diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index 4bb111ce..1140368b 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), French (lingua franca), Berber or Tamazight (official); dialects include Kabyle Berber (Taqbaylit), Shawiya Berber (Tacawit), Mzab Berber, Tuareg Berber (Tamahaq)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -522,6 +522,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Council of the Nation (upper house with 144 seats; one-third of members appointed by the president, two-thirds indirectly elected by simple majority vote by an electoral college composed of local council members; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
National People's Assembly (lower house with 407 seats including 8 seats for Algerian diaspora); members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms); note - in March 2021, President TEBBOUNE ordered the number of Assembly seats be reduced to 407 from 462" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Council of the Nation - last held on 29 December 2018 (next to be held in December 2021)
National People's Assembly - snap election held on 12 June 2021 (next to be held on 12 June 2026)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Council of the Nation - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 137, women 7, percent of women 5%,
National People's Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FLN 98, MSP 65, RND 58, EL Mostakbel 48, Movement of National Construction 39, other 15, independent 84; composition - men 373, women 34, percent of women 8.4%; note - total Parliament percent of women 7.4%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE (since 12 December 2019)" @@ -539,17 +550,6 @@ "text": "Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE (NLF) 58.1%, Abdelkader BENGRINA (Movement of National Construction) 17.4%, Ali BENFLIS (Vanguard of Freedoms) 10.6%, Azzedine MIHOUBI (RND) 7.3%, Abdelaziz BELAID (Future Front) 6.7%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Council of the Nation (upper house with 144 seats; one-third of members appointed by the president, two-thirds indirectly elected by simple majority vote by an electoral college composed of local council members; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
National People's Assembly (lower house with 407 seats including 8 seats for Algerian diaspora); members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms); note - in March 2021, President TEBBOUNE ordered the number of Assembly seats be reduced to 407 from 462" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Council of the Nation - last held on 29 December 2018 (next to be held in December 2021)
National People's Assembly - snap election held on 12 June 2021 (next to be held on 12 June 2026)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Council of the Nation - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 137, women 7, percent of women 5%,
National People's Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FLN 98, MSP 65, RND 58, EL Mostakbel 48, Movement of National Construction 39, other 15, independent 84; composition - men 373, women 34, percent of women 8.4%; note - total Parliament percent of women 7.4%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour Suprême, (consists of 150 judges organized into 8 chambers: Civil, Commercial and Maritime, Criminal, House of Offenses and Contraventions, House of Petitions, Land, Personal Status, and Social; Constitutional Council (consists of 12 members including the court chairman and deputy chairman); note - Algeria's judicial system does not include sharia courts" @@ -596,10 +596,13 @@ "text": "05 Chemin Cheikh Bachir, Ibrahimi, El-Biar 16030, Alger" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "B. P. 408, Alger-Gare, 16030 Algiers" + "text": "6030 Algiers Place, Washington DC  20521-6030" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[213] (0) 770-08-2064" + "text": "[213] (0) 770-08-2299" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSAlgiers@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index d882a857..9e907d22 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -546,6 +546,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (220 seats; members directly elected in a single national constituency and in multi-seat constituencies by closed list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 23 August 2017 (next to be held in August 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - MPLA 61.1%, UNITA 26.7%, CASA-CE 9.5%, PRS 1.4%, FNLA 0.9%, other 0.5%; seats by party - MPLA 150, UNITA 51, CASA-CE 16, PRS 2, FNLA 1; composition - men 136, women 84, percent of women 38.2%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Joao Manuel Goncalves LOURENCO (since 26 September 2017); Vice President Bornito De Sousa Baltazar DIOGO (since 26 September 2017); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -563,17 +574,6 @@ "text": "Joao Manuel Goncalves LOURENCO (MPLA) elected president by the winning party following the 23 August 2017 general election" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (220 seats; members directly elected in a single national constituency and in multi-seat constituencies by closed list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 23 August 2017 (next to be held in August 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - MPLA 61.1%, UNITA 26.7%, CASA-CE 9.5%, PRS 1.4%, FNLA 0.9%, other 0.5%; seats by party - MPLA 150, UNITA 51, CASA-CE 16, PRS 2, FNLA 1; composition - men 136, women 84, percent of women 38.2%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (consists of the court president, vice president, and a minimum of 16 judges); Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucional (consists of 11 judges)" @@ -613,16 +613,19 @@ "text": "Ambassador Nina Maria FITE (since 14 February 2018)" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[222] 641 000" + "text": "[244] 222 641 000" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Rua Houari Boumedienne, 32 (in the Miramar area of Luanda), Luanda, C.P. 6468" + "text": "Rua Houari Boumedienne, #32 (in the Miramar area of Luanda), Luanda, C.P. 6468" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "international mail: Caixa Postal 6468, Luanda; pouch: US Embassy Luanda, US Department of State, 2550 Luanda Place, Washington, DC 20521-2550" + "text": "2550 Luanda Place, Washington, DC 20521-2550" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[244] (222) 64-1000" + "text": "[244] (222) 641 000" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "Consularluanda@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index 104bdb03..7c38956a 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -531,6 +531,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament consists of the National Assembly (63 seats; 57 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 4 nominated by the president and indirectly elected by simple majority vote by the rest of the National Assembly, and 2 ex-officio members - the president and attorney general; elected members serve 5-year terms); note - the House of Chiefs (Ntlo ya Dikgosi), an advisory body to the National Assembly, consists of 35 members - 8 hereditary chiefs from Botswana's principal tribes, 22 indirectly elected by the chiefs, and 5 appointed by the president; the House of Chiefs consults on issues including powers of chiefs, customary courts, customary law, tribal property, and constitutional amendments" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 23 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - BDP 52.7%, UDC 35.9%, BPF 4.4%, AP 5.1%, other 1.7%; seats by party - BDP 38, UDC 15, BPF 3, AP 1; composition - NA" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Mokgweetse Eric MASISI (since 1 April 2018); Vice President Slumber TSOGWANE (since 4 April 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -548,17 +559,6 @@ "text": "President Seretse Khama Ian KHAMA (since 1 April 2008) stepped down on 1 April 2018 having completed the constitutionally mandated 10-year term limit; upon his retirement, then Vice President MASISI became president; national elections held on 23 October 2019 gave MASISI'S BPD 38 seats in the National Assembly which then selected MASISI as President" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament consists of the National Assembly (63 seats; 57 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 4 nominated by the president and indirectly elected by simple majority vote by the rest of the National Assembly, and 2 ex-officio members - the president and attorney general; elected members serve 5-year terms); note - the House of Chiefs (Ntlo ya Dikgosi), an advisory body to the National Assembly, consists of 35 members - 8 hereditary chiefs from Botswana's principal tribes, 22 indirectly elected by the chiefs, and 5 appointed by the president; the House of Chiefs consults on issues including powers of chiefs, customary courts, customary law, tribal property, and constitutional amendments" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 23 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - BDP 52.7%, UDC 35.9%, BPF 4.4%, AP 5.1%, other 1.7%; seats by party - BDP 38, UDC 15, BPF 3, AP 1; composition - NA" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal, High Court (each consists of a chief justice and a number of other judges as prescribed by the Parliament)" @@ -604,10 +604,13 @@ "text": "Embassy Drive, Government Enclave (off Khama Crescent), Gaborone" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Embassy Enclave, P. O. Box 90, Gaborone" + "text": "2170 Gabarone Place, Washington DC  20521-2170" }, "FAX": { "text": "[267] 318-0232" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularGabarone@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index eb7e3f36..0bb5ce61 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -558,6 +558,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (83 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 28 April 2019 (next to be held in April 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - Union Progressiste 56.2%, Bloc Republicain 43.8%; seats by party - Union Progressiste 47, Bloc Republicain 36; composition - men 77, women 6, percent of women 7.2%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Patrice TALON (since 6 April 2016); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -575,17 +586,6 @@ "text": "Patrice TALON elected to a second term; percent of vote - Patrice TALON (independent) 86.4%, Alassane SOUMANOU (FCBE) 11.3%, other 2.3%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (83 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 28 April 2019 (next to be held in April 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - Union Progressiste 56.2%, Bloc Republicain 43.8%; seats by party - Union Progressiste 47, Bloc Republicain 36; composition - men 77, women 6, percent of women 7.2%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of the chief justice and 16 justices organized into an administrative division, judicial chamber, and chamber of accounts); Constitutional Court or Cour Constitutionnelle (consists of 7 members, including the court president); High Court of Justice (consists of the Constitutional Court members, 6 members appointed by the National Assembly, and the Supreme Court president); note - jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice is limited to cases of high treason by the national president or members of the government while in office" @@ -626,13 +626,16 @@ "text": "[229] 21-30-06-50" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Marina Avenue, 01 BP 2012, Cotonou" + "text": "01 BP 2012, Cotonou" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "01 B.P. 2012, Cotonou" + "text": "01 BP 2012, Cotonou" }, "FAX": { "text": "[229] 21-30-03-84" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularCotonou@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index 125ebcbe..cd27226c 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -550,6 +550,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate or Inama Nkenguzamateka (39 seats in the July 2020 election); 36 members indirectly elected by an electoral college of provincial councils using a three-round voting system, which requires a two-thirds majority vote in the first two rounds and simple majority vote for the two leading candidates in the final round; 3 seats reserved for Twas, and 30% of all votes reserved for women; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly or Inama Nshingamateka (123 seats in the May 2020 election; 100 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 23 co-opted members; 60% of seats allocated to Hutu and 40% to Tutsi; 3 seats reserved for Twas; 30% of total seats reserved for women; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 20 July 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
National Assembly - last held on 20 May 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - CNDD-FDD 87.2%, Twa 7.7%, CNL 2.6%, UPRONA 2.6%; seats by party - CNDD-FDD 34, CNL 1, UPRONA 1, Twa 3; composition - men 23, women 16, percent of women 37.2%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CNDD-FDD 70.9%, CNL 23.4%, UPRONA 2.5%, other (co-opted Twa) 3.2%; seats by party - CNDD-FDD 86, CNL 32, UPRONA 2, Twa 3; composition - men 76, women 47, percent of women 38.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 38%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Evariste NDAYISHIMIYE (since 18 June 2020); Vice President Prosper BAZOMBANZA (since 24 June 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -567,17 +578,6 @@ "text": "Evariste NDAYISHIMIYE elected president; percent of vote - Evariste NDAYISHIMIYE (CNDD-FDD) 71.5%, Agathon RWASA (CNL) 25.2%, Gaston SINDIMWO (UPRONA) 1.7%, OTHER 1.6%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate or Inama Nkenguzamateka (39 seats in the July 2020 election); 36 members indirectly elected by an electoral college of provincial councils using a three-round voting system, which requires a two-thirds majority vote in the first two rounds and simple majority vote for the two leading candidates in the final round; 3 seats reserved for Twas, and 30% of all votes reserved for women; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly or Inama Nshingamateka (123 seats in the May 2020 election; 100 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 23 co-opted members; 60% of seats allocated to Hutu and 40% to Tutsi; 3 seats reserved for Twas; 30% of total seats reserved for women; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 20 July 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
National Assembly - last held on 20 May 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - CNDD-FDD 87.2%, Twa 7.7%, CNL 2.6%, UPRONA 2.6%; seats by party - CNDD-FDD 34, CNL 1, UPRONA 1, Twa 3; composition - men 23, women 16, percent of women 37.2%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CNDD-FDD 70.9%, CNL 23.4%, UPRONA 2.5%, other (co-opted Twa) 3.2%; seats by party - CNDD-FDD 86, CNL 32, UPRONA 2, Twa 3; composition - men 76, women 47, percent of women 38.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 38%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 9 judges and organized into judicial, administrative, and cassation chambers); Constitutional Court (consists of 7 members)" @@ -617,13 +617,16 @@ "text": "[257] 22-207-000" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Avenue Des Etats-Unis, Bujumbura, BP1720" + "text": "B.P. 1720, Avenue Des Etats-Unis, Bujumbura" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "B.P. 1720, Bujumbura" + "text": "2100 Bujumbura Place, Washington DC  20521-2100" }, "FAX": { "text": "[257] 22-222-926" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "BujumburaC@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/cd.json b/africa/cd.json index 4f9d84ec..8e4f5256 100644 --- a/africa/cd.json +++ b/africa/cd.json @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -554,6 +554,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly (188 seats; 163 directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 25 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "

last held on 13 February and 6 May 2011 (next originally scheduled on 13 December 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MPS 117, UNDR 10, RDP 9, RNDT/Le Reveil 8, URD 8, Viva-RNDP 5, FAR 4, CTPD 2, PDSA 2, PUR 2, UDR 2, other 19; composition - men 164, women 24, percent of women 12.8%" + }, + "note": "note: the National Assembly mandate was extended to 2020, reportedly due to a lack of funding for the scheduled 2015 election; the MPS has held a majority in the NA since 1997" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Interim President Mahamat Idriss DEBY; note - on 20 April 2021, President Idriss DEBY Itno, Lt. Gen. died of injuries he sustained following clashes between government forces he was commanding and insurgents in the northern part of the country" @@ -571,18 +583,6 @@ "text": "Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY Itno reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY (MPS) 61.6%, Saleh KEBZABO (UNDR) 12.8%, Laokein Kourayo MEDAR (CTPD) 10.7%, Djimrangar DADNADJI (CAP-SUR) 5.1%, other 9.8%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly (188 seats; 163 directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 25 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "

last held on 13 February and 6 May 2011 (next originally scheduled on 13 December 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MPS 117, UNDR 10, RDP 9, RNDT/Le Reveil 8, URD 8, Viva-RNDP 5, FAR 4, CTPD 2, PDSA 2, PUR 2, UDR 2, other 19; composition - men 164, women 24, percent of women 12.8%" - }, - "note": "note: the National Assembly mandate was extended to 2020, reportedly due to a lack of funding for the scheduled 2015 election; the MPS has held a majority in the NA since 1997" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice, 3 chamber presidents, and 12 judges or councilors and divided into 3 chambers); Constitutional Council (consists of 3 judges and 6 jurists)" @@ -625,10 +625,13 @@ "text": "US Embassy N’Djamena, Rond-Point Chagoua, B.P. 413, N’Djamena" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "B. P. 413, N'Djamena" + "text": "2410 N'Djamena Place, Washington DC  20521-2410" }, "FAX": { "text": "[235] 2253-9102" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "NdjamenaACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1094,7 +1097,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT): Ground Forces (l'Armee de Terre, AdT), Chadian Air Force (l'Armee de l'Air Tchadienne, AAT), General Direction of the Security Services of State Institutions (Direction Generale des Services de Securite des Institutions de l'Etat, GDSSIE); National Gendarmerie; National Nomadic Guard of Chad (GNNT) (2020)", + "text": "Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT): Ground Forces (l'Armee de Terre, AdT), Chadian Air Force (l'Armee de l'Air Tchadienne, AAT), General Direction of the Security Services of State Institutions (Direction Generale des Services de Securite des Institutions de l'Etat, GDSSIE); National Gendarmerie; National Nomadic Guard of Chad (GNNT) (2021)", "note": "note(s): the GDSSIE, formerly known as the Republican Guard, is the presidential guard force and considered Chad's elite military unit; the Chadian Army also includes the US-trained and equipped Special Anti-Terrorist Group (SATG)" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1115,7 +1118,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "information varies; approximately 35,000 active personnel (30,000 Ground Forces; 300 Air Force; 5,000 General Direction of the Security Services of State Institutions); 5,000 National Gendarmerie; 3,500 National Nomadic Guard of Chad (2020)" + "text": "limited and varied information; approximately 30,000 active personnel (20-25,000 Ground Forces; 300 Air Force; 5-10,000 General Direction of the Security Services of State Institutions); 5,000 National Gendarmerie; 3,500 National Nomadic Guard of Chad (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the ANT is mostly armed with older or second-hand equipment from Belgium, France, Russia, and the former Soviet Union; since 2010, it has received equipment, including donations, from a variety of countries, including China, Italy, Ukraine, and the US (2020)" @@ -1143,7 +1146,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "372,722 (Sudan), 118,168 (Central African Republic), 16,294 (Nigeria) (2021)" + "text": "372,722 (Sudan), 119,804 (Central African Republic), 16,634 (Nigeria) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "401,511 (majority are in the east) (2021)" diff --git a/africa/cf.json b/africa/cf.json index e53b72cd..912b93d9 100644 --- a/africa/cf.json +++ b/africa/cf.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "French (official), French Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Buku oyo ya bosembo ya Mokili Mobimba Ezali na Makanisi ya Liboso Mpenza. (Lingala)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -554,6 +554,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate (72 seats; members indirectly elected by regional councils by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms with one-half of membership renewed every 3 years)
National Assembly (151 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": " 
Senate - last held on 31 August 2017 for expiry of half the seats (next to be held in 2020)
National Assembly - last held on 16 and 30 July 2017 (next to be held in July 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": " 
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PCT 46, independent 12, MAR 2, RDPS 2, UPADS 2, DRD 1, FP 1, MCDDI 1, PRL 1, Pulp 1, PUR 1, RC 1; composition - men 58, women 14, percent of women 19.4%

National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PCT 96, UPADS 8, MCDDI 4, other 23 (less than 4 seats) independent 20; composition - men 134, women 17, percent of women 11.3%; note - total Parliament percent of women 13.9%
" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Denis SASSOU-Nguesso (since 25 October 1997)" @@ -571,17 +582,6 @@ "text": "Denis SASSOU-Nguesso reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Denis SASSOU-Nguesso (PCT) 88.4%, Guy Price Parfait KOLELAS (MCDDI) 8.0%, turnout is 67.6%." } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate (72 seats; members indirectly elected by regional councils by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms with one-half of membership renewed every 3 years)
National Assembly (151 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": " 
Senate - last held on 31 August 2017 for expiry of half the seats (next to be held in 2020)
National Assembly - last held on 16 and 30 July 2017 (next to be held in July 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": " 
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PCT 46, independent 12, MAR 2, RDPS 2, UPADS 2, DRD 1, FP 1, MCDDI 1, PRL 1, Pulp 1, PUR 1, RC 1; composition - men 58, women 14, percent of women 19.4%

National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PCT 96, UPADS 8, MCDDI 4, other 23 (less than 4 seats) independent 20; composition - men 134, women 17, percent of women 11.3%; note - total Parliament percent of women 13.9%
" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of NA judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members); note - a High Court of Justice, outside the judicial authority, tries cases involving treason by the president of the republic" @@ -624,7 +624,10 @@ "text": "70-83 Section D, Maya-Maya Boulevard, Brazzaville" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "B.P. 1015, Brazzaville" + "text": "2090 Brazzaville Place, Washington DC 20521-2090" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "BrazzavilleACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index 214f7a44..e393f2f9 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Buku oyo ya bosembo ya Mokili Mobimba Ezali na Makanisi ya Liboso Mpenza. (Lingala)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -567,6 +567,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate (108 seats; members indirectly elected by provincial assemblies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)

National Assembly (500 seats; 439 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 61 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last held on 19 January 2007 (follow-on election has been delayed)
National Assembly - last held on 30 December 2018" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PPRD 22, MLC 14, FR 7, RCD 7, PDC 6, CDC 3, MSR 3, PALU 2, other 18, independent 26; composition - men 103, women 5, percent of women 4.6%

National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PPRD 62, UDPS 41, PPPD 29, MSR 27, MLC 22, PALU 19, UNC 17, ARC 16, AFDC 15, ECT 11, RRC 11, other 214 (includes numerous political parties that won 10 or fewer seats and 2 constituencies where voting was halted), independent 16; composition - men 456, women 44, percent of women  8.8%; total Parliament percent of women 8.1%;note - the November 2011 election was marred by violence including the destruction of ballots in 2 constituencies resulting in the closure of polling sites; election results were delayed 3 months, strongly contested, and continue to be unresolved" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Felix TSHISEKEDI (since 24 January 2019)" @@ -584,17 +595,6 @@ "text": "Felix TSHISEKEDI elected president; percent of vote - Felix TSHISEKEDI (UDPS) 38.6%, Martin FAYULU (Lamuka coalition) 34.8%, Emmanuel Ramazani SHADARY (PPRD) 23.9%, other 2.7%; note - election marred by serious voting irregularities" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate (108 seats; members indirectly elected by provincial assemblies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)

National Assembly (500 seats; 439 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 61 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held on 19 January 2007 (follow-on election has been delayed)
National Assembly - last held on 30 December 2018" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PPRD 22, MLC 14, FR 7, RCD 7, PDC 6, CDC 3, MSR 3, PALU 2, other 18, independent 26; composition - men 103, women 5, percent of women 4.6%

National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PPRD 62, UDPS 41, PPPD 29, MSR 27, MLC 22, PALU 19, UNC 17, ARC 16, AFDC 15, ECT 11, RRC 11, other 214 (includes numerous political parties that won 10 or fewer seats and 2 constituencies where voting was halted), independent 16; composition - men 456, women 44, percent of women  8.8%; total Parliament percent of women 8.1%;note - the November 2011 election was marred by violence including the destruction of ballots in 2 constituencies resulting in the closure of polling sites; election results were delayed 3 months, strongly contested, and continue to be unresolved" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation (consists of 26 justices and organized into legislative and judiciary sections); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)" @@ -637,13 +637,16 @@ "text": "[243] 081 556-0151" }, "embassy": { - "text": "310 Avenue des Aviateurs, Kinshasa, Gombe" + "text": "2220 Kinshasa Place, Washington DC  20521-2220" }, "mailing address": { "text": "Unit 2220, DPO AE 09828" }, "FAX": { "text": "[243] 81 556-0175" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSKinshasa@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index 32e4e43b..06654a9c 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)

