellite payloads, communications, RS, instrumentation, satellite image processing, and geo-spatial information; has bilateral relationships with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Argentina, China, France, Germany, India, Russia, Ukraine, and the UK; also a member of the Arab Space Coordination Group (2024)",
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide"
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president"
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "the candidate of the winning party or coalition in the last legislative election becomes the president; president serves a 5-year term (eligible for a second consecutive or discontinuous term)"
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"most recent election date": {
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"text": "National Space Program Office (Gabinete de Gestão do Programa Espacial Nacional, GGPEN; established 2013) (2024)"
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"Space program overview": {
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"text": "has a national space strategy with a focus on capacity building, developing space infrastructure, investing in domestic space sector, supporting socioeconomic growth, and establishing cooperation agreements with foreign technical and scientific institutions in the space industry; contracts with foreign companies to build and launch satellites; operates satellites; cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of France, Russia, and the US (2024)",
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"text": "has a national space strategy with a focus on capacity-building, developing space infrastructure, investing in domestic space sector, supporting socioeconomic growth, and establishing cooperation agreements with foreign technical and scientific institutions in the space industry; contracts with foreign companies to build and launch satellites; operates satellites; cooperates with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of France, Russia, and the US (2024)",
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide"
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Cabinet appointed by the president"
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); vice president appointed by the president"
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"most recent election date": {
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president"
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term)"
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"most recent election date": {
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by president"
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); vice presidents nominated by the president, endorsed by Parliament"
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},
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"most recent election date": {
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"text": "National Assembly (Inama Nshingamateka)"
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"number of seats": {
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"text": "123 (all directly elected)"
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"text": "111 (all directly elected)"
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"electoral system": {
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"text": "proportional representation"
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"text": "National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Front for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) (86); National Congress for Liberty (CNL) (32); Other (5)"
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},
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"percentage of women in chamber": {
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"text": "38.2%"
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"text": "39.6%"
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"expected date of next election": {
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"text": "June 2025"
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Council of Ministers"
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (no term limits)"
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"most recent election date": {
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president"
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for 2 additional terms)"
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},
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"most recent election date": {
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Ministers of State appointed by the president"
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},
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "president directly elected by simple majority vote for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president"
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},
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"most recent election date": {
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Cabinet proposed by the prime minister, appointed by the president"
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},
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "president directly elected by simple-majority popular vote for a 7-year term (no term limits); prime minister appointed by the president"
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"most recent election date": {
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"text": "33.9%"
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"expected date of next election": {
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"text": "March 2026"
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"text": "February 2026"
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}
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"Legislative branch - upper chamber": {
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president"
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term"
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"most recent election date": {
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president"
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "current president was directly elected for 5-year term; constitutional referendum in July 2023 removed term limits and instituted 7-year terms"
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"most recent election date": {
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister"
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister nominated by the National Assembly and appointed by the president"
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"most recent election date": {
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"cabinet": {
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term; prime minister appointed by the president"
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Cabinet ministers nominated by the executive branch and approved by the House of Representatives"
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "president elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 6-year term (eligible for 3 consecutive terms); prime minister appointed by the president, approved by the House of Representatives"
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"most recent election date": {
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"text": "Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA; public economic authority established 2019); National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science (NARSS; formed in 1994 from the Remote Sensing Center, which was established in 1971) (2024)"
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"Space program overview": {