The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)" } }, @@ -571,6 +571,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "20 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate or Senat (100 seats; 70 members indirectly elected by regional councils and 30 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (180 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last held on 25 March 2018 (next to be held in 2023)
National Assembly - last held on 9 February 2020 (current term extended by President); note - the constitutional court has ordered a partial rerun of elections in the English speaking areas; date to be determined" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - CDPM 81.1%, SDF 8.6%, UNDP 5.8%, UDC 1.16%, other 2.8%; seats by party - CPDM 63, SDF 7
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CPDM 139, UNDP 7, SDF 5, PCRN 5, UDC 4, FSNC 3, MDR 2, Union of Socialist Movements 2; 13 vacant; composition - NA" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Paul BIYA (since 6 November 1982)" @@ -588,17 +599,6 @@ "text": "Paul BIYA reelected president; percent of vote - Paul BIYA (CPDM) 71.3%, Maurice KAMTO (MRC) 14.2%, Cabral LIBII (Univers) 6.3%, other 8.2%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate or Senat (100 seats; 70 members indirectly elected by regional councils and 30 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (180 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held on 25 March 2018 (next to be held in 2023)
National Assembly - last held on 9 February 2020 (current term extended by President); note - the constitutional court has ordered a partial rerun of elections in the English speaking areas; date to be determined" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - CDPM 81.1%, SDF 8.6%, UNDP 5.8%, UDC 1.16%, other 2.8%; seats by party - CPDM 63, SDF 7
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CPDM 139, UNDP 7, SDF 5, PCRN 5, UDC 4, FSNC 3, MDR 2, Union of Socialist Movements 2; 13 vacant; composition - NA" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Cameroon (consists of 9 titular and 6 surrogate judges and organized into judicial, administrative, and audit chambers); Constitutional Council (consists of 11 members)" @@ -641,11 +641,14 @@ "text": "Avenue Rosa Parks, Yaoundé" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 817, Yaounde; pouch: American Embassy, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2520" + "text": "2520 Yaounde Place, Washington, DC  20521-2520" }, "FAX": { "text": "[237] 22220 1500 Ext. 4531; Consular FAX: [237] 22220 1752" }, + "email address": { + "text": "YaoundeACS@state.gov" + }, "branch office(s)": { "text": "Douala" } @@ -1215,7 +1218,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "325,366 (Central African Republic), 118,334 (Nigeria) (2021)" + "text": "328,258 (Central African Republic), 118,409 (Nigeria) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1,032,942 (2021) (includes far north, northwest, and southwest)" diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index ae97784e..b116ea1e 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -508,6 +508,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Assembly of the Union (33 seats; 24 members directly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed and 9 members indirectly elected by the 3 island assemblies; members serve 5-year terms) (2017)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 19 January 2020 with a runoff on 23 February 2020 (next to be held in 2025) (2020)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "seats by party -1st round - Boycotting parties 16, Independent 3, CRC 2, RDC 2, RADHI 1, Orange party 0; note -  9 additional seats filled by the 3 island assemblies; 2nd round - CRC 20, Orange Party 2, Independents 2; composition as of 23 January 2020 men 20, women 4, percent of women 16.7%

 

(2019)" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President AZALI Assoumani (since 26 May 2016); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government; note - AZALI takes oath of office 2 June 2019 after 24 March 2019 reelection (2019)" @@ -525,17 +536,6 @@ "text": "AZALI Assoumani (CRC) elected president in first round; with a 59% of the vote; - AZALI Assoumani (CRC) 60.8%, Ahamada MAHAMOUDOU (PJ) 14.6%, and Mouigni Baraka Said SOILIHI (Independent) 5.6%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Assembly of the Union (33 seats; 24 members directly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed and 9 members indirectly elected by the 3 island assemblies; members serve 5-year terms) (2017)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 19 January 2020 with a runoff on 23 February 2020 (next to be held in 2025) (2020)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "seats by party -1st round - Boycotting parties 16, Independent 3, CRC 2, RDC 2, RADHI 1, Orange party 0; note -  9 additional seats filled by the 3 island assemblies; 2nd round - CRC 20, Orange Party 2, Independents 2; composition as of 23 January 2020 men 20, women 4, percent of women 16.7%

 

(2019)" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of 7 judges)" diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index f7824547..734b1a49 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -544,6 +544,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (140 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "first round last held on 27 December 2020; note - on election day, voting in many electoral areas was disrupted by armed groups; on 13 February 2021, President TOUADERA announced that a new first round of elections will be held on 27 February for those areas controlled by armed groups and and second round on 14 March" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "December 2015 election: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UNDP 16, URCA 11, RDC 8, MLPC 10, KNK 7, other 28, independent 60; composition - men 129, women 11, percent of women 7.9%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Faustin-Archange TOUADERA (since 30 March 2016; reelected 27 December 2020)" @@ -562,17 +573,6 @@ }, "note": "note: rebel forces seized the capital in March 2013, forcing former President BOZIZE to flee the country; Interim President Michel DJOTODIA assumed the presidency, reinstated the prime minister, and established a National Transitional Council (CNT) in April 2013; the NTC elected Catherine SAMBA-PANZA interim president in January 2014 to serve until February 2015, when new elections were to be held; her term was extended because instability delayed new elections and the transition did not take place until the end of March 2016" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (140 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "first round last held on 27 December 2020; note - on election day, voting in many electoral areas was disrupted by armed groups; on 13 February 2021, President TOUADERA announced that a new first round of elections will be held on 27 February for those areas controlled by armed groups and and second round on 14 March" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "December 2015 election: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UNDP 16, URCA 11, RDC 8, MLPC 10, KNK 7, other 28, independent 60; composition - men 129, women 11, percent of women 7.9%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of NA judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges, at least 3 of whom are women)" @@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ "text": "Avenue David Dacko, Bangui" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 924, Bangui" + "text": "2060 Bangui Place, Washington DC  20521-2060" }, "FAX": { "text": "[236] 21 61 4494" diff --git a/africa/cv.json b/africa/cv.json index 478f753b..79886c62 100644 --- a/africa/cv.json +++ b/africa/cv.json @@ -502,6 +502,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (72 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 20 March 2016 (next to be held on 18 April 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party MPD 54.5%, PAICV 38.2%, UCID 7%, other 0.3%; seats by party - MPD 40, PAICV 29, UCID 3; composition - men 57, women 15, percent of women 20.8%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Jorge Carlos FONSECA (since 9 September 2011)" @@ -519,17 +530,6 @@ "text": "Jorge Carlos FONSECA reelected president; percent of vote - Jorge Carlos FONSECA (MPD) 74%, Albertino GRACA (independent) 23%, other 3%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (72 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 20 March 2016 (next to be held on 18 April 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party MPD 54.5%, PAICV 38.2%, UCID 7%, other 0.3%; seats by party - MPD 40, PAICV 29, UCID 3; composition - men 57, women 15, percent of women 20.8%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the chief justice and at least 7 judges and organized into civil, criminal, and administrative sections)" @@ -566,19 +566,22 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador John \"Jeff\" DAIGLE (since 28 June 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador John \"Jeff\" DAIGLE (since 10 September 2019)" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[238] 260-89-00" + "text": "[238] 260-8900" }, "embassy": { "text": "Rua Abilio Macedo 6, Praia" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "C. P. 201, Praia" + "text": "2460 Praia Place, Washington DC  20521-2460" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[238] 261-13-55" + "text": "[238] 261-1355" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "PraiaConsular@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index 32b932bc..3b5066d7 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -526,6 +526,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale, formerly the Chamber of Deputies (65 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 23 February 2018 (next to be held in February 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP 57, UDJ-PDD 7, CDU 1; composition - men 47, women 18, percent of women 26.7%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Ismail Omar GUELLEH (since 8 May 1999)" @@ -543,17 +554,6 @@ "text": "Ismail Omar GUELLEH reelected president for a fifth term; percent of vote - Ismail Omar GUELLEH (RPP) 97.4%, Zakaria Ismael FARAH (MDEND) 2.7%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale, formerly the Chamber of Deputies (65 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 23 February 2018 (next to be held in February 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP 57, UDJ-PDD 7, CDU 1; composition - men 47, women 18, percent of women 26.7%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of NA magistrates); Constitutional Council (consists of 6 magistrates)" @@ -596,10 +596,13 @@ "text": "Lot 350-B, Haramouss B.P. 185" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "B.P. 185, Djibouti" + "text": "2150 Djibouti Place, Washington DC  20521-2150" }, "FAX": { "text": "[253] 21 45 31 29" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "DjiboutiACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index 87178d5d..fe0eaa58 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), English, and French widely understood by educated classes" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، أفضل مصدر للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -549,6 +549,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (Majlis Al-Shiyoukh) (300 seats; 100 members elected in single seat constituencies, 100 elected by closed party-list system, and 100 appointed by the president; note - the upper house, previously the Shura Council, was eliminated in the 2014 constitution, reestablished as the Senate, following passage in a 2019 constitutional referendum and approved by the House of Representatives in June 2020
House of Representatives (Majlis Al-Nowaab) (596 seats; 448 members directly elected by individual candidacy system, 120 members - with quotas for women, youth, Christians and workers - elected in party-list constituencies by simple majority popular vote, and 28 members appointed by the president; members of both houses serve 5-year terms" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - first round held on 11-12 August 2020 (9-10 August for diaspora); second round to be held on 8-9 September (6-7 September for diaspora) (next to be held in 2025)
House of Representatives - last held from 17 October to 2 December 2015 (next to be held 24-25 October and 7-8 November 2020)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate first round results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Nation's Future Party 100, independent 100; composition - NA 
House of Representatives (2015) - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Free Egyptians Party 65, Future of the Nation 53, New Wafd Party 36, Homeland's Protector Party 18, Republican People's Party 13, Congress Party 12, Al-Nour Party 11, Conservative Party 6, Democratic Peace Party 5, Egyptian National Movement 4, Egyptian Social Democratic Party 4, Modern Egypt Party 4, Freedom Party 3, My Homeland Egypt Party 3, Reform and Development Party 3, National Progressive Unionist Party 2, Arab Democratic Nasserist Party 1, El Serh El Masry el Hor 1, Revolutionary Guards Party 1, independent 351; composition - men 507, women 89, percent of women 14.9%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Abdelfattah ELSISI (since 8 June 2014)" @@ -566,17 +577,6 @@ "text": "Abdelfattah ELSISI reelected president in first round; percent of valid votes cast - Abdelfattah ELSISI (independent) 97.1%, Moussa Mostafa MOUSSA (El Ghad Party) 2.9%; note - more than 7% of ballots cast were deemed invalid" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (Majlis Al-Shiyoukh) (300 seats; 100 members elected in single seat constituencies, 100 elected by closed party-list system, and 100 appointed by the president; note - the upper house, previously the Shura Council, was eliminated in the 2014 constitution, reestablished as the Senate, following passage in a 2019 constitutional referendum and approved by the House of Representatives in June 2020
House of Representatives (Majlis Al-Nowaab) (596 seats; 448 members directly elected by individual candidacy system, 120 members - with quotas for women, youth, Christians and workers - elected in party-list constituencies by simple majority popular vote, and 28 members appointed by the president; members of both houses serve 5-year terms" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - first round held on 11-12 August 2020 (9-10 August for diaspora); second round to be held on 8-9 September (6-7 September for diaspora) (next to be held in 2025)
House of Representatives - last held from 17 October to 2 December 2015 (next to be held 24-25 October and 7-8 November 2020)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate first round results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Nation's Future Party 100, independent 100; composition - NA 
House of Representatives (2015) - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Free Egyptians Party 65, Future of the Nation 53, New Wafd Party 36, Homeland's Protector Party 18, Republican People's Party 13, Congress Party 12, Al-Nour Party 11, Conservative Party 6, Democratic Peace Party 5, Egyptian National Movement 4, Egyptian Social Democratic Party 4, Modern Egypt Party 4, Freedom Party 3, My Homeland Egypt Party 3, Reform and Development Party 3, National Progressive Unionist Party 2, Arab Democratic Nasserist Party 1, El Serh El Masry el Hor 1, Revolutionary Guards Party 1, independent 351; composition - men 507, women 89, percent of women 14.9%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) (consists of the court president and 10 justices); the SCC serves as the final court of arbitration on the constitutionality of laws and conflicts between lower courts regarding jurisdiction and rulings; Court of Cassation (CC) (consists of the court president and 550 judges organized in circuits with cases heard by panels of 5 judges); the CC is the highest appeals body for civil and criminal cases, also known as \"ordinary justices\"; Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) (consists of the court president and NA judges and organized in circuits with cases heard by panels of 5 judges); the SAC is the highest court of the State Council" @@ -622,11 +622,14 @@ "text": "5 Tawfik Diab St., Garden City, Cairo" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 64900, Box 15, APO AE 09839-4900; 5 Tawfik Diab Street, Garden City, Cairo" + "text": "7700 Cairo Place, Washington DC 20512-7700" }, "FAX": { "text": "[20-2] 2797-3200" }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularCairoACS@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Alexandria" } @@ -1189,7 +1192,7 @@ "text": "18-30 years of age for male conscript military service; service obligation - 18-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; voluntary enlistment possible from age 15 (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

since 2011, the Egyptian Armed Forces, police, and other security forces have been actively engaged in counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism operations in the North Sinai governorate against several militant groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Sinai Province; as of early 2020, Egypt reportedly had over 40,000 troops plus thousands of police and other security personnel deployed to the Sinai for internal security duties

the military has a large stake in the civilian economy, including running banks, businesses, and shipping lines, producing consumer and industrial goods, importing commodities, and building and managing infrastructure projects, such as bridges, roads, hospitals, and housing

the Multinational Force & Observers (MFO) has operated in the Sinai since 1982 as a peacekeeping and monitoring force to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace; the MFO is an independent international organization, created by agreement between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel; it is composed of about 1,150 troops from 13 countries (2020)" + "text": "

since 2011, the Egyptian Armed Forces, police, and other security forces have been actively engaged in counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism operations in the North Sinai governorate against several militant groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Sinai Province; as of early 2020, Egypt reportedly had over 40,000 troops plus thousands of police and other security personnel deployed to the Sinai for internal security duties

the military has a large stake in the civilian economy, including running banks, businesses, and shipping lines, producing consumer and industrial goods, importing commodities, and building and managing infrastructure projects, such as bridges, roads, hospitals, and housing

the Multinational Force & Observers (MFO) has operated in the Sinai since 1982 as a peacekeeping and monitoring force to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace; the MFO is an independent international organization, created by agreement between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel; it is composed of about 1,150 troops from 13 countries" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/ek.json b/africa/ek.json index 26a33234..f0d2269b 100644 --- a/africa/ek.json +++ b/africa/ek.json @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official) 67.6%, other (includes Fang, Bubi, Portuguese (official), French (official), Portuguese-based Creoles spoken in Ano Bom) 32.4% (1994 census)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -521,6 +521,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Assembly or Asemblea Nacional consists of:
Senate or Senado (70 seats; 55 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote and 15 appointed by the president)
Chamber of Deputies or Camara de los Diputados (100 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed paryt-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last held on 12 November 2017 (next to be held in 2022/2023)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 12 November 2017 (next to be held in 2022/2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDGE and aligned coalition 70; composition - men 60, women 10, percent of women 14.3%

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDGE 99, CI 1; composition - men 78, women 22, percent of women 22%; note - total National Assembly percent of women 18.8%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo (since 3 August 1979 when he seized power in a military coup); Vice President Teodoro Nguema OBIANG Mangue(since 2012)" @@ -538,17 +549,6 @@ "text": "Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo reelected president; percent of vote - Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo (PDGE) 93.5%, other 6.5%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Assembly or Asemblea Nacional consists of:
Senate or Senado (70 seats; 55 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote and 15 appointed by the president)
Chamber of Deputies or Camara de los Diputados (100 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed paryt-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held on 12 November 2017 (next to be held in 2022/2023)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 12 November 2017 (next to be held in 2022/2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDGE and aligned coalition 70; composition - men 60, women 10, percent of women 14.3%

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDGE 99, CI 1; composition - men 78, women 22, percent of women 22%; note - total National Assembly percent of women 18.8%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the chief justice - who is also chief of state - and 9 judges  organized into civil, criminal, commercial, labor, administrative, and customary sections); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president and 4 members)" @@ -594,7 +594,10 @@ "text": "Malabo II Highway (between the Headquarters of Sonagas and the offices of the United Nations), Malabo" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "US Embassy Malabo, 2320 Malabo Place, Washington, DC 20521-2520" + "text": "2320 Malabo Place, Washington, DC 20521-2520" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "Malaboconsular@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/er.json b/africa/er.json index 605782f5..79bddedf 100644 --- a/africa/er.json +++ b/africa/er.json @@ -510,6 +510,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly (Hagerawi Baito) (150 seats; 75 members indirectly elected by the ruling party and 75 directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "in May 1997, following the adoption of the new constitution, 75 members of the PFDJ Central Committee (the old Central Committee of the EPLF), 60 members of the 527-member Constituent Assembly, which had been established in 1997 to discuss and ratify the new constitution, and 15 representatives of Eritreans living abroad were formed into a Transitional National Assembly to serve as the country's legislative body until countrywide elections to form a National Assembly were held; although only 75 of 150 members of the Transitional National Assembly were elected, the constitution stipulates that once past the transition stage, all members of the National Assembly will be elected by secret ballot of all eligible voters; National Assembly elections scheduled for December 2001 were postponed indefinitely due to the war with Ethiopia, and as of late 2020, there was no sitting legislative body" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "NA" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President ISAIAS Afwerki (since 8 June 1993); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government and is head of the State Council and National Assembly" @@ -527,17 +538,6 @@ "text": "ISAIAS Afwerki elected president by the transitional National Assembly; percent of National Assembly vote - ISAIAS  Afwerki (PFDJ) 95%, other 5%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly (Hagerawi Baito) (150 seats; 75 members indirectly elected by the ruling party and 75 directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "in May 1997, following the adoption of the new constitution, 75 members of the PFDJ Central Committee (the old Central Committee of the EPLF), 60 members of the 527-member Constituent Assembly, which had been established in 1997 to discuss and ratify the new constitution, and 15 representatives of Eritreans living abroad were formed into a Transitional National Assembly to serve as the country's legislative body until countrywide elections to form a National Assembly were held; although only 75 of 150 members of the Transitional National Assembly were elected, the constitution stipulates that once past the transition stage, all members of the National Assembly will be elected by secret ballot of all eligible voters; National Assembly elections scheduled for December 2001 were postponed indefinitely due to the war with Ethiopia, and as of late 2020, there was no sitting legislative body" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "NA" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "High Court (consists of 20 judges and organized into civil, commercial, criminal, labor, administrative, and customary sections)" @@ -577,13 +577,16 @@ "text": "[291] (1) 120004" }, "embassy": { - "text": "179 Alaa Street, Asmara" + "text": "7170 Asmara Place, Washington DC  20521-7170" }, "mailing address": { "text": "P.O. Box 211, Asmara" }, "FAX": { "text": "[291] (1) 127584" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularAsmara@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index b0f8e89c..dec7e564 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Oromo (official working language in the State of Oromiya) 33.8%, Amharic (official national language) 29.3%, Somali (official working language of the State of Sumale) 6.2%, Tigrigna (Tigrinya) (official working language of the State of Tigray) 5.9%, Sidamo 4%, Wolaytta 2.2%, Gurage 2%, Afar (official working language of the State of Afar) 1.7%, Hadiyya 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, Opuuo 1.2%, Kafa 1.1%, other 8.1%, English (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (2007 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
የአለም እውነታ መጽሐፍ፣ ለመሠረታዊ መረጃ እጅግ አስፈላጊ የሆነ ምንጭ። (Amharic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -564,6 +564,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
House of Federation or Yefedereshein Mikir Bete (153 seats; members indirectly elected by state assemblies to serve 5-year terms)
House of People's Representatives or Yehizb Tewokayoch Mekir Bete (547 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; 22 seats reserved for minorities; all members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "House of Federation - last held 24 May 2015 (next originally scheduled on 29 August 2020 but postponed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
House of People's Representatives - last held on 24 May 2015 (next election to be held June 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "House of Federation - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - NA; composition - men 104, women 49, percent of women 32%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - EPRDF 501, SPDP 24, BGPDUP 9, ANDP 8, GPUDM 3, APDO 1, HNL 1; composition - men 335, women 212, percent of women  38.8%; note - total Parliament percent of women 37.3%" + }, + "note": "note: House of Federation is responsible for interpreting the constitution and federal-regional issues and the House of People's Representatives is responsible for passing legislation" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President SAHLE-WORK Zewde (since 25 October 2018)" @@ -582,18 +594,6 @@ }, "note": "note: SAHLE-WORK Zewde is the first female elected head of state in Ethiopia; she is currently the only female president in Africa. Former President Dr. Mulatu TESHOME resigned on 25 October 2018, one year ahead of finishing his six-year term." }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
House of Federation or Yefedereshein Mikir Bete (153 seats; members indirectly elected by state assemblies to serve 5-year terms)
House of People's Representatives or Yehizb Tewokayoch Mekir Bete (547 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; 22 seats reserved for minorities; all members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "House of Federation - last held 24 May 2015 (next originally scheduled on 29 August 2020 but postponed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
House of People's Representatives - last held on 24 May 2015 (next election to be held June 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "House of Federation - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - NA; composition - men 104, women 49, percent of women 32%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - EPRDF 501, SPDP 24, BGPDUP 9, ANDP 8, GPUDM 3, APDO 1, HNL 1; composition - men 335, women 212, percent of women  38.8%; note - total Parliament percent of women 37.3%" - }, - "note": "note: House of Federation is responsible for interpreting the constitution and federal-regional issues and the House of People's Representatives is responsible for passing legislation" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Federal Supreme Court (consists of 11 judges); note - the House of Federation has jurisdiction for all constitutional issues" @@ -642,10 +642,13 @@ "text": "Entoto Street, P.O. Box 1014, Addis Ababa" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 1014, Addis Ababa" + "text": "2030 Addis Ababa Place, Washington DC  20521-2030" }, "FAX": { "text": "[251] 11 124-2401" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "AddisACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index 03e2007a..4dc28cdd 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -553,6 +553,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly (58 seats; 53 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 5 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 6 April 2017 (next to be held in 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - UDP 37.5%, GDC 17.4%, APRC 16%, PDOIS 9%, NRP 6.3%, PPP 2.5%, other 1.7%, independent 9.6%; seats by party - UDP 31, APRC 5, GDC 5, NRP 5, PDOIS 4, PPP 2, independent 1; composition - men 52, women 6, percent of women 10.3%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Adama BARROW (since 19 January 2017); Vice President Isatou TOURAY (since 15 March 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -570,17 +581,6 @@ "text": "Adama BARROW elected president; percent of vote - Adama BARROW (Coalition 2016) 43.3%, Yahya JAMMEH (APRC) 39.6%, Mamma KANDEH (GDC) 17.1%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly (58 seats; 53 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 5 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 6 April 2017 (next to be held in 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - UDP 37.5%, GDC 17.4%, APRC 16%, PDOIS 9%, NRP 6.3%, PPP 2.5%, other 1.7%, independent 9.6%; seats by party - UDP 31, APRC 5, GDC 5, NRP 5, PDOIS 4, PPP 2, independent 1; composition - men 52, women 6, percent of women 10.3%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of The Gambia (consists of the chief justice and 6 justices; court sessions held with 5 justices)" @@ -623,10 +623,13 @@ "text": "Kairaba Avenue, Fajara, P.M.B.19, Banjul" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.M.B. 19, Banjul" + "text": "2070 Banjul Place, Washington DC  20521-2070" }, "FAX": { "text": "[220] 439-2475" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularBanjul@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index d23a6b12..c3f0da4b 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -527,6 +527,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate or Senat (102 seats; members indirectly elected by municipal councils and departmental assemblies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms)
National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (143 seats; members elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 13 December 2014 (next to be held on 31 December 2020)
National Assembly - held in 2 rounds on 6 and 27 October 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDG 81, CLR 7, PSD 2, ADERE-UPG 1, UPG 1, PGCI 1, independent 7; composition - men 84, women 18, percent of women 17.6%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDG 98, The Democrats or LD 11, RV 8, Social Democrats of Gabon 5, RH&M 4, other 9, independent 8; composition - men 123, women 20, percent of women 14%; note - total Parliament percent of women 15.5%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Ali BONGO Ondimba (since 16 October 2009)" @@ -544,17 +555,6 @@ "text": "Ali BONGO Ondimba reelected president; percent of vote - Ali BONGO Ondimba (PDG) 49.8%, Jean PING (UFC) 48.2%, other 2.0%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate or Senat (102 seats; members indirectly elected by municipal councils and departmental assemblies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms)
National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (143 seats; members elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 13 December 2014 (next to be held on 31 December 2020)
National Assembly - held in 2 rounds on 6 and 27 October 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDG 81, CLR 7, PSD 2, ADERE-UPG 1, UPG 1, PGCI 1, independent 7; composition - men 84, women 18, percent of women 17.6%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDG 98, The Democrats or LD 11, RV 8, Social Democrats of Gabon 5, RH&M 4, other 9, independent 8; composition - men 123, women 20, percent of women 14%; note - total Parliament percent of women 15.5%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 4 permanent specialized supreme courts - Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation, Administrative Supreme Court or Conseil d'Etat, Accounting Supreme Court or Cour des Comptes, Constitutional Court or Cour Constitutionnelle, and the non-permanent Court of State Security, initiated only for cases of high treason by the president and criminal activity by executive branch officials)" @@ -597,10 +597,13 @@ "text": "Sabliere, B.P. 4000, Libreville" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Centre Ville, B. P. 4000, Libreville; pouch: 2270 Libreville Place, Washington, DC 20521-2270" + "text": "2270 Libreville Place, Washington, DC 20521-2270" }, "FAX": { "text": "[241] 01-74-55-07" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSLibreville@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index 126269d9..84dac246 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -556,6 +556,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament (275 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 7 December 2020 (next to be held in December 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party (preliminary) - NPC 137, NDC 136, other 1, independent 1; composition - NA" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Nana Addo Dankwa AKUFO-ADDO (since 7 January 2017); Vice President Mahamudu BAWUMIA (since 7 January 2017); the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -573,17 +584,6 @@ "text": "Nana Addo Dankwa AKUFO-ADDO reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Nana Addo Dankwa AKUFO-ADDO (NPP) 51.3%, John Dramani MAHAMA (NDC) 47.4%, other 1.3%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament (275 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 7 December 2020 (next to be held in December 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party (preliminary) - NPC 137, NDC 136, other 1, independent 1; composition - NA" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 13 justices)" @@ -630,10 +630,13 @@ "text": "24 Fourth Circular Rd., Cantonments, Accra, P.O. Box 2288, Accra" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box GP 2288, Accra" + "text": "2020 Accra Place, Washington DC  20521-2020" }, "FAX": { "text": "[233] 030-274-1389" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSAccra@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/gv.json b/africa/gv.json index 58f1c886..e198dd4c 100644 --- a/africa/gv.json +++ b/africa/gv.json @@ -568,6 +568,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral People's National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale Populaire (114 seats; 76 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote and 38 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 21 March 2020 (next to be held 1 March 2027)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "In parliamentary elections, the Rally of the Guinean People-Rainbow wins 57.5% of the vote (79 of 114 seats), the Democratic Union of Guinea 5.3% (4), the Democratic Popular Movement of Guinea 4.1% (3), and the New Democratic Forces 2.8% (3). Turnout is 58.0%." + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Alpha CONDE (since 21 December 2010)" @@ -585,17 +596,6 @@ "text": "Alpha CONDE reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Alpha CONDE (RPG) 59.5%, Cellou Dalein DIALLO (UFDG) 33.5%, other 7%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral People's National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale Populaire (114 seats; 76 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote and 38 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 21 March 2020 (next to be held 1 March 2027)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "In parliamentary elections, the Rally of the Guinean People-Rainbow wins 57.5% of the vote (79 of 114 seats), the Democratic Union of Guinea 5.3% (4), the Democratic Popular Movement of Guinea 4.1% (3), and the New Democratic Forces 2.8% (3). Turnout is 58.0%." - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (organized into Administrative Chamber and Civil, Penal, and Social Chamber; court consists of the first president, 2 chamber presidents, 10 councilors, the solicitor general, and NA deputies); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members)" @@ -639,10 +639,13 @@ "text": "Transversale #2, Center Administratif de Koloma, Commune de Ratoma, Conakry" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 603, Transversale No. 2, Centre Administratif de Koloma, Commune de Ratoma, Conakry" + "text": "2110 Conakry Place, Washington DC  20521-2110" }, "FAX": { "text": "[224] 65-10-42-97" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConakryACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index 4bdbeff7..a53895ee 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -568,6 +568,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate or Senat (99 seats; 66 members indirectly elected by the National Assembly and members of municipal, autonomous districts, and regional councils, and 33 members appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly (255 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - first ever held on 25 March 2018 (next to be held in 2023)
National Assembly - last held on 18 December 2016 (next to be held in 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent by party NA; seats by party - RHDP 50, independent 16; composition - men 80, women 19, percent of women 19.2%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - RHDP 50.3%, FPI 5.8%, UDPCI 1%, other 1.4%, independent 38.5%; seats by party - RHDP, 167, UDPCI 6, FPI 3, UPCI 3, independent 76; composition - men 228, women 27, percent of women 10.6%; note - total Parliament percent of women 13%" + }, + "note": "

" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Alassane Dramane OUATTARA (since 4 December 2010); Vice President (vacant); note - Vice President Daniel Kablan DUNCAN resigned 8 July 2020; note - the 2016 constitution calls for the establishment of the position of vice-president" @@ -585,18 +597,6 @@ "text": "Alassane OUATTARA reelected president; percent of vote - Alassane OUATTARA (RDR) 94.3%, Kouadio Konan BERTIN (PDCI-RDA) 2.0%, other 3.7%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate or Senat (99 seats; 66 members indirectly elected by the National Assembly and members of municipal, autonomous districts, and regional councils, and 33 members appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly (255 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - first ever held on 25 March 2018 (next to be held in 2023)
National Assembly - last held on 18 December 2016 (next to be held in 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent by party NA; seats by party - RHDP 50, independent 16; composition - men 80, women 19, percent of women 19.2%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - RHDP 50.3%, FPI 5.8%, UDPCI 1%, other 1.4%, independent 38.5%; seats by party - RHDP, 167, UDPCI 6, FPI 3, UPCI 3, independent 76; composition - men 228, women 27, percent of women 10.6%; note - total Parliament percent of women 13%" - }, - "note": "

" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (organized into Judicial, Audit, Constitutional, and Administrative Chambers; consists of the court president, 3 vice presidents for the Judicial, Audit, and Administrative chambers, and 9 associate justices or magistrates)" @@ -639,10 +639,13 @@ "text": "Cocody Riviéra Golf, 01 BP 1712 Abidjan 01, Abidjan" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "B. P. 1712, Abidjan 01" + "text": "2010 Abidjan Place, Washington DC  20521-2010" }, "FAX": { "text": "[225] 22 49 43 23" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "AbjAmCit@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index 89d75399..a414c04b 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)

The World Factbook, Chanzo cha Lazima Kuhusu Habari ya Msingi. (Kiswahili)" } }, @@ -568,6 +568,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (67 seats; 47 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 20 directly elected by proportional representation vote - 16 women, 2 representing youth, and 2 representing the disabled; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly (349 seats; 290 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 47 women in single-seat constituencies elected by simple majority vote, and 12 members nominated by the National Assembly - 6 representing youth and 6 representing the disabled; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last held on 8 August 2017 (next to be held in August 2022)
National Assembly - last held on 8 August 2017 (next to be held in August 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party/coalition - NA; seats by party/coalition - Jubilee Party 24; National Super Alliance 28, other 14, independent 1; composition - men 46, women 41, percent of women is 31.3%

National Assembly - percent of vote by party/coalition - NA; seats by party/coalition - Jubilee Party 165, National Super Alliance 119, other 51, independent 13; composition - men 273, women 76, percent of women 21.8%; note - total Parliament percent of women is 23%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Uhuru KENYATTA (since 9 April 2013); Deputy President William RUTO (since 9 April 2013); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -585,17 +596,6 @@ "text": "Uhuru KENYATTA reelected president; percent of vote - Uhuru KENYATTA (Jubilee Party) 98.3%, Raila ODINGA (ODM) 1%, other 0.7%; note - Kenya held a previous presidential election on 8 August 2017, but Kenya's Supreme Court on 1 September 2017 nullified the results, citing irregularities; the political opposition boycotted the October vote" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (67 seats; 47 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 20 directly elected by proportional representation vote - 16 women, 2 representing youth, and 2 representing the disabled; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly (349 seats; 290 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 47 women in single-seat constituencies elected by simple majority vote, and 12 members nominated by the National Assembly - 6 representing youth and 6 representing the disabled; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held on 8 August 2017 (next to be held in August 2022)
National Assembly - last held on 8 August 2017 (next to be held in August 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party/coalition - NA; seats by party/coalition - Jubilee Party 24; National Super Alliance 28, other 14, independent 1; composition - men 46, women 41, percent of women is 31.3%

National Assembly - percent of vote by party/coalition - NA; seats by party/coalition - Jubilee Party 165, National Super Alliance 119, other 51, independent 13; composition - men 273, women 76, percent of women 21.8%; note - total Parliament percent of women is 23%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of chief and deputy chief justices and 5 judges)" @@ -644,10 +644,13 @@ "text": "United Nations Avenue, Nairobi; P.O. Box 606 Village Market, Nairobi 00621" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "American Embassy Nairobi, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-8900" + "text": "8900 Nairobi Place, Washington, DC  20521-8900" }, "FAX": { "text": "[254] (20) 363-6157" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "kenya_acs@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index 94c0c91f..83e990e0 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -540,6 +540,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:
The Liberian Senate (30 seats; members directly elected in 15 2-seat districts by simple majority vote to serve 9-year staggered terms; each district elects 1 senator and elects the second senator 3 years later, followed by a 6-year hiatus, after which the first Senate seat is up for election)
House of Representatives (73 seats; members directly elected in single-seat districts by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms; eligible for a second term)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate -general election held on 8 December 2020 with half the seats up for election (next election 2023)
House of Representatives - last held on 10 October 2017 (next to be held in October 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - Collaborating Political Parties 40.27%, Congress for Democratic Change 28.02%, People's Unification Party 6.40, Movement for Democracy and Reconstructions 4.30%, All Liberia Coalition 1.09%,Rainbow Alliance 1.09%, Liberia Restoration Party 0,82%, Liberia National Union 0.77%, Movement for Progressive Change 0.74%, United People's Party 0.66%, Liberia Transformation Party 0.16%, National Democratic Coalition 0.07%, Movement for One Liberia 0.01; seats by coalition/party- CPP 13, CDC 5, PUP 2, MDR 1, NDC 1   
 
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - Coalition for Democratic Change 15.6%, UP 14%, LP 8.7%, ANC 6.1%, PUP 5.9%, ALP 5.1%, MDR 3.4%, other 41.2%; seats by coalition/party - Coalition for Democratic Change 21, UP 20, PUP 5, LP 3, ALP 3, MDR 2, independent 13, other 6; composition - men 64, women 9, percent of women 12.3%; total Parliament percent of women 11.7%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President George WEAH (since 22 January 2018); Vice President Jewel HOWARD-TAYLOR (since 22 January 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -557,17 +568,6 @@ "text": "George WEAH elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - George WEAH (Coalition for Democratic Change) 38.4%, Joseph BOAKAI (UP) 28.8%, Charles BRUMSKINE (LP) 9.6%, Prince JOHNSON (MDR) 8.2%, Alexander B. CUMMINGS (ANC) 7.2%, other 7.8%; percentage of vote in second round - George WEAH 61.5%, Joseph BOAKAI 38.5%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:
The Liberian Senate (30 seats; members directly elected in 15 2-seat districts by simple majority vote to serve 9-year staggered terms; each district elects 1 senator and elects the second senator 3 years later, followed by a 6-year hiatus, after which the first Senate seat is up for election)
House of Representatives (73 seats; members directly elected in single-seat districts by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms; eligible for a second term)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held on 20 December 2014 ; byelection to fill the senate seats vacated by WEAH and HOWARD-TAYLOR was held on 31 July 2018 (next general election to be held on 31 December 2020)
House of Representatives - last held on 10 October 2017 (next to be held in October 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - CDC 29.8%, UP 10.3%, LP 11.5%, NPP 6.1%, PUP 4.9%, ANC 4.2%, NDC 1.3%, other 7.6%, independent 24.3%; seats by party - UP 4, CDC 2, LP 2, ANC 1, NDC 1, NPP 1, PUP 1, independent 3; composition - men 27, women 3, percent of women 10%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - Coalition for Democratic Change 15.6%, UP 14%, LP 8.7%, ANC 6.1%, PUP 5.9%, ALP 5.1%, MDR 3.4%, other 41.2%; seats by coalition/party - Coalition for Democratic Change 21, UP 20, PUP 5, LP 3, ALP 3, MDR 2, independent 13, other 6; composition - men 64, women 9, percent of women 12.3%; total Parliament percent of women 11.7%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of a chief justice and 4 associate justices); note - the Supreme Court has jurisdiction for all constitutional cases" @@ -613,10 +613,13 @@ "text": "U.S. Embassy, 502 Benson Street, Monrovia" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 98, Monrovia" + "text": "8800 Monrovia Place, Washington DC  20521-8800" }, "FAX": { "text": "[231] 77-677-7370" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSMonrovia@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index b43c7234..58b7b44a 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -528,6 +528,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (33 seats; 22 principal chiefs and 11 other senators nominated by the king with the advice of the Council of State, a 13-member body of key government and non-government officials; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly (120 seats; 80 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 40 elected through proportional representation; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last nominated by the king 11 July 2017 (next NA)
National Assembly - last held on 3 June 2017 (next to be held in 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of votes by party - NA, seats by party - NA; composition - men 25, women 8, percent of women 24.2%
National Assembly - percent of votes by party - ABC 40.5%, DC 25.8%, LCD 9%, AD 7.3%, MEC 5.1%, BNP 4.1, PFD 2.3%, other 5.9%; seats by party - ABC 51, DC 30, LCD 11, AD 9, MEC 6, BNP 5, PFD 3, other 5; composition - men 95, women 27, percent of women 22.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 22.9%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King LETSIE III (since 7 February 1996); note - King LETSIE III formerly occupied the throne from November 1990 to February 1995 while his father was in exile " @@ -542,17 +553,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary, but under the terms of the constitution that came into effect after the March 1993 election, the monarch is a \"living symbol of national unity\" with no executive or legislative powers; under traditional law, the college of chiefs has the power to depose the monarch, to determine next in line of succession, or to serve as regent in the event that a successor is not of mature age; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition in the Assembly automatically becomes prime minister" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (33 seats; 22 principal chiefs and 11 other senators nominated by the king with the advice of the Council of State, a 13-member body of key government and non-government officials; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly (120 seats; 80 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 40 elected through proportional representation; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last nominated by the king 11 July 2017 (next NA)
National Assembly - last held on 3 June 2017 (next to be held in 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of votes by party - NA, seats by party - NA; composition - men 25, women 8, percent of women 24.2%
National Assembly - percent of votes by party - ABC 40.5%, DC 25.8%, LCD 9%, AD 7.3%, MEC 5.1%, BNP 4.1, PFD 2.3%, other 5.9%; seats by party - ABC 51, DC 30, LCD 11, AD 9, MEC 6, BNP 5, PFD 3, other 5; composition - men 95, women 27, percent of women 22.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 22.9%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of the court president, such number of justices of appeal as set by Parliament, and the Chief Justice and the puisne judges of the High Court ex officio); High Court (consists of the chief justice and such number of puisne judges as set by Parliament); note - both the Court of Appeal and the High Court have jurisdiction in constitutional issues" @@ -595,10 +595,13 @@ "text": "254 Kingsway Road, Maseru West" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho" + "text": "2340 Maseru Place, Washington DC  20521-2340" }, "FAX": { "text": "[266] 22 310 116" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "USConsularMaseru@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ly.json b/africa/ly.json index 0c17b067..22cf40c6 100644 --- a/africa/ly.json +++ b/africa/ly.json @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), Italian, English (all widely understood in the major cities); Berber (Nafusi, Ghadamis, Suknah, Awjilah, Tamasheq)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -479,6 +479,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age, universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral House of Representatives (Majlis Al Nuwab) or HoR (200 seats including 32 reserved for women; members directly elected by majority vote; member term NA); note - the High Council of State serves as an advisory group for the HoR" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 25 June 2014 ( next election to be held on 24 December 2021); note - the Libyan Supreme Court in November 2014 declared the HoR election unconstitutional, but the HoR and the international community rejected the ruling" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 158, women 30, percent of women 16%; note - only 188 of the 200 seats were filled in the June 2014 election because of boycotts and lack of security at some polling stations; some elected members of the HoR also boycotted the election" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Chairman, Presidential Council, Mohammed Al MENFI (since 5 February 2021)" @@ -496,17 +507,6 @@ "text": "on 5 February 2021, a UN-led forum elected - in a runoff - Mohammed Al MENFI  chairman, Presidential Council and Abdul Hamid DBEIBEH, prime minister" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of Representatives (Majlis Al Nuwab) or HoR (200 seats including 32 reserved for women; members directly elected by majority vote; member term NA); note - the High Council of State serves as an advisory group for the HoR" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 25 June 2014 ( next election to be held on 24 December 2021); note - the Libyan Supreme Court in November 2014 declared the HoR election unconstitutional, but the HoR and the international community rejected the ruling" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 158, women 30, percent of women 16%; note - only 188 of the 200 seats were filled in the June 2014 election because of boycotts and lack of security at some polling stations; some elected members of the HoR also boycotted the election" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "NA; note - government is in transition" @@ -543,7 +543,10 @@ "text": "Sidi Slim Area/Walie Al-Ahed Road, Tripoli (temporarily closed); please direct inquiries regarding US citizens in Libya to LibyaEmergencyUSC@state.gov" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "US Embassy, 8850 Tripoli Place, Washington, DC 20521-8850" + "text": "8850 Tripoli Place, Washington, DC  20521-8850" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "LibyaACS@state.gov" }, "note": "note: the US Embassy in Tripoli closed in July 2014 due to fighting near the embassy related to Libyan civil unrest; embassy staff and operations temporarily first relocated to Valetta, Malta and currently are temporarily relocated to Tunis, Tunisia" }, diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index 126e6d8c..b7ea63b9 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -557,6 +557,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate or Antenimieran-Doholona (reestablished on 22 January 2016, following the December 2015 senatorial election) (63 seats; 42 members indirectly elected by an electoral college of municipal, communal, regional, and provincial leaders and 21 appointed by the president of the republic; members serve 5-year terms); note - in December 2020 Pres RAJOELINA ordered that the senate now have only 18 seats, 6 of which are appointed by the president, the remaining 12 indirectly elected by an electoral college of municipal, communal, regional, and provincial leaders; opposition parties' boycotted this legislative election 
National Assembly or Antenimierampirenena (151 seats; 87 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 64 directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last held 29 December 2015 (next to be held in 2021)
National Assembly - last held on 27 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - HVM 34, TIM 3, MAPAR 2, LEADER-Fanilo 1, independent 2, appointed by the president 21; composition - men 51, women 12, percent of women 19%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party -Independent Pro-HVM 18%, MAPAR 17%, MAPAR pro-HVM 16%, VPM-MMM 10%, VERTS 3%, LEADER FANILO 3%, HIARAKA ISIKA 3%, GPS/ARD 7%,  INDEPENDENT 9%, TAMBATRA 1%, TIM 13%;  composition - men 120, women 31, percent of women 20.5%; note - total National Assembly percent of women 20.1%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Andry RAJOELINA (since 21 January 2019)" @@ -574,17 +585,6 @@ "text": "Andry RAJOELINA elected President in second round; percent of vote - Andry RAJOELINA (TGV) 55.7%, Marc RAVALOMANANA 44.3% (TIM)" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate or Antenimieran-Doholona (reestablished on 22 January 2016, following the December 2015 senatorial election) (63 seats; 42 members indirectly elected by an electoral college of municipal, communal, regional, and provincial leaders and 21 appointed by the president of the republic; members serve 5-year terms); note - in December 2020 Pres RAJOELINA ordered that the senate now have only 18 seats, 6 of which are appointed by the president, the remaining 12 indirectly elected by an electoral college of municipal, communal, regional, and provincial leaders; opposition parties' boycotted this legislative election 
National Assembly or Antenimierampirenena (151 seats; 87 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 64 directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held 29 December 2015 (next to be held in 2021)
National Assembly - last held on 27 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - HVM 34, TIM 3, MAPAR 2, LEADER-Fanilo 1, independent 2, appointed by the president 21; composition - men 51, women 12, percent of women 19%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party -Independent Pro-HVM 18%, MAPAR 17%, MAPAR pro-HVM 16%, VPM-MMM 10%, VERTS 3%, LEADER FANILO 3%, HIARAKA ISIKA 3%, GPS/ARD 7%,  INDEPENDENT 9%, TAMBATRA 1%, TIM 13%;  composition - men 120, women 31, percent of women 20.5%; note - total National Assembly percent of women 20.1%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of 11 members; addresses judicial administration issues only); High Constitutional Court or Haute Cour Constitutionnelle (consists of 9 members); note - the judiciary includes a High Court of Justice responsible for adjudicating crimes and misdemeanors by government officials, including the president" @@ -630,10 +630,13 @@ "text": "Lot 207A, Point Liberty, Andranoro, Antehiroka, 105 Antananarivo" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "B.P. 620, Antsahavola, Antananarivo" + "text": "2040 Antananarivo Place, Washington  DC 20521-2040" }, "FAX": { "text": "[261] 20 23 480 35 or [261] 33 44 328 17" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "AntanACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index 516e1afa..f109a588 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -550,6 +550,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly (193 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 21 May 2019 (next to be held in May 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - n/a; seats by party - DPP 62, MCP 55, UDF 10, PP 5, other 5, independent 55, vacant 1; composition - men 161, women 32, percent of women 16.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Lazarus CHAKWERA (since 28 June 2020); Vice President Saulos CHILIMA (since 3 February 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government " @@ -567,17 +578,6 @@ "text": "Lazarus CHAKWERA elected president; Lazarus CHAKWERA (MCP) 59.3%, Peter Mutharika (DPP) 39.9%, other 0.7%
       
" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly (193 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 21 May 2019 (next to be held in May 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - n/a; seats by party - DPP 62, MCP 55, UDF 10, PP 5, other 5, independent 55, vacant 1; composition - men 161, women 32, percent of women 16.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Appeal (consists of the chief justice and at least 3 judges)" @@ -620,10 +620,13 @@ "text": "16 Jomo Kenyatta Road, Lilongwe 3" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 30016, Lilongwe 3, Malawi" + "text": "2280 Lilongwe Place, Washington DC  20521-2280" }, "FAX": { "text": "265 (0) 1770471" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "LilongweConsular@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index 985f32e2..73c1f433 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -555,6 +555,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (147 seats; members directly elected in single and multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; 13 seats reserved for citizens living abroad; members serve 5-year terms)

note - the National Assembly was dissolved on 18 August 2020 following a military coup and the resignation of President KEITA" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 30 March and 19 April 2020 (prior to the August 2020 coup, the next election was scheduled to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA composition - NA" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Transitional President Assimi GOITA (since 7 June 2021)

note: an August 2020 coup d'etat deposed President Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA; on 21 September 2020, a group of 17 electors chosen by the Malian military junta, known as the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) and led by Colonel Assimi GOITA, selected Bah NDAW as transitional president; GOITA served as vice president of the transitional government which was inaugurated on 25 September 2020; Vice President GOITA seized power on 25 May 2021; NDAW resigned on 26 May 2021" @@ -572,17 +583,6 @@ "text": "Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA (RPM) 77.6%, Soumaila CISSE (URD) 22.4%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (147 seats; members directly elected in single and multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; 13 seats reserved for citizens living abroad; members serve 5-year terms)

note - the National Assembly was dissolved on 18 August 2020 following a military coup and the resignation of President KEITA" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 30 March and 19 April 2020 (prior to the August 2020 coup, the next election was scheduled to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA composition - NA" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of 19 judges organized into judicial, administrative, and accounting sectons); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)" @@ -625,10 +625,13 @@ "text": "ACI 2000, Rue 243, (located off the Roi Bin Fahad Aziz Bridge west of the Bamako central district), Porte 297, Bamako" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "ACI 2000, Rue 243, Porte 297, Bamako" + "text": "2050 Bamako Place, Washington DC  20521-2050" }, "FAX": { "text": "[223] 2070-2479" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularBamako@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index 5a034744..283732c8 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), Berber languages (Tamazight (official), Tachelhit, Tarifit), French (often the language of business, government, and diplomacy); note - the proportion of Berber speakers is disputed; does not include data from the former Western Sahara" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب ديال لحقائق متاع العالم، احسن مصدر متاع المعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -582,6 +582,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
House of Councilors or Majlis al-Mustacharine (120 seats; members indirectly elected by an electoral college of local councils, professional organizations, and labor unions; members serve 6-year terms)
House of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwab (395 seats; 305 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 90 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - in the national constituency, 60 seats are reserved for women and 30 reserved for those under age 40" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "House of Councillors - last held on 2 October 2015 (next to be held in fall 2021)
House of Representatives - last held on 7 October 2016 (next to be held on 8 September 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Chamber of Advisors - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 106, women 14, percent of women 11.7%
Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party NA; seats by party - PJD 125, PAM 102, PI 46, RNI 37, MP 27, USFP 20, UC 19, PPS 12, MDS 3, other 4; composition - men 314, women 81, percent of women 20.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 18.4%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King MOHAMMED VI (since 30 July 1999)" @@ -596,17 +607,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; prime minister appointed by the monarch from the majority party following legislative elections" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
House of Councilors or Majlis al-Mustacharine (120 seats; members indirectly elected by an electoral college of local councils, professional organizations, and labor unions; members serve 6-year terms)
House of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwab (395 seats; 305 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 90 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - in the national constituency, 60 seats are reserved for women and 30 reserved for those under age 40" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "House of Councillors - last held on 2 October 2015 (next to be held in fall 2021)
House of Representatives - last held on 7 October 2016 (next to be held on 8 September 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Chamber of Advisors - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 106, women 14, percent of women 11.7%
Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party NA; seats by party - PJD 125, PAM 102, PI 46, RNI 37, MP 27, USFP 20, UC 19, PPS 12, MDS 3, other 4; composition - men 314, women 81, percent of women 20.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 18.4%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Court of Cassation (consists of 5-judge panels organized into civil, family matters, commercial, administrative, social, and criminal sections); Constitutional Court (consists of 12 members)" @@ -652,11 +652,14 @@ "text": "Km 5.7 Avenue Mohammed VI, Souissi, Rabat 10170" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 9400, Box Front Office, DPO AE 09718" + "text": "9400 Rabat Place, Washington DC  20521-9400" }, "FAX": { "text": "[212] 537 637 201" }, + "email address": { + "text": "acscasablanca@state.gov (US Consulate General Casablanca)" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Casablanca" } diff --git a/africa/mp.json b/africa/mp.json index a7b65d8c..b3fee4cc 100644 --- a/africa/mp.json +++ b/africa/mp.json @@ -505,6 +505,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (70 seats maximum; 62 members directly elected multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and up to 8 seats allocated to non-elected party candidates by the Office of Electoral Commissioner; members serve a 5-year term)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 7 November 2019 (next to be held by late 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - MSM 61%, Labour Party 23%, MMM 13%, OPR 3%; elected seats by party as of - the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) wins 38 seats, the Labour Party (PTR) or (MLP) 14,  Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) 8 and the Rodrigues People's Organization (OPR) 2; composition - men 49, women 13; percent of women 20% (2019)" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Pritivirajsing ROOPUN (since December 2019); Vice President Marie Cyril Eddy Boissézon (2 December 2019) note - President Ameenah GURIB-FAKIM (since 5 June 2015) resigned on 23 March 2018 amid a credit card scandal" @@ -522,17 +533,6 @@ "text": "seats by party as of 7/11/2019- (MSM) 38, (PTR) 14, (MMM) 8, (OPR) 2; note - GURIB-FAKIM, Mauritius'- first female president, resigned on 23 March 2018 (2018)" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (70 seats maximum; 62 members directly elected multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and up to 8 seats allocated to non-elected party candidates by the Office of Electoral Commissioner; members serve a 5-year term)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 7 November 2019 (next to be held by late 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - MSM 61%, Labour Party 23%, MMM 13%, OPR 3%; elected seats by party as of - the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) wins 38 seats, the Labour Party (PTR) or (MLP) 14,  Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) 8 and the Rodrigues People's Organization (OPR) 2; composition - men 49, women 13; percent of women 20% (2019)" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Mauritius (consists of the chief justice, a senior puisne judge, and 18 puisne judges); note - the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) serves as the final court of appeal" @@ -575,10 +575,13 @@ "text": "4th Floor, Rogers House, John Kennedy Avenue, Port Louis" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "international mail: P.O. Box 544, Port Louis; US mail: American Embassy, Port Louis, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2450" + "text": "2450 Port Louis Place, Washington, DC 20521-2450" }, "FAX": { "text": "[230] 208-9534" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "PTLConsular@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index a6136b07..c0f2e847 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official and national), Pular, Soninke, Wolof (all national languages), French; note - the spoken Arabic in Mauritania differs considerably from the modern standard Arabic used for official written purposes or in the media; the Mauritanian dialect, which incorporates many Berber words, is referred to as Hassaniya" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -560,6 +560,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament or Barlamane consists of the National Assembly or Al Jamiya Al Wataniya (157 seats; 113 members in single- and multi-seat constituencies directly elected by a combination of plurality and proportional representation voting systems, 40 members in a single, nationwide constituency directly elected by proportional representation vote, and 4 members directly elected by the diaspora; all members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "first held as the unicameral National Assembly in 2 rounds on 1 and 15 September 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA" + }, + "note": "note: a referendum held in August 2017 approved a constitutional amendment to change the Parliament structure from bicameral to unicameral by abolishing the Senate and creating Regional Councils for local development" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Mohamed Cheikh El GHAZOUANI (since 1 August 2019)" @@ -577,18 +589,6 @@ "text": "Mohamed Cheikh El GHAZOUANI elected president in first round; percent of vote - Mahamed Cheikh El GHAZOUANI (UPR) 52%, Biram Dah Ould ABEID (independent) 18.6%, Sidi Mohamed Ould BOUBACAR (independent) 17.9%, other 11.55%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament or Barlamane consists of the National Assembly or Al Jamiya Al Wataniya (157 seats; 113 members in single- and multi-seat constituencies directly elected by a combination of plurality and proportional representation voting systems, 40 members in a single, nationwide constituency directly elected by proportional representation vote, and 4 members directly elected by the diaspora; all members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "first held as the unicameral National Assembly in 2 rounds on 1 and 15 September 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA" - }, - "note": "note: a referendum held in August 2017 approved a constitutional amendment to change the Parliament structure from bicameral to unicameral by abolishing the Senate and creating Regional Councils for local development" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (subdivided into 7 chambers: 2 civil, 2 labor, 1 commercial, 1 administrative, and 1 criminal, each with a chamber president and 2 councilors ); Constitutional Council (consists of 6 members)" @@ -631,10 +631,13 @@ "text": "Avenue Al Quds, Nouadhibou, Nouadhibou Road, Nouakchott

 " }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "2430 Nouakchott Place, Washington DC  20521-2430" }, "FAX": { "text": "[222] 4525-1592" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularNKC@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index 79280afa..6eece674 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -560,6 +560,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (250 seats; 248 members elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote and 2 single members representing Mozambicans abroad directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms) (2019)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 15 October 2019 (next to be held on 15 October 2024) (2019)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - FRELIMO 71%, RENAMO 23%, MDM 4%; seats by party - FRELIMO 184, RENAMO 60, MDM 6; composition - men 151, women 99, percent of women 39.6% (2019)" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Filipe Jacinto NYUSI (since 15 January 2015, re-elected 15 Oct 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -577,17 +588,6 @@ "text": "Filipe NYUSI elected president in first round; percent of vote - Filipe NYUSI (FRELIMO) 73.0%, Ossufo MOMADE (RENAMO) 21.9%, Daviz SIMANGO (MDM) 5.1% (2019)" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (250 seats; 248 members elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote and 2 single members representing Mozambicans abroad directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms) (2019)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 15 October 2019 (next to be held on 15 October 2024) (2019)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - FRELIMO 71%, RENAMO 23%, MDM 4%; seats by party - FRELIMO 184, RENAMO 60, MDM 6; composition - men 151, women 99, percent of women 39.6% (2019)" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and 5 judges); Constitutional Council (consists of 7 judges); note - the Higher Council of the Judiciary Magistracy is responsible for judiciary management and discipline" @@ -630,10 +630,13 @@ "text": "Avenida Kenneth Kuanda 193, Caixa Postal, 783, Maputo" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 783, Maputo" + "text": "2330 Maputo Place, Washington DC  20521-2330" }, "FAX": { "text": "[258] (21) 49 0114" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "consularmaputos@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1186,7 +1189,7 @@ "text": "registration for military service is mandatory for all males and females at 18 years of age; 18-35 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service; 2-year service obligation; women may serve as officers or enlisted (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Government of Mozambique is facing a growing insurgency driven by militants with ties to the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS-Mozambique, which was declared a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the US State Department in March 2021) in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, an area known for rich liquid natural gas deposits; insurgent attacks in the province began in 2017 and as of early 2021, the fighting had left an estimated 2,500 dead and nearly 700,000 displaced; the FADM is widely assessed as lacking the training, equipment, and overall capabilities to address the insurgency (2020)" + "text": "the Government of Mozambique is facing a growing insurgency driven by militants with ties to the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS-Mozambique, which was declared a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the US State Department in March 2021) in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, an area known for rich liquid natural gas deposits; insurgent attacks in the province began in 2017 and as of mid-2021, the fighting had left an estimated 2,500 dead and approximately 700,000 displaced; the FADM is widely assessed as lacking the training, equipment, and overall capabilities to address the insurgency" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/ng.json b/africa/ng.json index 664aeab3..08227a62 100644 --- a/africa/ng.json +++ b/africa/ng.json @@ -558,6 +558,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (171 seats; 158 members directly elected from 8 multi-member constituencies in 7 regions and Niamey by party-list proportional representation, 8 reserved for minorities elected in special single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 5 seats reserved for Nigeriens living abroad - l seat per continent - elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 21 February 2016 (next to be held on 27 December 2020)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - PNDS-Tarrayya 44.1%, MODEN/FA Lumana 14.7%, MNSD-Nassara 11.8%, MPR-Jamhuriya 7.1%, MNRD Hankuri-PSDN Alheri 3.5%, MPN-Kishin Kassa 2.9%, ANDP-Zaman Lahiya 2.4%, RSD-Gaskiya 2.4%, CDS-Rahama 1.8%, CPR-Inganci 1.8%, RDP-Jama'a 1.8%, AMEN AMIN 1.8%, other 3.9%; seats by party - PNDS-Tarrayya 75, MODEN/FA Lumana 25, MNSD-Nassara 20, MPR-Jamhuriya 12, MNRD Hankuri-PSDN Alheri 6, MPN-Kishin Kassa 5, ANDP-Zaman Lahiya 4, RSD-Gaskiya 4, CDS-Rahama 3, CPR-Inganci 3, RDP-Jama'a 3, RDP-Jama'a 3, AMEN AMIN 3, other 8; composition - men 146, women 24 percent of women 14.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Mohamed BAZOUM (since 2 April 2021)" @@ -575,17 +586,6 @@ "text": "percent of vote in 2020 first round - Mohamed BAZOUM (PNDS-Tarrayya) 39.33%, Mahamane OUSMANE (MODEN/FA Lumana Africa) 17%, Seini OUMAROU (MNSD-Nassara) 8.95%, Albade ABOUDA (MPR-Jamhuriya) 7.07%

2016 results: ISSOUFOU Mahamadou reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - ISSOUFOU Mahamadou (PNDS-Tarrayya) 48.6%, Hama AMADOU (MODEN/FA Lumana Africa) 17.8%, Seini OUMAROU (MNSD-Nassara) 11.3%, other 22.3%; percent of vote in second round - ISSOUFOU Mahamadou 92%, Hama AMADOU 8%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (171 seats; 158 members directly elected from 8 multi-member constituencies in 7 regions and Niamey by party-list proportional representation, 8 reserved for minorities elected in special single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 5 seats reserved for Nigeriens living abroad - l seat per continent - elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 21 February 2016 (next to be held on 27 December 2020)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - PNDS-Tarrayya 44.1%, MODEN/FA Lumana 14.7%, MNSD-Nassara 11.8%, MPR-Jamhuriya 7.1%, MNRD Hankuri-PSDN Alheri 3.5%, MPN-Kishin Kassa 2.9%, ANDP-Zaman Lahiya 2.4%, RSD-Gaskiya 2.4%, CDS-Rahama 1.8%, CPR-Inganci 1.8%, RDP-Jama'a 1.8%, AMEN AMIN 1.8%, other 3.9%; seats by party - PNDS-Tarrayya 75, MODEN/FA Lumana 25, MNSD-Nassara 20, MPR-Jamhuriya 12, MNRD Hankuri-PSDN Alheri 6, MPN-Kishin Kassa 5, ANDP-Zaman Lahiya 4, RSD-Gaskiya 4, CDS-Rahama 3, CPR-Inganci 3, RDP-Jama'a 3, RDP-Jama'a 3, AMEN AMIN 3, other 8; composition - men 146, women 24 percent of women 14.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Constitutional Court (consists of 7 judges); High Court of Justice (consists of 7 members)" @@ -629,10 +629,13 @@ "text": "BP 11201, Rue Des Ambassades, Niamey" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "2420 Niamey Place, Washington DC 20521-2420" + "text": "2420 Niamey Place, Washington DC  20521-2420" }, "FAX": { "text": "[227] 20-73-55-60" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "consulateniamey@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index acb12a59..27369ec6 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -560,6 +560,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:
Senate (109 seats - 3 each for the 36 states and 1 for Abuja-Federal Capital Territory; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives (360 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last held on 23 February 2019 (next to be held on 23 February 2023); note: election was scheduled for 16 February 2019 but was postponed on 15 February 2019
House of Representatives - last held on 23 February 2019 (next to be held on 23 February 2023); note: election was scheduled for 16 February 2019 but was postponed on 15 February 2019" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - APC 65, PDP 39, YPP 1, TBD 3; composition - men 103, women 6, percent of women 5.5%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - APC 217, PDP 115, other 20, TBD 8; composition - men 346, women 14, percent of women 3.9%; note - total National Assembly percent of women 4.3%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Maj. Gen. (ret.) Muhammadu BUHARI (since 29 May 2015); Vice President Oluyemi \"Yemi\" OSINBAJO (since 29 May 2015); note - the president is both chief of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces" @@ -577,17 +588,6 @@ "text": "Muhammadu BUHARI elected president; percent of vote - Muhammadu BUHARI (APC) 53%, Atiku ABUBAKER (PDP) 39%, other 8%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:
Senate (109 seats - 3 each for the 36 states and 1 for Abuja-Federal Capital Territory; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives (360 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held on 23 February 2019 (next to be held on 23 February 2023); note: election was scheduled for 16 February 2019 but was postponed on 15 February 2019
House of Representatives - last held on 23 February 2019 (next to be held on 23 February 2023); note: election was scheduled for 16 February 2019 but was postponed on 15 February 2019" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - APC 65, PDP 39, YPP 1, TBD 3; composition - men 103, women 6, percent of women 5.5%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - APC 217, PDP 115, other 20, TBD 8; composition - men 346, women 14, percent of women 3.9%; note - total National Assembly percent of women 4.3%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 15 justices)" @@ -633,11 +633,14 @@ "text": "Plot 1075 Diplomatic Drive, Central District Area, Abuja" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 5760, Garki, Abuja" + "text": "8320 Abuja Place, Washington DC  20521-8320" }, "FAX": { "text": "[234] (9) 461-4036" }, + "email address": { + "text": "AbujaACS@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s)": { "text": "Lagos" } diff --git a/africa/od.json b/africa/od.json index 4e6ceed0..445326d5 100644 --- a/africa/od.json +++ b/africa/od.json @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "English (official), Arabic (includes Juba and Sudanese variants), regional languages include Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, Shilluk" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)

كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)" } }, @@ -501,6 +501,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Legislature consists of:
Council of States, established by presidential decree in August 2011 (50 seats; 20 former members of the Council of States and 30 appointed representatives)
Transitional National Legislative Assembly, established on 4 August 2016, in accordance with the August 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (400 seats; 170 members elected in April 2010, 96 members of the former National Assembly, 66 members appointed after independence, and 68 members added as a result of the 2016 Agreement); the TNLA will be expanded to 550 members after the transitional government forms" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Council of States - established and members appointed 1 August 2011
National Legislative Assembly - last held 11-15 April 2010 but did not take office until July 2011; current parliamentary term extended until 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SPLM 20, unknown 30; composition - men 44, women 6, percent of women 12%
National Legislative Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SPLM 251, DCP 10, independent 6, unknown 133; composition - men 291, women 109, percent of women 27.3%; note - total National Legislature percent of women 25.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Salva KIIR Mayardit (since 9 July 2011); First Vice President Riek MACHAR Teny Dhurgon (since 22 February 2020); Vice President James Wani IGGA (since 26 April 2016); Vice President TABAN Deng Gai (since 22 February 2020); Vice President Rebecca Nyandeng Chol GARANG de Mabior (since 22 February 2020); Vice President Hussein ABDELBAGI Ayii (since 22 February 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -518,17 +529,6 @@ "text": "Salva KIIR Mayardit elected president; percent of vote - Salva KIIR Mayardit (SPLM) 93%, Lam AKOL (SPLM-DC) 7%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Legislature consists of:
Council of States, established by presidential decree in August 2011 (50 seats; 20 former members of the Council of States and 30 appointed representatives)
Transitional National Legislative Assembly, established on 4 August 2016, in accordance with the August 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (400 seats; 170 members elected in April 2010, 96 members of the former National Assembly, 66 members appointed after independence, and 68 members added as a result of the 2016 Agreement); the TNLA will be expanded to 550 members after the transitional government forms" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Council of States - established and members appointed 1 August 2011
National Legislative Assembly - last held 11-15 April 2010 but did not take office until July 2011; current parliamentary term extended until 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SPLM 20, unknown 30; composition - men 44, women 6, percent of women 12%
National Legislative Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SPLM 251, DCP 10, independent 6, unknown 133; composition - men 291, women 109, percent of women 27.3%; note - total National Legislature percent of women 25.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of South Sudan (consists of the chief and deputy chief justices, 9 other justices and normally organized into panels of 3 justices, except when sitting as a Constitutional panel of all 9 justices chaired by the chief justice)" @@ -562,13 +562,19 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Jon F. DANILOWICZ (since July 2020)
" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Jon F. DANILOWICZ (since July 2020)
" }, "telephone": { "text": "[211] 912-105-188" }, "embassy": { "text": "Kololo Road adjacent to the EU's compound, Juba" + }, + "mailing address": { + "text": "4420 Juba Place, Washington DC  20521-4420" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSJuba@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/pu.json b/africa/pu.json index 22351bb5..281d5e4b 100644 --- a/africa/pu.json +++ b/africa/pu.json @@ -522,6 +522,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National People's Assembly or Assembleia Nacional Popular (102 seats; 100 members directly elected in 27 multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote and 2 elected in single-seat constituencies for citizens living abroad (1 for Africa, 1 for Europe); all members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 10 March 2019 (next to be held in March 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - PAIGC 35.2%, Madem G-15 21.1%, PRS 21.1%, other 22.6%; seats by party - PAIGC 47, Madem G-15 27, PRS 21, other 7; composition - men 88, women 14, percent of women 13.7%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": " President Umaro Cissoko EMBALO (since 27 February 2020); note - President EMBALO was declared winner of the 29 December 2019 runoff presidential election by the electoral commission; however, on 28 February 2020, Cipriano CASSAMA was appointed as interim president by the parliament until the Supreme Court rules on the legitimacy of the elections due to alleged irregularities in voting; CASSAMA resigned the following day stating he had received death threats " @@ -539,17 +550,6 @@ "text": "Umaro Sissoco EMBALO elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Domingos Simoes PEREIRA (PAIGC) 40.1%, Umaro Sissoco EMBALO (Madem G15) 27.7%, Nuno Gomez NABIAM (APU-PDGB) 13.2%, Jose Mario VAZ (independent) 12.4%, other 6.6%; percent of vote in second round - Umaro Sissoco EMBALO 53.6%, Domingos Simoes PEREIRA 46.5%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National People's Assembly or Assembleia Nacional Popular (102 seats; 100 members directly elected in 27 multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote and 2 elected in single-seat constituencies for citizens living abroad (1 for Africa, 1 for Europe); all members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 10 March 2019 (next to be held in March 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - PAIGC 35.2%, Madem G-15 21.1%, PRS 21.1%, other 22.6%; seats by party - PAIGC 47, Madem G-15 27, PRS 21, other 7; composition - men 88, women 14, percent of women 13.7%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (consists of 9 judges and organized into Civil, Criminal, and Social and Administrative Disputes Chambers); note - the Supreme Court has both appellate and constitutional jurisdiction" @@ -575,6 +575,12 @@ "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "embassy": { "text": "the US Embassy suspended operations on 14 June 1998; the US Ambassador to Senegal is accredited to Guinea-Bissau" + }, + "mailing address": { + "text": "2080 Bissau Place, Washington DC  20521-2080" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "DakarACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index e7f35a14..a361346a 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -535,6 +535,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate or Senat (26 seats; 12 members indirectly elected by local councils, 8 appointed by the president, 4 appointed by the Political Organizations Forum - a body of registered political parties, and 2 selected by institutions of higher learning; members serve 8-year terms)
Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes (80 seats; 53 members directly elected by proportional representation vote, 24 women selected by special interest groups, and 3 selected by youth and disability organizations; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 16-18 September 2019 (next to be held in 2027)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 3 September 2018 (next to be held in September 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 16, women 10, percent of women 38.5%

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Rwandan Patriotic Front Coalition 40, PSD 5, PL 4, other 4 indirectly elected 27; composition - men 26, women 54, percent of women 67.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 60.4%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Paul KAGAME (since 22 April 2000)" @@ -552,17 +563,6 @@ "text": "Paul KAGAME reelected president; Paul KAGAME (RPF) 98.8%, Philippe MPAYIMANA (independent) 0.7%, Frank HABINEZA (DGPR)0.5%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate or Senat (26 seats; 12 members indirectly elected by local councils, 8 appointed by the president, 4 appointed by the Political Organizations Forum - a body of registered political parties, and 2 selected by institutions of higher learning; members serve 8-year terms)
Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes (80 seats; 53 members directly elected by proportional representation vote, 24 women selected by special interest groups, and 3 selected by youth and disability organizations; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 16-18 September 2019 (next to be held in 2027)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 3 September 2018 (next to be held in September 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 16, women 10, percent of women 38.5%

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Rwandan Patriotic Front Coalition 40, PSD 5, PL 4, other 4 indirectly elected 27; composition - men 26, women 54, percent of women 67.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 60.4%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief and deputy chief justices and 15 judges; normally organized into 3-judge panels); High Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and a minimum of 24 judges and organized into 5 chambers)" @@ -606,10 +606,13 @@ "text": "2657 Avenue de la Gendarmerie, P. O. Box 28, Kigali" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "B.P. 28, Kigali" + "text": "2210 Kigali Place, Washington DC  20521-2210" }, "FAX": { "text": "[250] 252 580 325" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "consularkigali@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/se.json b/africa/se.json index c1e4bcbb..4a62c5dc 100644 --- a/africa/se.json +++ b/africa/se.json @@ -477,6 +477,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (35 seats in the 2020 -25 term; 26 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and up to 9 members elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 22-24 Oct 2020 (next to be held October 2025); note - the election was originally scheduled for 2021 but was moved up a year and will be held alongside the presidential election in order to cut election costs" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - LDS 54.8%, US 42.3% , other 2.9%; seats by party - LDS 25, US10; composition - men 25, women 10, percent of women 29%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Wavel RAMKALAWAN (since 26 October 2020); Vice President Ahmed AFIF (since 27 October 2020); the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -494,17 +505,6 @@ "text": "Wavel RAMKALAWAN elected president; Wavel RAMKALAWAN (LDS) 54.9%, Danny FAURE (US) 43.5%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (35 seats in the 2020 -25 term; 26 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and up to 9 members elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 22-24 Oct 2020 (next to be held October 2025); note - the election was originally scheduled for 2021 but was moved up a year and will be held alongside the presidential election in order to cut election costs" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - LDS 54.8%, US 42.3% , other 2.9%; seats by party - LDS 25, US10; composition - men 25, women 10, percent of women 29%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Seychelles Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and 4 justices); Supreme Court of Seychelles (consists of the chief justice and 9 puisne judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 3 Supreme Court judges)" diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index 912a58a1..be481de7 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "isiZulu (official) 25.3%, isiXhosa (official) 14.8%, Afrikaans (official) 12.2%, Sepedi (official) 10.1%, Setswana (official) 9.1%, English (official) 8.1%, Sesotho (official) 7.9%, Xitsonga (official) 3.6%, siSwati (official) 2.8%, Tshivenda (official) 2.5%, isiNdebele (official) 1.6%, other (includes Khoi, Nama, and San languages) 2%; note - data represent language spoken most often at home (2018 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Die Wereld Feite Boek, n’ onontbeerlike bron vir basiese informasie. (Afrikaans)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)" } }, @@ -546,6 +546,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
National Council of Provinces (90 seats; 10-member delegations appointed by each of the 9 provincial legislatures to serve 5-year terms; note - the Council has special powers to protect regional interests, including safeguarding cultural and linguistic traditions among ethnic minorities)
National Assembly (400 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "National Council of Provinces and National Assembly - last held on 8 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "National Council of Provinces - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ANC 29, DA 13, EFF 9, FF+ 2, IFP 1; note - 36 appointed seats not filled
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - ANC 57.5%, DA 20.8%, EFF 10.8%, IFP 3.8%, FF+ 2.4%, other 4.7%; seats by party - ANC 230, DA 84, EFF 44, IFP 14, FF+ 10, other 18; composition - men 237, women 163, percent of women 40.8%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Matamela Cyril RAMAPHOSA (since 15 February 2018); Deputy President David MABUZA (26 February 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government; Jacob ZUMA resigned the presidency on 14 February 2018 " @@ -563,17 +574,6 @@ "text": "Matamela Cyril RAMAPHOSA (ANC) elected president by the National Assembly unopposed" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
National Council of Provinces (90 seats; 10-member delegations appointed by each of the 9 provincial legislatures to serve 5-year terms; note - the Council has special powers to protect regional interests, including safeguarding cultural and linguistic traditions among ethnic minorities)
National Assembly (400 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "National Council of Provinces and National Assembly - last held on 8 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "National Council of Provinces - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ANC 29, DA 13, EFF 9, FF+ 2, IFP 1; note - 36 appointed seats not filled
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - ANC 57.5%, DA 20.8%, EFF 10.8%, IFP 3.8%, FF+ 2.4%, other 4.7%; seats by party - ANC 230, DA 84, EFF 44, IFP 14, FF+ 10, other 18; composition - men 237, women 163, percent of women 40.8%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Appeals (consists of the court president, deputy president, and 21 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of the chief and deputy chief justices and 9 judges)" @@ -619,11 +619,14 @@ "text": "877 Pretorius Street, Arcadia, Pretoria" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 9536, Pretoria 0001" + "text": "9300 Pretoria Place, Washington DC  20521-9300" }, "FAX": { "text": "[27] (12) 342-2299" }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSJohannesburg@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg" } diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index 30c12d51..4a01f800 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -565,6 +565,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblée Nationale (165 seats; 105 members including 15 representing Senegalese diaspora directly elected by plurality vote in single- and multi-seat constituencies and 60 members directly elected by proportional representation vote in single- and multi-seat constituencies)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "National Assembly - last held on 2 July 2017 (next to be held in July 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "National Assembly results - percent of vote by party/coalition - BBK 49.5%, CGWS 16.7%, MTS 11.7%, PUR 4.7%, CP-Kaddu Askan Wi 2%, other 15.4%; seats by party/coalition - BBY 125, CGWS 19, MTS 7, PUR 3, CP-Kaddu Askan Wi 2, other 9; composition - men 96, women 69, percent of women 41.8%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Macky SALL (since 2 April 2012)" @@ -582,17 +593,6 @@ "text": "Macky SALL elected president in first round; percent of vote - Macky SALL (APR) 58.3%, Idrissa SECK (Rewmi) 20.5%, Ousmane SONKO (PASTEF) 15.7%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblée Nationale (165 seats; 105 members including 15 representing Senegalese diaspora directly elected by plurality vote in single- and multi-seat constituencies and 60 members directly elected by proportional representation vote in single- and multi-seat constituencies)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "National Assembly - last held on 2 July 2017 (next to be held in July 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "National Assembly results - percent of vote by party/coalition - BBK 49.5%, CGWS 16.7%, MTS 11.7%, PUR 4.7%, CP-Kaddu Askan Wi 2%, other 15.4%; seats by party/coalition - BBY 125, CGWS 19, MTS 7, PUR 3, CP-Kaddu Askan Wi 2, other 9; composition - men 96, women 69, percent of women 41.8%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of the court president and 12 judges and organized into civil and commercial, criminal, administrative, and social chambers); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionel (consists of 7 members, including the court president, vice president, and 5 judges)" @@ -638,10 +638,13 @@ "text": "Route des Almadies, Dakar" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "B.P. 49, Dakar" + "text": "2130 Dakar Place, Washington DC  20521-2130" }, "FAX": { "text": "[221] 33-822-2991" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "DakarACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/sh.json b/africa/sh.json index 951463b0..9c4d7e53 100644 --- a/africa/sh.json +++ b/africa/sh.json @@ -342,6 +342,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislative Council (17 seats including the speaker and deputy speaker; 12 members directly elected in a single countrywide constituency by simple majority vote and 3 ex-officio members - the chief secretary, financial secretary, and attorney general; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 26 July 2017 (next to be held in 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats by party - independent 12; composition - men 14, women 3, percent women 17.6%" + }, + "note": "note: the Constitution Order provides for separate Island Councils for both Ascension and Tristan da Cunha" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)" @@ -357,18 +369,6 @@ }, "note": "note: the constitution order provides for an administrator for Ascension and Tristan da Cunha appointed by the governor" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Council (17 seats including the speaker and deputy speaker; 12 members directly elected in a single countrywide constituency by simple majority vote and 3 ex-officio members - the chief secretary, financial secretary, and attorney general; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 26 July 2017 (next to be held in 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats by party - independent 12; composition - men 14, women 3, percent women 17.6%" - }, - "note": "note: the Constitution Order provides for separate Island Councils for both Ascension and Tristan da Cunha" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and 2 justices); Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice - a nonresident - and NA judges); note - appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index 9f26bf98..69a2dd89 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -548,6 +548,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament (146 seats; 132 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 14 seats filled in separate elections by non-partisan members of Parliament called \"paramount chiefs;\" members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 7 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - n/a; seats by party - APC 68, SLPP 49, C4C 8, other 7; composition - men 131, women 15, percent of women 10.3%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Julius Maada BIO (since 4 April 2018); Vice President Mohamed Juldeh JALLOH (since 4 April 2018) ; note - the president is both chief of state, head of government, and minister of defense " @@ -565,17 +576,6 @@ "text": "Julius Maada BIO elected president in second round; percent of vote - Julius Maada BIO (SLPP) 51.8%, Samura KAMARA (APC) 48.2%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament (146 seats; 132 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 14 seats filled in separate elections by non-partisan members of Parliament called \"paramount chiefs;\" members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 7 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - n/a; seats by party - APC 68, SLPP 49, C4C 8, other 7; composition - men 131, women 15, percent of women 10.3%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Superior Court of Judicature (consists of the Supreme Court - at the apex - with the chief justice and 4 other judges, the Court of Appeal with the chief justice and 7 other judges, and the High Court of Justice with the chief justice and 9 other judges); note – the Judicature has jurisdiction in all civil, criminal, and constitutional matters" @@ -618,10 +618,13 @@ "text": "Southridge-Hill Station, Freetown" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "2160 Freetown Place, Washington DC  20521-2160" }, "FAX": { "text": "[232] 99 515 355" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "consularfreetown@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index d28dc3a0..0c0b54cd 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Somali (official, according to the 2012 Transitional Federal Charter), Arabic (official, according to the 2012 Transitional Federal Charter), Italian, English" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Buugga Xaqiiqda Aduunka, waa laga maarmaanka macluumaadka assasiga. (Somali)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -506,6 +506,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Federal Parliament to consist of:
Upper House (54 seats; senators indirectly elected by state assemblies to serve 4-year terms)
House of the People (275 seats; members indirectly elected by electoral colleges, each consisting of 51 delegates selected by the 136 Traditional Elders in consultation with sub-clan elders; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Upper House - first held on 10 October 2016 (next to be held in November 2020)
House of the People - first held 23 October - 10 November 2016 (next to be held in November 2020)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Upper House - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 41, women 13, percent of women 24.1%
House of the People - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 208, women 67, percent of women 24.4%; note - total Parliament percent of women 24.3%" + }, + "note": "note: the inaugural House of the People was appointed in September 2012 by clan elders; in 2016 and 2017, the Federal Parliament became bicameral with elections scheduled for 10 October 2016 for the Upper House and 23 October to 10 November 2016 for the House of the People; while the elections were delayed, they were eventually held in most regions despite voting irregularities; on 27 December 2016, 41 Upper House senators and 242 House of the People members were sworn in" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Mohamed ABDULLAHI Mohamed \"Farmaajo\" (since 8 February 2017)" @@ -523,18 +535,6 @@ "text": "Mohamed ABDULLAHI Mohamed \"Farmaajo\" elected president in second round; Federal Parliament second round vote - Mohamed ABDULLAHI Mohamed \"Farmaajo\" (TPP) 184, HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud (PDP) 97, Sheikh SHARIF Sheikh Ahmed (ARS) 46" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Federal Parliament to consist of:
Upper House (54 seats; senators indirectly elected by state assemblies to serve 4-year terms)
House of the People (275 seats; members indirectly elected by electoral colleges, each consisting of 51 delegates selected by the 136 Traditional Elders in consultation with sub-clan elders; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Upper House - first held on 10 October 2016 (next to be held in November 2020)
House of the People - first held 23 October - 10 November 2016 (next to be held in November 2020)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Upper House - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 41, women 13, percent of women 24.1%
House of the People - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 208, women 67, percent of women 24.4%; note - total Parliament percent of women 24.3%" - }, - "note": "note: the inaugural House of the People was appointed in September 2012 by clan elders; in 2016 and 2017, the Federal Parliament became bicameral with elections scheduled for 10 October 2016 for the Upper House and 23 October to 10 November 2016 for the House of the People; while the elections were delayed, they were eventually held in most regions despite voting irregularities; on 27 December 2016, 41 Upper House senators and 242 House of the People members were sworn in" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "the provisional constitution stipulates the establishment of the Constitutional Court (consists of 5 judges, including the chief judge and deputy chief judge); note - under the terms of the 2004 Transitional National Charter, a Supreme Court based in Mogadishu and the Appeal Court were established; yet most regions have reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, either secular, traditional Somali customary law, or Islamic law" diff --git a/africa/su.json b/africa/su.json index 08f1c0d4..8584a288 100644 --- a/africa/su.json +++ b/africa/su.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)" } }, @@ -562,6 +562,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "17 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "according to the August 2019 Constitutional Decree, which established Sudan's transitional government, the Transitional Legislative Council (TLC) will serve as the national legislature during the transitional period until elections can be held in 2022; as of early December 2019, the TLC had not been established" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "

Council of State - last held 1 June 2015
National Assembly - last held on 13-15 April 2015
note - elections for an as yet defined new legislature to be held in 2022 at the expiry of the Transnational Legislative Council

" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Council of State - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 35, women 19, percent of women 35.2%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NCP 323, DUP 25, Democratic Unionist Party 15, other 44, independent 19; composition - men 296 women 130, percent of women 30.5%; note - total National Legislature percent of women 31%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "president (vacant); note - in August 2019, the ruling military council and civilian opposition alliance signed a power-sharing deal as the \"Sovereignty Council,\" chaired by  General Abd-al-Fatah al-BURHAN Abd-al-Rahman and consisting of 6 civilians and 5 generals; the Council is currently led by the military but is intended to transition to civilian leadership in May 2021 until elections can be held; General BURHAN serves as both chief of state and head of government" @@ -579,17 +590,6 @@ "text": "Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR reelected president; percent of vote - Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR (NCP) 94.1%, other (15 candidates) 5.9%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "according to the August 2019 Constitutional Decree, which established Sudan's transitional government, the Transitional Legislative Council (TLC) will serve as the national legislature during the transitional period until elections can be held in 2022; as of early December 2019, the TLC had not been established" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "

Council of State - last held 1 June 2015
National Assembly - last held on 13-15 April 2015
note - elections for an as yet defined new legislature to be held in 2022 at the expiry of the Transnational Legislative Council

" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Council of State - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 35, women 19, percent of women 35.2%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NCP 323, DUP 25, Democratic Unionist Party 15, other 44, independent 19; composition - men 296 women 130, percent of women 30.5%; note - total National Legislature percent of women 31%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "National Supreme Court (consists of 70 judges organized into panels of 3 judges and includes 4 circuits that operate outside the capital); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 justices including the court president); note - the Constitutional Court resides outside the national judiciary" @@ -632,10 +632,13 @@ "text": "Kilo 10, Soba, Khartoum" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 699, Kilo 10, Soba, Khartoum; APO AE 09829" + "text": "2200 Khartoum Place, Washington DC  20521-2200" }, "FAX": { "text": "[249] 18702-2547" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSKhartoum@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index 418b301a..b5c4b4dc 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -562,6 +562,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (91 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 20 December 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by party - UNIR 59, UFC 6, NET 3, MPDD 3, other 2, independent 18; composition - men 75, women 16, percent of women 17.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Faure GNASSINGBE (since 4 May 2005) " @@ -579,17 +590,6 @@ "text": "Faure GNASSINGBE reelected president; percent of vote - Faure GNASSINGBE (UNIR) 72.4%, Agbeyome KODJO (MPDD) 18.4%, Jean-Pierre FABRE (ANC) 4.4%, other 5%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (91 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 20 December 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by party - UNIR 59, UFC 6, NET 3, MPDD 3, other 2, independent 18; composition - men 75, women 16, percent of women 17.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (organized into criminal and administrative chambers, each with a chamber president and advisors); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges, including the court president)" @@ -632,10 +632,13 @@ "text": "4332 Blvd. Eyadema, Lome" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "B.P. 852, Lome; 2300 Lome Place, Washington, DC 20521-2300" + "text": "2300 Lome Place, Washington, DC 20521-2300" }, "FAX": { "text": "[228] 2261-5501" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "Consularlome@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index 239ed83e..54da5136 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -534,6 +534,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (55 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 7 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - ADI 41.8%, MLSTP/PSD 40.3%, PCD-GR 9.5%, MCISTP 2.1%, other 6.3%; seats by party - ADI 25, MLSTP-PSD 23, PCD-MDFM-UDD 5, MCISTP 2; composition - men 45, women 10, percent of women 18.2%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Evaristo CARVALHO (since 3 September 2016)" @@ -551,17 +562,6 @@ "text": "Evaristo CARVALHO elected president; percent of vote - Evaristo CARVALHO (ADI) 49.8%, Manuel Pinto DA COSTA (independent) 24.8%, Maria DAS NEVES (MLSTP-PSD) 24.1%; note - first round results for CARVALHO were revised downward from just over 50%, prompting the 7 August runoff; however, on 1 August 2016 DA COSTA withdrew from the runoff, citing voting irregularities, and CARVALHO was declared the winner" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (55 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 7 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - ADI 41.8%, MLSTP/PSD 40.3%, PCD-GR 9.5%, MCISTP 2.1%, other 6.3%; seats by party - ADI 25, MLSTP-PSD 23, PCD-MDFM-UDD 5, MCISTP 2; composition - men 45, women 10, percent of women 18.2%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal Justica (consists of 5 judges); Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucional (consists of 5 judges, 3 of whom are from the Supreme Court)" @@ -596,6 +596,9 @@ "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "embassy": { "text": "the US does not have an embassy in Sao Tome and Principe; the US Ambassador to Gabon is accredited to Sao Tome and Principe" + }, + "mailing address": { + "text": "2290 Sao Tome Place, Washington DC  20521-2290" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index e33ea155..0f59f0a0 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official, one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce), Berber (Tamazight); note - despite having no official status, French plays a major role in the country and is spoken by about two thirds of the population" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، أحسن كتاب تتعلم به المعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -521,6 +521,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal except for active government security forces (including the police and the military), people with mental disabilities, people who have served more than three months in prison (criminal cases only), and people given a suspended sentence of more than six months" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "
note: on 25 July 2021, President SAIED suspended the Assembly for 30 days
unicameral Assembly of the Representatives of the People or Majlis Nuwwab ash-Sha'b (Assemblee des representants du peuple) (217 seats; 199 members directly elected in Tunisian multi-seat constituencies and 18 members in multi-seat constituencies abroad by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "initial election held on 6 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - Ennahdha 19.6%, Heart of Tunisia 14.6%, Free Destourian Party 6.6%, Democratic Current 6.4%, Dignity Coalition 5.9%, People's Movement 4.5%, TahyaTounes 4.1%, other 35.4%, independent 2.9%;seats by party -  Ennahdha 52, Heart of Tunisia 38, Free Destourian Party 17, Democratic Current 22, Dignity Coalition 21, People's Movement 16, Tahya Tounes 14, other 25, independent 12; composition - men 139, women 78, percent of women 35.9%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Kais SAIED (elected 13 October, sworn in 23 October 2019)" @@ -538,17 +549,6 @@ "text": "