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"text": "has a growing program with a focus on developing the capabilities to manufacture satellites and associated support infrastructure; seeks to become a regional space power; operates satellites; builds satellites jointly with foreign partners but developing localized satellite manufacturing capabilities; acquiring through technology transfers and domestic development programs other space-related technologies, including those related to communications, Earth imaging/remote sensing (RS), and satellite payloads and components; cooperating on space-related issues with a variety of foreign governments and commercial space companies, including those of Belarus, Canada, China, the European Space Agency and its member states (particularly France, Germany, Italy), Ghana, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Ukraine, the UAE, and the US; also a member of the Arab Space Coordination Group, established by the UAE in 2019; has a commercial space sector that focuses on satellite communications, satellite design and production, RS, and space applications (2024)",
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"text": "has a growing program to manufacture satellites and associated support infrastructure; seeks to become a regional space power; operates satellites; builds satellites jointly with foreign partners but developing localized satellite manufacturing capabilities; acquiring other space-related technologies through transfers and domestic development, including on communications, Earth imaging/remote sensing (RS), and satellite payloads and components; cooperating on space-related issues with a variety of foreign governments and commercial space companies, including those of Belarus, Canada, China, the European Space Agency and its member states (particularly France, Germany, Italy), Ghana, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Ukraine, the UAE, and the US; also a member of the Arab Space Coordination Group; has a commercial space sector that focuses on satellite communications, satellite design and production, RS, and space applications (2024)",
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide"
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"text": "President OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo (since 3 August 1979)"
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"text": "Prime Minister Manuela ROKA Botey (since 1 February 2023)"
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"text": "president directly elected by simple-majority popular vote for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the president"
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"text": "president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term), according to the constitution"
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"text": "president indirectly elected by both chambers of Parliament for a 6-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister designated by the majority party following legislative elections"
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"Space program overview": {
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"text": "has a small space program with a focus on acquiring and operating satellites, as well as research and astronomy; jointly builds satellites with foreign partners and operates and exploits remote sensing (RS) satellites; developing the ability to manufacture satellites and their associated payloads; involved in astronomy and in the construction of space observatories; cooperates on space-related issues with a variety of countries, including China, France, India, Russia, and multiple African countries, particularly Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda; shares RS data with neighboring countries (2024)",
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"text": "has a small space program to acquire and operate satellites, as well as conduct research; jointly builds satellites with foreign partners and operates and exploits remote sensing (RS) satellites; developing the ability to manufacture satellites and their associated payloads; involved in astronomy and in the construction of space observatories; cooperates on space-related issues with a variety of countries, including China, France, India, Russia, and multiple African countries, particularly Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda; shares RS data with neighboring countries (2024)",
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"text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); the president is both chief of state and head of government"
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"text": "formerly, the president was directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term), and the prime minister was appointed by the president"
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"text": "18 years of age for voluntary and selective conscripted service; 9-12 months of service (2023)"
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"text": "the Guinean military is responsible for territorial defense, but also has some domestic security responsibilities and has historically been involved in suppressing public protests; in 2021 the Army’s special forces led a military overthrow of the government; the military-led government has since been accused of cracking down on dissent, the media, and political opposition (2024)"
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"text": "the Guinean military is responsible for territorial defense, but also has some domestic security responsibilities and has historically been involved in suppressing public protests; in 2021 the Army’s special forces led a military overthrow of the government; the military-led government has since been accused of cracking down on dissent, the media, and political opposition (2025)"
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a single renewable 5-year term; vice president elected on same ballot as president; prime minister appointed by the president"
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"text": "has as small, nascent program focused on acquiring a remote sensing (RS) satellite for purposes detecting illegal gold mining, facilitating access to drinking water, mapping deforestation, and national security issues; new space agency's responsibilities also include advancing the utilization of space-based technologies for sustainable development, promoting domestic expertise, and supporting scientific research (2025)",
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"text": "has a small, nascent program focused on acquiring a remote sensing (RS) satellite for detecting illegal gold mining, facilitating access to drinking water, mapping deforestation, and national security issues; new space agency's responsibilities also include advancing the use of space-based technologies for sustainable development, promoting domestic expertise, and supporting scientific research (2025)",
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"text": "the monarchy is hereditary but has no executive or legislative powers under the constitution; under traditional law, the College of Chiefs has the power to depose the monarch, determine next in line of succession, or serve as regent in the event that a successor is not of mature age"
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},
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> King LETSIE III previously occupied the throne from November 1990 to February 1995 while his father was in exile"
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"head of government": {
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"text": "GNU Interim Prime Minister Abd-al-Hamid DUBAYBAH (since 5 February 2021)"
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},
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "first direct presidential election was not held as planned"
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},
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"most recent election date": {
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister"
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},
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"elections/appointments": {
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"election/appointment process": {
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister nominated by the National Assembly, appointed by the president"
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},
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"most recent election date": {
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Cabinet named by the president"
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},
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"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
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"text": "president directly elected by simple-majority popular vote for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term)"
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},
|
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"most recent election date": {
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister"
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},
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"elections/appointments": {
|
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"election/appointment process": {
|
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president"
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},
|
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"most recent election date": {
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Council of Ministers chosen by the prime minister in consultation with Parliament and appointed by the monarch; the monarch chooses the ministers of Interior, Foreign Affairs, Islamic Affairs, and National Defense Administration"
|
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},
|
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"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
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"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; monarch appoints the prime minister from the majority party following legislative elections"
|
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}
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},
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"cabinet": {
|
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"text": "Cabinet of Ministers (Council of Ministers) appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister"
|
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},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president and vice president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for 5-year renewable terms; the president appoints the prime minister and deputy prime minister who have the majority support in the National Assembly"
|
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},
|
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"most recent election date": {
|
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"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Council of Ministers nominees suggested by the prime minister, appointed by the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president"
|
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},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
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|
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@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
|
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"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Cabinet appointed by the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president elected directly by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for 2 consecutive terms); election last held on 9 October 2024 (next to be held by October 2029); prime minister appointed by the president"
|
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},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
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|
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@ -554,7 +554,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Cabinet appointed by the CNSP"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "the CNSP rules by decree; previously, the president was directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister was appointed by the president, authorized by the National Assembly"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -587,6 +587,9 @@
|
|||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
"text": "5/1/2025"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percentage of women in chamber": {
|
||||
"text": "19.6%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>Note:</strong> on 26 July 2023, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a military junta which took control of Niger's government, dissolved the National Assembly; a commission recommended to the junta in February 2025 a minimum of a five-year transition to democratic rule"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Judicial branch": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Federal Executive Council appointed by the president but constitutionally required to include at least one member from each of the 36 states"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president directly elected by qualified-majority popular vote with at least 25% of the votes cast in 24 of Nigeria's 36 states; president elected for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "National Council of Ministers appointed by the president, approved by the Transitional National Legislative Assembly"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president directly elected by simple-majority popular vote for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Cabinet nominated by the prime minister, appointed by the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for up to 2 consecutive 5-year terms; prime minister appointed by the president after consultation with party leaders in the National People's Assembly"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "18-25 years of age for selective compulsory military service for men and women (Air Force service is voluntary); 16 years of age or younger, with parental consent, for voluntary service (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "the Armed Forces (FARP) are focused on external security, but also have some internal security duties; the FARP has been influential in the country’s politics since independence was gained in 1974, having staged at least nine coup attempts as well as several mutinies; FARP members were suspected of coup plotting as recently as 2021, and it put down an attempted coup in 2022, while the National Guard attempted a coup in December 2023; since the 2000s, the FARP has undergone various attempts at defense and security sector reforms under the auspices of the African Union, the EU, the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), and the UN <br><br>from 2012-2020, ECOWAS deployed a security force to Guinea-Bissau to manage the post-coup transition, including protecting key political figures and public buildings, restoring civil institutions, and re-establishing the rule of law; the ECOWAS mission withdrew at the end of 2020, but returned in mid-2022 after the attempted coup in February 2022 (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "the Armed Forces (FARP) are focused on external security, but also has some internal security duties; the FARP and the paramilitary National Guard have been influential in the country’s politics since independence and have attempted several coups; FARP members were suspected of coup plotting as recently as 2021, and it put down an attempted coup in 2022, while the National Guard attempted a coup in December 2023; since the 2000s, the FARP has undergone various attempts at defense and security sector reforms under the auspices of the African Union, the EU, the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), and the UN (2025)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Transnational Issues": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -557,7 +557,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president directly elected by simple-majority popular vote for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Rwanda reportedly has several thousand military troops deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>the RDF is widely regarded as one of East Africa’s best trained and most experienced militaries; its principle responsibilities are ensuring territorial integrity and national sovereignty and preventing infiltrations of illegal armed groups from neighboring