first round - Kais SAIED (independent) 18.4%, Nabil KAROUI (Heart of Tunisia) 15.6%, Abdelfattah MOUROU (Nahda Movement) 12.9%, Abdelkrim ZBIDI(independent) 10.7%,Youssef CHAHED (Long Live Tunisia) 7.4%, Safi SAID (independent) 7.1%, Lotfi MRAIHI (Republican People's Union) 6.6%, other 21.3%; runoff - Kais SAIED elected president; Kais SAIED 72.7%, Nabil KAROUI 27.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "
note: on 25 July 2021, President SAIED suspended the Assembly for 30 days
unicameral Assembly of the Representatives of the People or Majlis Nuwwab ash-Sha'b (Assemblee des representants du peuple) (217 seats; 199 members directly elected in Tunisian multi-seat constituencies and 18 members in multi-seat constituencies abroad by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "initial election held on 6 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - Ennahdha 19.6%, Heart of Tunisia 14.6%, Free Destourian Party 6.6%, Democratic Current 6.4%, Dignity Coalition 5.9%, People's Movement 4.5%, TahyaTounes 4.1%, other 35.4%, independent 2.9%;seats by party -  Ennahdha 52, Heart of Tunisia 38, Free Destourian Party 17, Democratic Current 22, Dignity Coalition 21, People's Movement 16, Tahya Tounes 14, other 25, independent 12; composition - men 139, women 78, percent of women 35.9%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Cassation (consists of the first president, chamber presidents, and magistrates and organized into 27 civil and 11 criminal chambers)" @@ -592,10 +592,13 @@ "text": "Les Berges du Lac, 1053 Tunis" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Zone Nord-Est des Berges du Lac Nord de Tunis 1053" + "text": "6360 Tunis Place, Washington DC  20521-6360" }, "FAX": { "text": "[216] 71 107-090" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "tunisacs@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index fbd1422d..081e71b7 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages; note - Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources including Arabic and English; it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, Chanzo cha Lazima Kuhusu Habari ya Msingi. (Kiswahili)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -561,6 +561,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Parliament (Bunge) (393 seats; 264 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 113 women indirectly elected by proportional representation vote, 5 indirectly elected by simple majority vote by the Zanzibar House of Representatives, 10 appointed by the president, and 1 seat reserved for the attorney general; members serve a 5-year term); note - in addition to enacting laws that apply to the entire United Republic of Tanzania, the National Assembly enacts laws that apply only to the mainland; Zanzibar has its own House of Representatives or Baraza La Wawakilishi (82 seats; 50 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 20 women directly elected by proportional representation vote, 10 appointed by the Zanzibar president, 1 seat for the House speaker, and 1 ex-officio seat for the attorney general; elected members serve a 5-year term)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Tanzania National Assembly and Zanzibar House of Representatives - elections last held on 25 October 2015 (next National Assembly election to be held in October 2020; next Zanzibar election either October 2020 or March 2021); note the Zanzibar Electoral Commission annulled the 2015 election; repoll held on 20 March 2016" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CCM 55%, Chadema 31.8%, CUF 8.6%, other 4.6%; seats by party - CCM 253, Chadema 70, CUF 42, other 2; composition as of September 2018 - men 245, women 145, percent of women 37.2%

Zanzibar House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Samia Suluhu HASSAN (since 19 March 2021); note - President John MAGUFULI died on 17 March 2021; vice president (vacant); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -579,17 +590,6 @@ }, "note": "note: Zanzibar elects a president as head of government for internal matters; election held on 25 October 2015 was annulled by the Zanzibar Electoral Commission and rerun on 20 March 2016; President Ali Mohamed SHEIN reelected; percent of vote - Ali Mohamed SHEIN (CCM) 91.4%, Hamad Rashid MOHAMED (ADC) 3%, other 5.6%; the main opposition party in Zanzibar CUF boycotted the 20 March 2016 election rerun" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Parliament (Bunge) (393 seats; 264 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 113 women indirectly elected by proportional representation vote, 5 indirectly elected by simple majority vote by the Zanzibar House of Representatives, 10 appointed by the president, and 1 seat reserved for the attorney general; members serve a 5-year term); note - in addition to enacting laws that apply to the entire United Republic of Tanzania, the National Assembly enacts laws that apply only to the mainland; Zanzibar has its own House of Representatives or Baraza La Wawakilishi (82 seats; 50 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 20 women directly elected by proportional representation vote, 10 appointed by the Zanzibar president, 1 seat for the House speaker, and 1 ex-officio seat for the attorney general; elected members serve a 5-year term)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Tanzania National Assembly and Zanzibar House of Representatives - elections last held on 25 October 2015 (next National Assembly election to be held in October 2020; next Zanzibar election either October 2020 or March 2021); note the Zanzibar Electoral Commission annulled the 2015 election; repoll held on 20 March 2016" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CCM 55%, Chadema 31.8%, CUF 8.6%, other 4.6%; seats by party - CCM 253, Chadema 70, CUF 42, other 2; composition as of September 2018 - men 245, women 145, percent of women 37.2%

Zanzibar House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal of the United Republic of Tanzania (consists of the chief justice and 14 justices); High Court of the United Republic for Mainland Tanzania (consists of the principal judge and 30 judges organized into commercial, land, and labor courts); High Court of Zanzibar (consists of the chief justice and 10 justices)" @@ -637,6 +637,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[255] (22) 229-4970 or 4971" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "DRSACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index fb62799a..25cf79d2 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -543,6 +543,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Parliament (445 seats; 290 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 112 for women directly elected in single-seat districts by simple majority vote, and 25 \"representatives\" reserved for special interest groups - army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 5; up to 18 ex officio members appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 18 February 2016 (next to be held in February 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NRM 292, FDC 37, DP 5, UPDF 10, UPC 6, independent 66 (excludes 19 ex-officio members)" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power on 26 January 1986; re-elected for sixth term on 14 January 2021); Vice President Jessica Rose Epel ALUPO (since 21 June 2021); Prime Minister Robinah NABBANJA (since 21 June 2021); First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca KADAGA (since 24 June 2021); Second Deputy Prime Minister Moses ALI (since 21 June 2021); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -563,17 +574,6 @@ "text": "President Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power on 26 January 1986); Vice President Jessica Rose Epel ALUPO (since 21 June 2021); note - the president is both head of state and head of government" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Parliament (445 seats; 290 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 112 for women directly elected in single-seat districts by simple majority vote, and 25 \"representatives\" reserved for special interest groups - army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 5; up to 18 ex officio members appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 18 February 2016 (next to be held in February 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NRM 292, FDC 37, DP 5, UPDF 10, UPC 6, independent 66 (excludes 19 ex-officio members)" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Uganda (consists of the chief justice and at least 6 justices)" @@ -616,10 +616,13 @@ "text": "1577 Ggaba Road, Kampala" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 7007, Kampala" + "text": "2190 Kampala Place, Washington DC  20521-2190" }, "FAX": { "text": "[256] 414-306-009" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "KampalaUScitizen@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1180,7 +1183,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "923,565 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 432,390 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 51,066 (Burundi), 47,633 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 17,750 (Rwanda), 17,658 (Eritrea) (2021)" + "text": "924,835 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 432,390 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 51,039 (Burundi), 47,581 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 17,750 (Rwanda), 17,658 (Eritrea) (2021)" } }, "Trafficking in persons": { diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index 14fd7cb3..9fe9c90d 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -561,6 +561,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly (127 seats; 111 members directly elected in 13 multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote and 26 members elected in a nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; all member serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 22 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party (preliminary results) - MPP 56, CDP 20, NTD 13, UPC 12" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Roch Marc Christian KABORE (since 29 December 2015; re-elected 22 November 2020)" @@ -578,17 +589,6 @@ "text": "Roch Marc Christian KABORE reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Roch Marc Christian KABORE (MPP) 57.9%, Eddie KOMBOIGO (CDP) 15.5%, Zephirin DIABRE (UPC)12.5%, other 14.1%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly (127 seats; 111 members directly elected in 13 multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote and 26 members elected in a nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; all member serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 22 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party (preliminary results) - MPP 56, CDP 20, NTD 13, UPC 12" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (consists of NA judges); Council of State (consists of NA judges); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel (consists of the council president and 9 members)" @@ -622,19 +622,22 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Sandra CLARK (since 25 September 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador Sandra E. CLARK (since 25 September 2020)" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[226] 25-49-53-00" + "text": "(226) 25-49-53-00" }, "embassy": { "text": "Secteur 15, Ouaga 2000, Avenue Sembene Ousmane, Rue 15.873, Ouagadougou" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "01 B. P. 35, Ouagadougou 01; pouch mail - US Department of State, 2440 Ouagadougou Place, Washington, DC 20521-2440" + "text": "2440 Ouagadougou Place, Washington, DC  20521-2440" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[226] 25-49-56-28" + "text": "(226) 25-49-56-28" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ouagaACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -858,7 +861,7 @@ "text": "Switzerland 59%, India 21% (2019)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "gold, cotton, zinc, cashews, sesame seeds, (2019)" + "text": "gold, cotton, zinc, cashews, sesame seeds (2019)" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2019": { diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index 6d61ffa1..94c71203 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -550,6 +550,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
National Council (42 seats); members indirectly elected 3 each by the 14 regional councils to serve 5-year terms); note - the Council primarily reviews legislation passed and referred by the National Assembly
National Assembly (104 seats; 96 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed list, proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms and 8 nonvoting members appointed by the president)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "National Council - elections for regional councils to determine members of the National Council held on 27 November 2015 (next to be held on 27 November 2020)
National Assembly - last held on 27 November 2019 (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "National Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SWAPO 40, NUDO 1, DPM 1; composition - men 32, women 10, percent of women 23.8%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - SWAPO 65.5%, PDM 16.6%, LPM 4.7%, NUDO 1.9%, APP 1.8%, UDF 1.8%, RP 1.8%, NEFF 1.7%, RDP 1.1%, CDV .7%, SWANU .6%, other 1.8%; seats by party - SWAPO 63, PDM 16, LPM 4, NUDO 2, APP 2, UDF 2, RP 2, NEFF 2, RDP 1, CDV 1, SWANU 1; composition - NA" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Hage GEINGOB (since 21 March 2015); Vice President Nangola MBUMBA (since 8 February 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -567,17 +578,6 @@ "text": "Hage GEINGOB elected president in the first round; percent of vote - Hage GEINGOB (SWAPO) 56.3%, Panduleni ITULA (Independent) 29.4%, McHenry VENAANI (PDM) 5.3%, Bernadus SWARTBOOI (LPM) 2.7%, Apius AUCHAB (UDF) 2.7%, Esther MUINJANGUE (NUDO) 1.5%, other 2%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
National Council (42 seats); members indirectly elected 3 each by the 14 regional councils to serve 5-year terms); note - the Council primarily reviews legislation passed and referred by the National Assembly
National Assembly (104 seats; 96 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed list, proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms and 8 nonvoting members appointed by the president)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "National Council - elections for regional councils to determine members of the National Council held on 27 November 2015 (next to be held on 27 November 2020)
National Assembly - last held on 27 November 2019 (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "National Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SWAPO 40, NUDO 1, DPM 1; composition - men 32, women 10, percent of women 23.8%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - SWAPO 65.5%, PDM 16.6%, LPM 4.7%, NUDO 1.9%, APP 1.8%, UDF 1.8%, RP 1.8%, NEFF 1.7%, RDP 1.1%, CDV .7%, SWANU .6%, other 1.8%; seats by party - SWAPO 63, PDM 16, LPM 4, NUDO 2, APP 2, UDF 2, RP 2, NEFF 2, RDP 1, CDV 1, SWANU 1; composition - NA" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and at least 3 judges in quorum sessions)" @@ -620,10 +620,13 @@ "text": "14 Lossen Street, Windhoek" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Private Bag 12029 Ausspannplatz, Windhoek" + "text": "2540 Windhoek Place, Washington DC  20521-2540" }, "FAX": { "text": "[264] (061) 295-8603" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "consularwindhoek@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/wz.json b/africa/wz.json index 8aa948fb..49efd6fd 100644 --- a/africa/wz.json +++ b/africa/wz.json @@ -540,6 +540,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament (Libandla) consists of:
Senate (30 seats; 20 members appointed by the monarch and 10 indirectly elected by simple majority vote by the House of Assembly; members serve 5-year terms)
House of Assembly (73 seats; 59 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies or tinkhundla by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed, 10 members appointed by the monarch, 4 women elected by the members if representation of elected women is less than 30%; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last held on 23 October 2018 (next to be held - 31 October 2023)
House of Assembly - last held on 21 September 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of seats by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 20, women 10, percent of women 33.3%
House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independent 59; composition - men 60, women 5, percent of women 7.7%; note - total Parliament percent of women 15.8%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King MSWATI III (since 25 April 1986)" @@ -554,17 +565,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; prime minister appointed by the monarch from among members of the House of Assembly" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament (Libandla) consists of:
Senate (30 seats; 20 members appointed by the monarch and 10 indirectly elected by simple majority vote by the House of Assembly; members serve 5-year terms)
House of Assembly (73 seats; 59 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies or tinkhundla by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed, 10 members appointed by the monarch, 4 women elected by the members if representation of elected women is less than 30%; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held on 23 October 2018 (next to be held - 31 October 2023)
House of Assembly - last held on 21 September 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of seats by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 20, women 10, percent of women 33.3%
House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independent 59; composition - men 60, women 5, percent of women 7.7%; note - total Parliament percent of women 15.8%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and at least 4 justices) and the High Court (consists of the chief justice - ex officio - and 4 justices); note - the Supreme Court has jurisdiction in all constitutional matters" @@ -607,10 +607,13 @@ "text": "Corner of MR 103 and Cultural Center Drive, Ezulwini, P.O. Box D202, The Gables, H106" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PO Box 199, Mbabane, Eswatini" + "text": "2350 Mbabane Place, Washington DC  20521-2350" }, "FAX": { "text": "[268] 2416-3344" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularMbabane@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index bf9ec154..27a2be4a 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -533,6 +533,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly (165 seats; 156 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote in 2 rounds if needed, and up to 8 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms); note - 6 additional electoral seats were added for the 11 August 2016 election, up from 150 electoral seats in the 2011 election" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 11 August 2016 (next to be held on 12 August 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - PF 42%, UPND 41.7%, MMD 2.7%, FDD 2.2%, other 1.9%,independent 9.5%; seats by party - PF 89, UPND 54, MMD 5, FDD 1, NDC 1, independent 14; composition - men 135, women 30, percent of women 18.2%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Edgar LUNGU (since 25 January 2015); Vice President Inonge WINA (since 26 January 2015); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -550,17 +561,6 @@ "text": "Edgar LUNGU reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Edgar LUNGU (PF) 50.4%, Hakainde HICHILEMA (UPND) 47.6%, other 2.0%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly (165 seats; 156 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote in 2 rounds if needed, and up to 8 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms); note - 6 additional electoral seats were added for the 11 August 2016 election, up from 150 electoral seats in the 2011 election" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 11 August 2016 (next to be held on 12 August 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - PF 42%, UPND 41.7%, MMD 2.7%, FDD 2.2%, other 1.9%,independent 9.5%; seats by party - PF 89, UPND 54, MMD 5, FDD 1, NDC 1, independent 14; composition - men 135, women 30, percent of women 18.2%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice, deputy chief justice, and at least 11 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and 11 judges); note - the Constitutional Court began operation in June 2016" @@ -603,10 +603,13 @@ "text": "Eastern end of Kabulonga Road, Ibex Hill, Lusaka" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 320065, Lusaka" + "text": "2310 Lusaka Place, Washington DC 20521-2310" }, "FAX": { "text": "[260]  211-357-224" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSLusaka@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/zi.json b/africa/zi.json index 9b367389..26abfcb2 100644 --- a/africa/zi.json +++ b/africa/zi.json @@ -549,6 +549,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (80 seats; 60 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - 6 seats in each of the 10 provinces - by proportional representation vote, 16 indirectly elected by the regional governing councils, 2 reserved for the National Council Chiefs, and 2 reserved for members with disabilities; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly (270 seats; 210 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 60 seats reserved for women directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last held for elected member on 30 July 2018 (next to be held in 2023)
National Assembly - last held on 30 July 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ZANU-PF 34, MDC Alliance 25, Chiefs 18, people with disabilities 2, MDC-T 1; composition - men 45, women 35, percent of women 43.8%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ZANU-PF 179, MDC Alliance 88, MDC-T 1, NPF 1, independent 1; composition - men 185, women 25, percent of women 31.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 34.3%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Emmerson Dambudzo MNANGAGWA (since 24 November 2017); First Vice President Constantino CHIWENGA (since 28 December 2017); note - Robert Gabriel MUGABE resigned on 21 November 2017, after ruling for 37 years" @@ -566,17 +577,6 @@ "text": "Emmerson MNANGAGWA reelected president in 1st round of voting; percent of vote - Emmerson MNANGAGWA (ZANU-PF) 50.8%, Nelson CHAMISA (MDC-T) 44.3%, Thokozani KHUPE (MDC-N) .9%, other 3%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (80 seats; 60 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - 6 seats in each of the 10 provinces - by proportional representation vote, 16 indirectly elected by the regional governing councils, 2 reserved for the National Council Chiefs, and 2 reserved for members with disabilities; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly (270 seats; 210 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 60 seats reserved for women directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held for elected member on 30 July 2018 (next to be held in 2023)
National Assembly - last held on 30 July 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ZANU-PF 34, MDC Alliance 25, Chiefs 18, people with disabilities 2, MDC-T 1; composition - men 45, women 35, percent of women 43.8%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ZANU-PF 179, MDC Alliance 88, MDC-T 1, NPF 1, independent 1; composition - men 185, women 25, percent of women 31.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 34.3%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 4 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of the chief and deputy chief justices and 9 judges)" @@ -619,10 +619,13 @@ "text": "2 Lorraine Drive, Bluffhill, Harare" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 3340, Harare" + "text": "2180 Harare Place, Washington DC  20521-2180" }, "FAX": { "text": "[263] (4) 796-488" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "consularharare@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/aq.json b/australia-oceania/aq.json index dcfe8894..c6c4dfbf 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/aq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/aq.json @@ -353,6 +353,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Legislature or Fono consists of:
Senate (18 seats; members indirectly selected by regional governing councils to serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives (21 seats; 20 members directly elected by simple majority vote and 1 decided by public meeting on Swains Island; members serve 2-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2024)
House of Representatives - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independent 18; composition - men 17, women 1; percent of women 5.6%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA" + }, + "note": "note: American Samoa elects 1 member by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term as a delegate to the US House of Representatives; the delegate can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the Committee of the Whole House, but not when legislation is submitted for a “full floor” House vote; election of delegate last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2022); Amata Coleman RADEWAGEN elected delegate; Amata Coleman RADEWAGEN (Republican Party) 83.5%, Oreta CHRICHTON (Democratic Party) 14.4%, Meleagi SUITONU-CHAPMAN (Democratic Party) 2.1%" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. (since 20 January 2021); Vice President Kamala D. HARRIS (since 20 January 2021)" @@ -370,18 +382,6 @@ "text": "Lemanu Peleti MAUGA elected governor in first round; percent of vote - Lemanu Peleti MAUGA (independent) 60.3%, Gaoteote Palaie TOFAU (independent) 21.9%, I'aulualo Fa'afetai TALIA (independent) 12.3%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Legislature or Fono consists of:
Senate (18 seats; members indirectly selected by regional governing councils to serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives (21 seats; 20 members directly elected by simple majority vote and 1 decided by public meeting on Swains Island; members serve 2-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2024)
House of Representatives - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independent 18; composition - men 17, women 1; percent of women 5.6%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA" - }, - "note": "note: American Samoa elects 1 member by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term as a delegate to the US House of Representatives; the delegate can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the Committee of the Whole House, but not when legislation is submitted for a “full floor” House vote; election of delegate last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2022); Amata Coleman RADEWAGEN elected delegate; Amata Coleman RADEWAGEN (Republican Party) 83.5%, Oreta CHRICHTON (Democratic Party) 14.4%, Meleagi SUITONU-CHAPMAN (Democratic Party) 2.1%" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "High Court of American Samoa (consists of the chief justice, associate chief justice, and 6 Samoan associate judges and organized into trial, family, drug, and appellate divisions); note - American Samoa has no US federal courts" diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index 36feba2d..4dbbeb19 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -495,6 +495,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Federal Parliament consists of:
Senate (76 seats; 12 members from each of the 6 states and 2 each from the 2 mainland territories; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of state membership renewed every 3 years and territory membership renewed every 3 years)
House of Representatives (151 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by majority preferential vote; members serve terms of up to 3 years)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 18 May 2019 (next to be held in 2022)
House of Representatives - last held on 18 May 2019 (next to be held in 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - Liberal/National coalition 37.99%, ALP 28.79%, The Greens 10.19%, One Nation 5.4%, Centre Alliance .19%, Lambie Network .21%, other 17.23%; seats by party - Liberal/National coalition 35, ALP 26, The Greens 9, One Nation 2, Centre Alliance 2, Lambie Network 1, independents 1
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - Liberal/National coalition 41.4%, ALP 33.3%, The Greens 10.4%, Katter's Australian Party .49%, Centre Alliance .33%, independents 3.37%, other 10.63%; seats by party - Liberal/National Coalition 77, ALP 68, The Greens 1, Katter's Australian Party 1, Centre Alliance 1, independent 3" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General David HURLEY (since 1 July 2019)" @@ -509,17 +520,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition is sworn in as prime minister by the governor general" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Federal Parliament consists of:
Senate (76 seats; 12 members from each of the 6 states and 2 each from the 2 mainland territories; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of state membership renewed every 3 years and territory membership renewed every 3 years)
House of Representatives (151 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by majority preferential vote; members serve terms of up to 3 years)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 18 May 2019 (next to be held in 2022)
House of Representatives - last held on 18 May 2019 (next to be held in 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - Liberal/National coalition 37.99%, ALP 28.79%, The Greens 10.19%, One Nation 5.4%, Centre Alliance .19%, Lambie Network .21%, other 17.23%; seats by party - Liberal/National coalition 35, ALP 26, The Greens 9, One Nation 2, Centre Alliance 2, Lambie Network 1, independents 1
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - Liberal/National coalition 41.4%, ALP 33.3%, The Greens 10.4%, Katter's Australian Party .49%, Centre Alliance .33%, independents 3.37%, other 10.63%; seats by party - Liberal/National Coalition 77, ALP 68, The Greens 1, Katter's Australian Party 1, Centre Alliance 1, independent 3" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "High Court of Australia (consists of 7 justices, including the chief justice); note - each of the 6 states, 2 territories, and Norfolk Island has a Supreme Court; the High Court is the final appellate court beyond the state and territory supreme courts" @@ -565,11 +565,14 @@ "text": "Moonah Place, Yarralumla, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2600" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "APO AP 96549" + "text": "7800 Canberra Place, Washington DC  20512-7800" }, "FAX": { "text": "[61] (02) 6214-5970" }, + "email address": { + "text": "AskEmbassyCanberra@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Melbourne, Perth, Sydney" } diff --git a/australia-oceania/bp.json b/australia-oceania/bp.json index c20ff627..a65f99f0 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/bp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/bp.json @@ -495,6 +495,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "21 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Parliament (50 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 3 April 2019 (next to be held in 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - UDP 10.7%, DAP 7.8%, PAP 4.4%, other 20.8%, independent 56.3%; seats by party - DAP 7, UDP 5, PAP 3, KPSI 1, SIPFP 1, SIPRA 1, independent 32; composition - men 49, women 1, percent of women 2%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General David VUNAGI (since 8 July 2019)" @@ -512,17 +523,6 @@ "text": "Manasseh SOGAVARE (independent) defeated in no-confidence vote on 6 November 2017; Rick HOU elected prime minister on 15 November 2017" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Parliament (50 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 3 April 2019 (next to be held in 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - UDP 10.7%, DAP 7.8%, PAP 4.4%, other 20.8%, independent 56.3%; seats by party - DAP 7, UDP 5, PAP 3, KPSI 1, SIPFP 1, SIPRA 1, independent 32; composition - men 49, women 1, percent of women 2%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and ex officio members including the High Court chief justice and its puisne judges); High Court (consists of the chief justice and puisne judges, as prescribed by the National Parliament)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ck.json b/australia-oceania/ck.json index 3a706e65..27369bf5 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ck.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ck.json @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Malay (Cocos dialect) 68.8%, English 22.3%, unspecified 8.9%; note - data represent language spoken at home (2016 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Buku Fakta Dunia, sumber yang diperlukan untuk maklumat asas. (Malay)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -236,6 +236,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council (7 seats; members directly elected by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms with half the membership renewed every 2 years)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held in October 2017 (next to be held on 31 October 2019)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 5, women 2, percent of women 28.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia General David HURLEY (since 1 July 2019)" @@ -250,17 +261,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the Australian prime minister; administrator appointed by the governor general for a 2-year term and represents the monarch and Australia" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council (7 seats; members directly elected by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms with half the membership renewed every 2 years)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held in October 2017 (next to be held on 31 October 2019)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 5, women 2, percent of women 28.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "under the terms of the Territorial Law Reform Act 1992, Western Australia provides court services as needed for the island including the Supreme Court and subordinate courts (District Court, Magistrate Court, Family Court, Children's Court, and Coroners' Court)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/cq.json b/australia-oceania/cq.json index 57d9e5c2..5c8af033 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cq.json @@ -361,6 +361,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal; note - indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature consists of:
Senate (9 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives (20 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 2-year terms)