countries, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); since 2021, Rwanda has deployed troops to the border region with the DRC to combat the rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), which it has accused the DRC of backing; the RDF has been accused by the DRC, the UN, and the US of making incursions into the DRC and providing material support to the March 23 Movement (M23, aka Congolese Revolutionary Army) rebel group, which has been fighting with DRC troops and UN peacekeeping forces; the RDF also participates in UN and regional military operations, as well as multinational exercises</p> the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR) were established following independence in 1962; after the 1990-1994 civil war and genocide, the victorious Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front's military wing, the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA), became the country's military force; the RPA participated in the First (1996-1997) and Second (1998-2003) Congolese Wars; the RPA was renamed the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) in 2003, by which time it had assumed a more national character with the inclusion of many former Hutu officers as well as newly recruited soldiers (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "<p>the RDF is widely regarded as one of East Africa’s best trained and most experienced militaries; its principle responsibilities are ensuring territorial integrity and national sovereignty and preventing infiltrations of illegal armed groups from neighboring countries, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); since 2021, Rwanda has deployed troops to the border region with the DRC to combat the rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), which it has accused the DRC of backing; the RDF has been accused by the DRC, the UN, and the US of making military incursions into the DRC and providing material support to the March 23 Movement (M23, aka Congolese Revolutionary Army) rebel group, which has been fighting with DRC troops and UN peacekeeping forces; the RDF also participates in UN and regional military operations, as well as multinational exercises</p> the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR) were established following independence in 1962; after the 1990-1994 civil war and genocide, the victorious Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front's military wing, the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA), became the country's military force; the RPA participated in the First (1996-1997) and Second (1998-2003) Congolese Wars; the RPA was renamed the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) in 2003, by which time it had assumed a more national character with the inclusion of many former Hutu officers as well as newly recruited soldiers (2024)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Space": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -564,7 +564,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Cabinet appointed by the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -606,7 +606,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "5/29/2024"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percentage of women in chamber": {
|
||||
"text": "44.7%"
|
||||
"text": "44.5%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"expected date of next election": {
|
||||
"text": "May 2029"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a single, renewable 5-year term"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Executive Council consists of the governor, 3 ex-officio officers, and 5 elected members of the Legislative Council"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "none; the monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the constitution order provides for an administrator for Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, appointed by the governor"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Ministers of State appointed by the president, approved by Parliament; the cabinet is responsible to the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president directly elected by 55% in the first round or absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Cabinet appointed by the prime minister, approved by the House of the People"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president indirectly elected by the Federal Parliament by two-thirds majority vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a single 4-year term; prime minister appointed by the president, approved by the House of the People"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "the military forced most members of the Council of Ministers out of office in 2021; a handful of ministers appointed by former armed opposition groups were allowed to retain their posts; at present, most of the members of the Council are appointed senior civil servants serving in an acting-minister capacity"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "military members of the Sovereign Council are selected by the leadership of the security forces; representatives of former armed groups to the Sovereign Council are selected by the signatories of the Juba Peace Agreement"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"election results": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the advice of the president of the council of ministers"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president is appointed by the national assembly for one six-year term; the president of the council of ministers is the leader of the majority party in the national assembly and is confirmed by the Constitutional Court with no term limits"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"election results": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Council of Ministers proposed by the prime minister, appointed by the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister chosen by the National Assembly and approved by the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "prime minister appointed by the president; cabinet members appointed by the president in consultation with the prime minister"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Cabinet appointed by the president from among members of the National Assembly"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by simple majority popular vote for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Cabinet appointed by the president from among elected members of Parliament or persons who qualify to be elected as members of Parliament"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (no term limits)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "prior to the 2022 coups and ad hoc suspension of laws and constitutional provisions, Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "prior to the 2022 coups and ad hoc suspension of laws and constitutional provisions, president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president with consent of the National Assembly"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Cabinet appointed by the president from among members of the National Assembly"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Cabinet recommended by the prime minister, confirmed by the monarch; at least one-half of the cabinet membership must be appointed from among elected members of the House of Assembly"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; prime minister appointed by the monarch from among members of the House of Assembly"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Cabinet appointed by president from among members of the National Assembly"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -546,7 +546,7 @@
|
|||
"cabinet": {
|
||||
"text": "Cabinet appointed by president, responsible to National Assembly"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||||
"election/appointment process": {
|
||||
"text": "each presidential candidate nominated with a nomination paper signed by at least 10 registered voters (at least 1 candidate from each province) and directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (no term limits); co-vice presidents drawn from party leadership"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
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