the Northern Mariana Islands directly elects 1 delegate to the US House of Representatives by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
CNMI Senate - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2024)
CNMI House of Representatives - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2022)
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands delegate to the US House of Representatives  - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
CNMI Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Republican Party 6, independent 3; composition - men 8, women 1, percent of women 11.1%
CNMI House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Republican Party 9, Democrat Party 8, independent 3

delegate to US House of Representatives - seat won by independent; composition - 1 man" + }, + "note": "note: the Northern Mariana Islands delegate to the US House of Representatives can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the \"Committee of the Whole House\" but not when legislation is submitted for a “full floor” House vote" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. (since 20 January 2021); Vice President Kamala D. HARRIS (since 20 January 2021)" @@ -378,18 +390,6 @@ "text": "Ralph TORRES elected governor; percent of vote - Ralph TORRES (Republican) 62.2%, Juan BABAUTA (Independent) 37.8%;  Arnold PALACIOS elected Lieutenant Governor" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature consists of:
Senate (9 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives (20 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 2-year terms)

the Northern Mariana Islands directly elects 1 delegate to the US House of Representatives by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
CNMI Senate - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2024)
CNMI House of Representatives - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2022)
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands delegate to the US House of Representatives  - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
CNMI Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Republican Party 6, independent 3; composition - men 8, women 1, percent of women 11.1%
CNMI House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Republican Party 9, Democrat Party 8, independent 3

delegate to US House of Representatives - seat won by independent; composition - 1 man" - }, - "note": "note: the Northern Mariana Islands delegate to the US House of Representatives can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the \"Committee of the Whole House\" but not when legislation is submitted for a “full floor” House vote" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) (consists of the chief justice and 2 associate justices); US Federal District Court (consists of 1 judge); note - US Federal District Court jurisdiction limited to US federal laws; appeals beyond the CNMI Supreme Court are referred to the US Supreme Court" diff --git a/australia-oceania/cw.json b/australia-oceania/cw.json index 1f47ec32..040c9a09 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cw.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cw.json @@ -401,6 +401,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament, formerly the Legislative Assembly (24 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms); note - the House of Ariki, a 24-member parliamentary body of traditional leaders appointed by the Queen's representative serves as a consultative body to the Parliament" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 14 June 2018 (next to be held by 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Demo 11, CIP 10, One Cook Islands Movement 1, independent 2; composition - men 15, women 9, percent of women 37.5%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Sir Tom J. MARSTERS (since 9 August 2013); New Zealand Acting High Commissioner Ms Rachel BENNETT (since 9 December 2019)" @@ -415,17 +426,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; UK representative appointed by the monarch; New Zealand high commissioner appointed by the New Zealand Government; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually becomes prime minister" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament, formerly the Legislative Assembly (24 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms); note - the House of Ariki, a 24-member parliamentary body of traditional leaders appointed by the Queen's representative serves as a consultative body to the Parliament" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 14 June 2018 (next to be held by 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Demo 11, CIP 10, One Cook Islands Movement 1, independent 2; composition - men 15, women 9, percent of women 37.5%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of the chief justice and 3 judges of the High Court); High Court (consists of the chief justice and at least 4 judges and organized into civil, criminal, and land divisions); note - appeals beyond the Cook Islands Court of Appeal are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index ef6809ab..8fd88fe2 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ "text": "cyclonic storms can occur from November to January" }, "Geography - note": { - "text": "includes 332 islands; approximately 110 are inhabited" + "text": "consists of 332 islands, approximately 110 of which are inhabited, and more than 500 islets" } }, "People and Society": { @@ -516,6 +516,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament (51 seats; members directly elected in a nationwide, multi-seat constituency by open-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 14 November 2018 (next to be held in 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - FijiFirst 50%, SODELPA 39.6%, NFP 7.4%; seats by party - FijiFirst 27, SODELPA 21, NFP 3; composition - men 41, women 10, percent of women 19.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Jioji Konousi KONROTE (since 12 November 2015)" @@ -533,17 +544,6 @@ "text": "Jioji Konousi KONROTE reelected president (unopposed)" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament (51 seats; members directly elected in a nationwide, multi-seat constituency by open-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 14 November 2018 (next to be held in 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - FijiFirst 50%, SODELPA 39.6%, NFP 7.4%; seats by party - FijiFirst 27, SODELPA 21, NFP 3; composition - men 41, women 10, percent of women 19.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice, all justices of the Court of Appeal, and judges appointed specifically as Supreme Court judges); Court of Appeal (consists of the court president, all puisne judges of the High Court, and judges specifically appointed to the Court of Appeal); High Court (chaired by the chief justice and includes a minimum of 10 puisne judges; High Court organized into civil, criminal, family, employment, and tax divisions)" @@ -586,10 +586,13 @@ "text": "158 Princes Rd, Tamavua, Suva" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 218, Suva" + "text": "4290 Suva Place, Washington DC  20521-4290" }, "FAX": { "text": "[679] 330-8685" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "SuvaACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fm.json b/australia-oceania/fm.json index 8eaa565d..0a787559 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fm.json @@ -453,6 +453,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Congress (14 seats; 10 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 2-year terms and 4 at- large members directly elected from each of the 4 states by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 2 March 2021 (next to be held on March 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 14; composition - men 14, women 0" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President David W. PANUELO (since 11 May 2019); Vice President Yosiwo P. GEORGE (since 11 May 2015); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -470,17 +481,6 @@ "text": "David W. PANUELO elected president by Congress; Yosiwo P. GEORGE reelected vice president" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Congress (14 seats; 10 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 2-year terms and 4 at- large members directly elected from each of the 4 states by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 2 March 2021 (next to be held on March 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 14; composition - men 14, women 0" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and not more than 5 associate justices and organized into appellate and criminal divisions)" @@ -530,6 +530,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[691] 320-2186" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "KoloniaACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fp.json b/australia-oceania/fp.json index 3cbdc314..e8f52bb6 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fp.json @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "French (official) 70%, Polynesian (official) 28.2%, other 1.8% (2012 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -415,6 +415,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Assembly of French Polynesia or Assemblée de la Polynésie française (57 seats; elections held in 2 rounds; in the second round, 38 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by a closed-list proportional representation vote; the party receiving the most votes gets an additional 19 seats; members serve 5-year terms)




French Polynesia indirectly elects 2 senators to the French Senate via an electoral college by absolute majority vote for 6-year terms with one-half the membership renewed every 3 years and directly elects 3 deputies to the French National Assembly by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for 5-year terms" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "

Assembly of French Polynesia - last held on 22 April 2018 and 6 May 2018 (next to be held in 2023)
French Senate - last held in September 2017 (next to be held in September 2020)
French National Assembly - last held in 2 rounds on 3 and 17 June 2017 (next to be held in 2022)

" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "

Assembly of French Polynesia - percent of vote by party - Tapura Huiraatira 45.1%, Popular Rally 29.3%, Tavini Huiraatira 25.6%; seats by party - Tapura Huiraatira 38, Popular Rally 11, Tavini Huiraatira 8; composition - men 27, women 30, percent of women 52.6%
French Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Popular Rally 1, People's Servant Party 1; composition - men 246, women 102, percent of women 29.3%
French National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Tapura Huiractura 2, Tavini Huiraatura 1; composition - men 353, women 224, percent of women 38.8%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20%

" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017), represented by High Commissioner of the Republic Dominique SORAIN (since 10 July 2019)" @@ -429,17 +440,6 @@ "text": "French president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); high commissioner appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; French Polynesia president indirectly elected by Assembly of French Polynesia for a 5-year term (no term limits)" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Assembly of French Polynesia or Assemblée de la Polynésie française (57 seats; elections held in 2 rounds; in the second round, 38 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by a closed-list proportional representation vote; the party receiving the most votes gets an additional 19 seats; members serve 5-year terms)




French Polynesia indirectly elects 2 senators to the French Senate via an electoral college by absolute majority vote for 6-year terms with one-half the membership renewed every 3 years and directly elects 3 deputies to the French National Assembly by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for 5-year terms" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "

Assembly of French Polynesia - last held on 22 April 2018 and 6 May 2018 (next to be held in 2023)
French Senate - last held in September 2017 (next to be held in September 2020)
French National Assembly - last held in 2 rounds on 3 and 17 June 2017 (next to be held in 2022)

" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "

Assembly of French Polynesia - percent of vote by party - Tapura Huiraatira 45.1%, Popular Rally 29.3%, Tavini Huiraatira 25.6%; seats by party - Tapura Huiraatira 38, Popular Rally 11, Tavini Huiraatira 8; composition - men 27, women 30, percent of women 52.6%
French Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Popular Rally 1, People's Servant Party 1; composition - men 246, women 102, percent of women 29.3%
French National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Tapura Huiractura 2, Tavini Huiraatura 1; composition - men 353, women 224, percent of women 38.8%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20%

" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel (composition NA); note - appeals beyond the French Polynesia Court of Appeal are heard by the Court of Cassation (in Paris)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/gq.json b/australia-oceania/gq.json index 607c899e..5cfa9c9b 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/gq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/gq.json @@ -405,6 +405,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal; note - Guamanians are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislature of Guam or Liheslaturan Guahan (15 seats; members elected in a single countrywide constituency by simple majority vote to serve 2-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 6 November 2018 (next to be held on 3 November 2020)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 10, Republican Party 5; composition - men 5, women 10, percent of women 66.7%" + }, + "note": "note: Guam directly elects 1 member by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term as a delegate to the US House of Representatives; the delegate can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the Committee of the Whole House, but not when legislation is submitted for a “full floor” House vote; election of delegate last held on 6 November 2018 (next to be held on 3 November 2020); election results - seat by party - Democratic Party 1; composition 1 man" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "

President Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. (since 20 January 2021); Vice President Kamala D. HARRIS (since 20 January 2021)

" @@ -422,18 +434,6 @@ "text": "Lourdes LEON GUERRERO elected governor; percent of vote -  Lourdes LEON GUERRERO (Democratic Party) 50.7%, Ray TENORIO (Republican Party) 26.4%; Josh TENORIO (Democratic Party) elected lieutenant governor" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislature of Guam or Liheslaturan Guahan (15 seats; members elected in a single countrywide constituency by simple majority vote to serve 2-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 6 November 2018 (next to be held on 3 November 2020)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 10, Republican Party 5; composition - men 5, women 10, percent of women 66.7%" - }, - "note": "note: Guam directly elects 1 member by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term as a delegate to the US House of Representatives; the delegate can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the Committee of the Whole House, but not when legislation is submitted for a “full floor” House vote; election of delegate last held on 6 November 2018 (next to be held on 3 November 2020); election results - seat by party - Democratic Party 1; composition 1 man" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Guam (consists of 3 justices); note - appeals beyond the Supreme Court of Guam are referred to the US Supreme Court" diff --git a/australia-oceania/kr.json b/australia-oceania/kr.json index bb00b903..6e8bc347 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kr.json @@ -483,6 +483,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral House of Assembly or Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (46 seats; 44 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in two-rounds if needed; 1 member appointed by the Rabi Council of Leaders - representing Banaba Island, and 1 ex officio member - the attorney general; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "legislative elections originally scheduled to be held in two rounds on 7 and 15 April 2020 but rescheduled for 14 and 21 April (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party (second round) - NA; seats by party (second round) - TKB 22, BKM 22, 1 independent" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Taneti MAAMAU (since 11 March 2016); Vice President Teuea TOATU (since 19 June 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -500,17 +511,6 @@ "text": "Taneti MAAMAU reelected president; percent of vote - Taneti MAAMAU (TKB) 59.3%, Banuera BERINA (BKM) 40.7%." } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of Assembly or Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (46 seats; 44 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in two-rounds if needed; 1 member appointed by the Rabi Council of Leaders - representing Banaba Island, and 1 ex officio member - the attorney general; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "legislative elections originally scheduled to be held in two rounds on 7 and 15 April 2020 but rescheduled for 14 and 21 April (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party (second round) - NA; seats by party (second round) - TKB 22, BKM 22, 1 independent" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "High Court (consists of a chief justice and other judges as prescribed by the president); note - the High Court has jurisdiction on constitutional issues" diff --git a/australia-oceania/kt.json b/australia-oceania/kt.json index cb4b793d..55cfaeda 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kt.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kt.json @@ -241,17 +241,6 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age" }, - "Executive branch": { - "chief of state": { - "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia General David HURLEY (since 1 July 2019)" - }, - "head of government": { - "text": "Administrator Natasha GRIGGS (since 5 October 2017)" - }, - "elections/appointments": { - "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the Australian prime minister; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia for a 2-year term and represents the monarch and Australia" - } - }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { "text": "unicameral Christmas Island Shire Council (9 seats; members directly elected by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms with a portion of the membership renewed every 2 years)" @@ -263,6 +252,17 @@ "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats by party - independent 9; composition as of 17 October 2015 - men 7, women 2, percent of women 22.2%" } }, + "Executive branch": { + "chief of state": { + "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia General David HURLEY (since 1 July 2019)" + }, + "head of government": { + "text": "Administrator Natasha GRIGGS (since 5 October 2017)" + }, + "elections/appointments": { + "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the Australian prime minister; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia for a 2-year term and represents the monarch and Australia" + } + }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "under the terms of the Territorial Law Reform Act 1992, Western Australia provides court services as needed for the island, including the Supreme Court and subordinate courts (District Court, Magistrate Court, Family Court, Children's Court, and Coroners' Court)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nc.json b/australia-oceania/nc.json index b9902d8e..ee985451 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nc.json @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -424,6 +424,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Territorial Congress or Congrès du Territoire (54 seats; members indirectly selected proportionally by the partisan makeup of the 3 Provincial Assemblies or Assemblés Provinciales; members of the 3 Provincial Assemblies directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - the Customary Senate is the assembly of the various traditional councils of the Kanaks, the indigenous population, which rules on laws affecting the indigenous population
New Caledonia indirectly elects 2 members to the French Senate by an electoral colleges for a 6-year term with one seat renewed every 3 years and directly elects 2 members to the French National Assembly by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Territorial Congress - last held on 12 May 2019 (next to be held in May 2024)
French Senate - election last held on 24 September 2017 (next to be held not later than 2019)

French National Assembly - election last held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (next to be held by June 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "

Territorial Congress - percent of vote by party - N/A; seats by party -Future With Confidence 18, UNI 9, UC 9, CE 7, FLNKS 6, Oceanic Awakening 3, PT 1, LKS 1 (Anti-Independence 28, Pro-Independence 26); composition - men 30, women 24, percent of women 44.4%


French Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP 2

French National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CE 2" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017); represented by High Commissioner Laurent PREVOST (since 5 August 2019)" @@ -441,17 +452,6 @@ "text": "Thierry SANTA elected president by Territorial Congress with 6 votes out of 11" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Territorial Congress or Congrès du Territoire (54 seats; members indirectly selected proportionally by the partisan makeup of the 3 Provincial Assemblies or Assemblés Provinciales; members of the 3 Provincial Assemblies directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - the Customary Senate is the assembly of the various traditional councils of the Kanaks, the indigenous population, which rules on laws affecting the indigenous population
New Caledonia indirectly elects 2 members to the French Senate by an electoral colleges for a 6-year term with one seat renewed every 3 years and directly elects 2 members to the French National Assembly by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Territorial Congress - last held on 12 May 2019 (next to be held in May 2024)
French Senate - election last held on 24 September 2017 (next to be held not later than 2019)

French National Assembly - election last held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (next to be held by June 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "

Territorial Congress - percent of vote by party - N/A; seats by party -Future With Confidence 18, UNI 9, UC 9, CE 7, FLNKS 6, Oceanic Awakening 3, PT 1, LKS 1 (Anti-Independence 28, Pro-Independence 26); composition - men 30, women 24, percent of women 44.4%


French Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP 2

French National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CE 2" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal in Noumea or Cour d'Appel; organized into civil, commercial, social, and pre-trial investigation chambers; court bench normally includes the court president and 2 counselors); Administrative Court (number of judges NA); note - final appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are referred to the Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation (in Paris); final appeals beyond the Administrative Court are referred to the Administrative Court of Appeal (in Paris)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ne.json b/australia-oceania/ne.json index c2ba2aec..60b0a72c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ne.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ne.json @@ -327,6 +327,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Assembly or Fono Ekepule (20 seats; 14 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 6 directly elected from the National Register or \"common roll\" by majority vote; members serve 3-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 30 May 2020 (next to be held on 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independent 20" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor-General of New Zealand Dame Patricia Lee REDDY (since 28 September 2016); the UK and New Zealand are represented by New Zealand High Commissioner Kirk YATES (since May 2018)" @@ -344,17 +355,6 @@ "text": "Dalton TAGELAGI elected premier; Legislative Assembly vote - Dalton TAGELAGI (independent) 13, O'Love JACOBSEN (independent) 7; Toke TALAGI lost his seat in election" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Assembly or Fono Ekepule (20 seats; 14 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 6 directly elected from the National Register or \"common roll\" by majority vote; members serve 3-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 30 May 2020 (next to be held on 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independent 20" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of the chief justice and up to 3 judges); note - the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) is the final appeal court beyond the Niue Court of Appeal" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nf.json b/australia-oceania/nf.json index d2397c54..e94e2207 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nf.json @@ -254,6 +254,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Norfolk Island Regional Council (5 seats; councillors directly elected by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms); mayor elected annually by the councillors" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "elections last held 28 May 2016 (next rescheduled to be held in 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "seats by party - independent 5; composition - men 4, women 1, percent of women 20%" + }, + "note": "note: following an administrative restructuring of local government, the Legislative Assembly was dissolved on 18 June 2015 and replaced by an interim Norfolk Island Advisory Council effective 1 July 2015; the Advisory Council consisted of 5 members appointed by the Norfolk Island administrator based on nominations from the community; following elections on 28 May 2016, the new Norfolk Island Regional Council (NIRC) commenced operations on 1 July 2016; on 20 December 2020 the NIRC was suspended for three months following a public audit and this suspension was extended on 3 February 2021 for an additional three months pending the outcome of a public inquiry; the council election previously scheduled for 13 March 2021 has been postponed 12 months" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia General David HURLEY (since 1 July 2019)" @@ -268,18 +280,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia for a 2-year term and represents the monarch and Australia" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Norfolk Island Regional Council (5 seats; councillors directly elected by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms); mayor elected annually by the councillors" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "elections last held 28 May 2016 (next rescheduled to be held in 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "seats by party - independent 5; composition - men 4, women 1, percent of women 20%" - }, - "note": "note: following an administrative restructuring of local government, the Legislative Assembly was dissolved on 18 June 2015 and replaced by an interim Norfolk Island Advisory Council effective 1 July 2015; the Advisory Council consisted of 5 members appointed by the Norfolk Island administrator based on nominations from the community; following elections on 28 May 2016, the new Norfolk Island Regional Council (NIRC) commenced operations on 1 July 2016; on 20 December 2020 the NIRC was suspended for three months following a public audit and this suspension was extended on 3 February 2021 for an additional three months pending the outcome of a public inquiry; the council election previously scheduled for 13 March 2021 has been postponed 12 months" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Norfolk Island (consists of the chief justice and several justices); note - appeals beyond the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island are heard by the Federal Court and the High Court of Australia" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nh.json b/australia-oceania/nh.json index 6e422998..a6ffcc1e 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nh.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nh.json @@ -501,6 +501,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament (52 seats; members directly elected in 8 single-seat and 9 multi-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote to serve 4-year terms (candidates in multi-seat constituencies can be elected with only 4% of the vote)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 19–20 March 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - GJP 9, RMC 7, VP 7, LPV 5, UMP 5, NUP 4, other 15; composition - men 52, women 0; percent of women 0%; note - political party associations are fluid" + }, + "note": "note: the National Council of Chiefs advises on matters of culture and language" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Tallis Obed MOSES (since 6 July 2017)" @@ -518,18 +530,6 @@ "text": "Bob LOUGHMAN elected prime minister on 20 April 2020; Bob LOUGHMAN 31 votes, Ralph REGENVANU 21 votes" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament (52 seats; members directly elected in 8 single-seat and 9 multi-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote to serve 4-year terms (candidates in multi-seat constituencies can be elected with only 4% of the vote)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 19–20 March 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - GJP 9, RMC 7, VP 7, LPV 5, UMP 5, NUP 4, other 15; composition - men 52, women 0; percent of women 0%; note - political party associations are fluid" - }, - "note": "note: the National Council of Chiefs advises on matters of culture and language" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of 2 or more judges of the Supreme Court designated by the chief justice); Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 6 puisne judges - 3 local and 3 expatriate)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nr.json b/australia-oceania/nr.json index 52ac7a00..494dd9be 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nr.json @@ -441,6 +441,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "20 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral parliament (19 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by majority vote using the \"Dowdall\" counting system by which voters rank candidates on their ballots; members serve 3-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 24 August 2019 (next to be held in 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 19; composition - men 17, women 2, percent of women 10.5%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Lionel AINGIMEA (since 27 August 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -458,17 +469,6 @@ "text": "Lionel AINGIMEA elected president; Parliament vote - Lionel AINGIMEA (independent) 12, David ADEANG (Nauru First) 6" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral parliament (19 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by majority vote using the \"Dowdall\" counting system by which voters rank candidates on their ballots; members serve 3-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 24 August 2019 (next to be held in 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 19; composition - men 17, women 2, percent of women 10.5%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and several justices); note - in late 2017, the Nauruan Government revoked the 1976 High Court Appeals Act, which had allowed appeals beyond the Nauruan Supreme Court, and in early 2018, the government formed its own appeals court" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index 22a2f153..2c884615 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -504,6 +504,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral House of Representatives - commonly called Parliament (120 seats for 2020-23 term); 72 members directly elected in 65 single-seat constituencies and 7 Maori constituencies by simple majority vote and 48 directly elected by closed party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 3-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 17 October 2020 (next scheduled for 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - Labor Party 49.1%, National Party 26.8%, ACT Party 8%, Green Party 6.3%, Maori Party 1%; seats by party - Labor Party 64, National Party 35, Green Party 10, ACT Party 10, Maori Party 1; composition - men 63, women 57, percent of women 47.5%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor-General Dame Patricia Lee REDDY (since 28 September 2016)" @@ -518,17 +529,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor-general appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the governor-general; deputy prime minister appointed by the governor-general; note - Prime Minister ARDERN heads up a minority coalition government consisting of the Labor and New Zealand First parties with confidence and supply support from the Green Party" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of Representatives - commonly called Parliament (120 seats for 2020-23 term); 72 members directly elected in 65 single-seat constituencies and 7 Maori constituencies by simple majority vote and 48 directly elected by closed party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 3-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 17 October 2020 (next scheduled for 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - Labor Party 49.1%, National Party 26.8%, ACT Party 8%, Green Party 6.3%, Maori Party 1%; seats by party - Labor Party 64, National Party 35, Green Party 10, ACT Party 10, Maori Party 1; composition - men 63, women 57, percent of women 47.5%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 5 justices, including the chief justice); note - the Supreme Court in 2004 replaced the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) as the final appeals court" @@ -574,11 +574,14 @@ "text": "29 Fitzherbert Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 1190, Wellington; PSC 467, Box 1, APO AP 96531-1034" + "text": "4370 Auckland Place, Washington DC  20521-4370" }, "FAX": { "text": "[64] (4) 499-0490" }, + "email address": { + "text": "AucklandACS@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Auckland" } diff --git a/australia-oceania/pc.json b/australia-oceania/pc.json index 0a8afd57..38409f6a 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/pc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/pc.json @@ -263,6 +263,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal with three years residency" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Island Council (10 seats; 4 members directly elected by proportional representation vote, 1 nominated by the elected Council members, 2 appointed by the governor, and 3 ex-officio members - the governor, deputy governor, and commissioner; elected members serve 1-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held in November 2017 (next to be held not later than December 2019)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - 5 independent; composition - men 5, women 5, percent of women 50%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by UK High Commissioner to New Zealand and Governor (nonresident) of the Pitcairn Islands Laura CLARK (since 25 January 2018)" @@ -280,17 +291,6 @@ "text": "Charlene WARREN-PEU elected mayor and chairman of the Island Council; Island Council vote - NA" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Island Council (10 seats; 4 members directly elected by proportional representation vote, 1 nominated by the elected Council members, 2 appointed by the governor, and 3 ex-officio members - the governor, deputy governor, and commissioner; elected members serve 1-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held in November 2017 (next to be held not later than December 2019)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - 5 independent; composition - men 5, women 5, percent of women 50%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Pitcairn Court of Appeal (consists of the court president, 2 judges, and the Supreme Court chief justice, an ex-officio member); Pitcairn Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 2 judges); note - appeals beyond the Pitcairn Court of Appeal are referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ps.json b/australia-oceania/ps.json index 44f4b055..f587a9f1 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ps.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ps.json @@ -485,6 +485,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Congress or Olbiil Era Kelulau consists of:
Senate (13 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by majority vote to serve 4-year terms)
House of Delegates (16 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2024)
House of Delegates - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 13; composition - men 12, women 1; percent of women 7.7%
House of Delegates - percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 16; composition - men 15, women 1; percent of women 6.3%; note - overall percent of women in National Congress 6.9%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Surangel WHIPPS Jr. (since 21 January 2021); Vice President Jerrlyn Uduch Sengebau SENIOR (since 21 January 2021); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -502,17 +513,6 @@ "text": "Surangel WHIPPS, Jr. elected president (in second round); percent of vote - Surangel WHIPPS, Jr. (independent) 56.7%, Raynold OILUCH (independent) 43.3%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Congress or Olbiil Era Kelulau consists of:
Senate (13 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by majority vote to serve 4-year terms)
House of Delegates (16 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2024)
House of Delegates - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 13; composition - men 12, women 1; percent of women 7.7%
House of Delegates - percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 16; composition - men 15, women 1; percent of women 6.3%; note - overall percent of women in National Congress 6.9%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 3 associate justices organized into appellate trial divisions; the Supreme Court organization also includes the Common Pleas and Land Courts)" @@ -562,6 +562,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[680] 587-2911" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "USEmbassykoror@palaunet.lcom" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/rm.json b/australia-oceania/rm.json index dcc80413..346eec09 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/rm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/rm.json @@ -501,6 +501,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Parliament consists of:
Council of Iroij, a 12-member group of tribal leaders advises the Presidential Cabinet and reviews legislation affecting customary law or any traditional practice); members appointed to serve 1-year terms
Nitijela (33 seats; members in 19 single- and 5 multi-seat constituencies directly elected by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms); note - legislative power resides in the Nitijela" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 18 November 2019 (next to be held by November 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independent 33" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President David KABUA (since  13 January 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -518,17 +529,6 @@ "text": "David KABUA elected president; Parliament vote - David KABUA 20, Hilda C. HEINE 12" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Parliament consists of:
Council of Iroij, a 12-member group of tribal leaders advises the Presidential Cabinet and reviews legislation affecting customary law or any traditional practice); members appointed to serve 1-year terms
Nitijela (33 seats; members in 19 single- and 5 multi-seat constituencies directly elected by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms); note - legislative power resides in the Nitijela" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 18 November 2019 (next to be held by November 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independent 33" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 2 associate justices)" @@ -577,10 +577,13 @@ "text": "Oceanside, Mejen Weto, Long Island, Majuro" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 1379, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands 96960-1379" + "text": "4380 Majuro Place, Washington DC  20521-4380" }, "FAX": { "text": "[692] 247-4012" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "MAJConsular@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tl.json b/australia-oceania/tl.json index 6e612ffa..635d40bb 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tl.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tl.json @@ -319,6 +319,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "21 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral General Fono (20 seats apportioned by island - Atafu 7, Fakaofo 7, Nukunonu 6; members directly elected by simple majority vote to serve 3-year terms); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power to the General Fono" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 23 January 2020 depending on island (next to be held in January 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independent 20; composition - men 17, women 3, percent of women 15%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General of New Zealand Governor General Dame Patricia Lee REDDY (since 28 September 2016); New Zealand is represented by Administrator Ross ARDERN (since May 2018)" @@ -334,17 +345,6 @@ }, "note": "note: the meeting place of the Tokelau Council rotates annually among the three atolls; this tradition has given rise to the somewhat misleading description that the capital rotates yearly between the three atolls; in actuality, it is the seat of the government councilors that rotates since Tokelau has no capital" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral General Fono (20 seats apportioned by island - Atafu 7, Fakaofo 7, Nukunonu 6; members directly elected by simple majority vote to serve 3-year terms); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power to the General Fono" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 23 January 2020 depending on island (next to be held in January 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independent 20; composition - men 17, women 3, percent of women 15%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (in New Zealand) (consists of the court president and 8 judges sitting in 3- or 5-judge panels, depending on the case)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tn.json b/australia-oceania/tn.json index fc1de022..bb47d5a1 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tn.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tn.json @@ -512,6 +512,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "21 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fale Alea (up to 30 seats; - 26 for the 2017-19 term); 17 people's representatives directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, and 9 indirectly elected by hereditary leaders; members serve 3-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 16 November 2017 (next to be held in 2020)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 14, nobles' representatives 9,  independent 3; composition - men 24, women 2, percent of women 7.7%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King TUPOU VI (since 18 March 2012); Heir Apparent Crown Prince Siaosi Manumataogo 'Alaivahamama'o 'Ahoeitu Konstantin Tuku'aho, son of the king (born 17 September 1985); note - on 18 March 2012, King George TUPOU V died and his brother, Crown Prince TUPOUTO'A Lavaka, assumed the throne as TUPOU VI" @@ -530,17 +541,6 @@ }, "note": "note: a Privy Council advises the monarch" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fale Alea (up to 30 seats; - 26 for the 2017-19 term); 17 people's representatives directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, and 9 indirectly elected by hereditary leaders; members serve 3-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 16 November 2017 (next to be held in 2020)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 14, nobles' representatives 9,  independent 3; composition - men 24, women 2, percent of women 7.7%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and a number of judges determined by the monarch); note - appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are brought before the King in Privy Council, the monarch's advisory organ that has both judicial and legislative powers" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tv.json b/australia-oceania/tv.json index e17bbff7..a6516aa7 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tv.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tv.json @@ -446,6 +446,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral House of Assembly or Fale I Fono (16 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 9 September 2019 (next to be held on September 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 16 (9 members reelected)" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Acting Governor General Teniku TALESI Honolulu
(since 19 August 2019)" @@ -463,17 +474,6 @@ "text": "Kausea NATANO elected prime minister by House of Assembly; House of Assembly vote count on 19 September 2019 - 10 to 6" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of Assembly or Fale I Fono (16 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 9 September 2019 (next to be held on September 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 16 (9 members reelected)" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of the chief justice and not less than 3 appeals judges); High Court (consists of the chief justice); appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/wf.json b/australia-oceania/wf.json index 7b2d76ee..63bfbb8e 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/wf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/wf.json @@ -376,6 +376,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Territorial Assembly or Assemblee Territoriale (20 seats - Wallis 13, Futuna 7; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)
Wallis and Futuna indirectly elects 1 senator to the French Senate by an electoral college by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 6-year term, and directly elects 1 deputy to the French National Assembly by absolute majority vote for a 5-year term" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Territorial Assembly - last held on 26 March 2017 (next to be held in March 2022)
French Senate - last held on 28 September 2014 (next to be held by September 2020)
French National Assembly - last held on 11 June 2017 (next to be held in June 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Territorial Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - 2 members are elected from the list Fia gaue fakatahi kihe kaha'u e lelei and 1 each from 18 other lists; composition - men 14, women 6, percent of women 30%
French Senate - LR 1
French National Assembly - independent 1" + }, + "note": " " + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017); represented by Administrator Superior Herve JONATHAN (since 11 January 2021)" @@ -391,18 +403,6 @@ }, "note": "note: there are 3 traditional kings with limited powers" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Territorial Assembly or Assemblee Territoriale (20 seats - Wallis 13, Futuna 7; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)
Wallis and Futuna indirectly elects 1 senator to the French Senate by an electoral college by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 6-year term, and directly elects 1 deputy to the French National Assembly by absolute majority vote for a 5-year term" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Territorial Assembly - last held on 26 March 2017 (next to be held in March 2022)
French Senate - last held on 28 September 2014 (next to be held by September 2020)
French National Assembly - last held on 11 June 2017 (next to be held in June 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Territorial Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - 2 members are elected from the list Fia gaue fakatahi kihe kaha'u e lelei and 1 each from 18 other lists; composition - men 14, women 6, percent of women 30%
French Senate - LR 1
French National Assembly - independent 1" - }, - "note": " " - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Assizes or Cour d'Assizes (consists of 1 judge; court hears primarily serious criminal cases); note - appeals beyond the Court of Assizes are heard before the Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel (in Noumea, New Caledonia)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index 6ecd9565..4528d791 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -515,6 +515,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "21 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fono (51 seats for 2021-2026 term); members from 51 single-seat constituencies directly elected by simple majority vote, with a minimum 10% representation of women in the Assembly required; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "election last held on 9 April 2021 (next election to be held in 2026)
note - head of state TUIMALEALI'IFANO Va’aletoa Sualauvi II declared 9 April 2021 election void on 4 May 2021, new elections set for 21 May 2021; on 17 May 2021, the Supreme Court invalidated the head of state's order allowing the 9 April 2021 election results to stand" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - HRPP 55%, FAST 37%, TSP 3%, independents 5%; seats by party – initial election results - FAST 25, HRPP 25, independents 1; composition - men 46, women 5, percent of women 9.8% 
note - on 2 June 2021, the Court of Appeals declared that a sixth seat for women is required to meet the minimum 10% representation for women, but that the seat would not be filled until after all election petitions and by-elections are settled" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "TUIMALEALI'IFANO Va’aletoa Sualauvi II (since 21 July 2017)" @@ -532,17 +543,6 @@ "text": "TUIMALEALI'IFANO Va’aletoa Sualauvi unanimously elected by the Legislative Assembly on 5 July 2017" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fono (51 seats for 2021-2026 term); members from 51 single-seat constituencies directly elected by simple majority vote, with a minimum 10% representation of women in the Assembly required; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "election last held on 9 April 2021 (next election to be held in 2026)
note - head of state TUIMALEALI'IFANO Va’aletoa Sualauvi II declared 9 April 2021 election void on 4 May 2021, new elections set for 21 May 2021; on 17 May 2021, the Supreme Court invalidated the head of state's order allowing the 9 April 2021 election results to stand" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - HRPP 55%, FAST 37%, TSP 3%, independents 5%; seats by party – initial election results - FAST 25, HRPP 25, independents 1; composition - men 46, women 5, percent of women 9.8% 
note - on 2 June 2021, the Court of Appeals declared that a sixth seat for women is required to meet the minimum 10% representation for women, but that the seat would not be filled until after all election petitions and by-elections are settled" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of the chief justice and 2 Supreme Court judges and meets once or twice a year); Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and several judges)" @@ -588,10 +588,13 @@ "text": "Accident Corporation Building, 5th Floor, Matafele, Apia" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 3430, Matafele, Apia" + "text": "4400 Apia Place, Washington DC 20521-4400" }, "FAX": { "text": "[685] 22-030 (2018)" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "AmEmbApia@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json index 4ee1011b..8f5f511c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json @@ -427,6 +427,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislature or Staten (21 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 25 June 2021 (next to be held in June 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party MEP 35.3%, AVP 31.3%, ROOTS 9.4%, MAS 8%, Accion21 5.8%; seats by party - MEP 9, AVP 7, ROOTS 2, MAS 2, Accion21 1" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King WILLEM-ALEXANDER of the Netherlands (since 30 April 2013); represented by Governor General Alfonso BOEKHOUDT (since 1 January 2017)" @@ -444,17 +455,6 @@ "text": "Evelyn WEVER-CROES (MEP) elected prime minister; percent of legislative vote - NA" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislature or Staten (21 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 25 June 2021 (next to be held in June 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party MEP 35.3%, AVP 31.3%, ROOTS 9.4%, MAS 8%, Accion21 5.8%; seats by party - MEP 9, AVP 7, ROOTS 2, MAS 2, Accion21 1" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba or \"Joint Court of Justice\" (sits as a 3-judge panel); final appeals heard by the Supreme Court in The Hague, Netherlands" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json index ccdaf914..6e5d2158 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json @@ -456,6 +456,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (17 seats; members appointed by the governor general)
House of Representatives (18 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last appointed on 26 March 2018 (next NA)
House of Representatives - last held on 21 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate -  composition - men 8, women 9, percent of women 52.9%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - ABLP 59.4%, UPP 37.2%, BPM 1.4%, other 1.9% ; seats by party - ABLP 15, UPP 1, BPM 1; composition - men 16, women 2, percent of women 11.1%; note - total Parliament percent of women 31.4%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Rodney WILLIAMS (since 14 August 2014)" @@ -470,17 +481,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the governor general" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (17 seats; members appointed by the governor general)
House of Representatives (18 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last appointed on 26 March 2018 (next NA)
House of Representatives - last held on 21 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate -  composition - men 8, women 9, percent of women 52.9%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - ABLP 59.4%, UPP 37.2%, BPM 1.4%, other 1.9% ; seats by party - ABLP 15, UPP 1, BPM 1; composition - men 16, women 2, percent of women 11.1%; note - total Parliament percent of women 31.4%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the superior court of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; the ECSC - headquartered on St. Lucia - consists of the Court of Appeal - headed by the chief justice and 4 judges - and the High Court with 18 judges; the Court of Appeal is itinerant, travelling to member states on a schedule to hear appeals from the High Court and subordinate courts; High Court judges reside in the member states, with 2 assigned to Antigua and Barbuda" @@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "embassy": { - "text": "the US does not have an embassy in Antigua and Barbuda; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Antigua and Barbuda" + "text": "the US does not have an embassy in Antigua and Barbuda; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; [1] (246) 227-4000" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json index 4a844e21..5e516fcf 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json @@ -354,6 +354,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral House of Assembly (11 seats; 7 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 2 appointed by the governor, and 2 ex officio members - the attorney general and deputy governor; members serve five-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 29 June 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - APM 7, AUF 4; composition - NA" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Dileeni DANIEL-SELVARATNAM
(since 18 January 2021)" @@ -368,17 +379,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed premier by the governor" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of Assembly (11 seats; 7 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 2 appointed by the governor, and 2 ex officio members - the attorney general and deputy governor; members serve five-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 29 June 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - APM 7, AUF 4; composition - NA" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the superior court of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; the ECSC - headquartered on St. Lucia - consists of the Court of Appeal - headed by the chief justice and 4 judges - and the High Court with 18 judges; the Court of Appeal is itinerant, travelling to member states on a schedule to hear appeals from the High Court and subordinate courts; High Court judges reside in the member states, though none on Anguilla" @@ -400,9 +400,6 @@ "text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)" }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { - "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (246) 227-4000" - }, "embassy": { "text": "none (overseas territory of the UK); alternate contact is the US Embassy in Barbados [1] (246) 227-4000" } diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index 2f001ec2..0b167363 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -474,6 +474,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (21 seats; members appointed by the governor general - 12 on the advice of the Prime Minister, 2 on the advice of the opposition leader, and 7 at the discretion of the governor general)
House of Assembly (30 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last appointments on 5 June 2018 (next appointments NA)
House of Assembly - last held on 24 May 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - appointed; composition - men 16, women 5, percent of women 23.8%
House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - BLP 74.6%, DLP 22.6%, other 2.8%; seats by party - BLP 30; composition - men 24, women 6, percent of women 20%; note - total Parliament percent of women 21.6%" + }, + "note": "note: tradition dictates that the election is held within 5 years of the last election, but constitutionally it is 5 years from the first seating of Parliament plus a 90-day grace period" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Sandra MASON (since 8 January 2018)" @@ -488,18 +500,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of the majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the governor general; the prime minister recommends the deputy prime minister" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (21 seats; members appointed by the governor general - 12 on the advice of the Prime Minister, 2 on the advice of the opposition leader, and 7 at the discretion of the governor general)
House of Assembly (30 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last appointments on 5 June 2018 (next appointments NA)
House of Assembly - last held on 24 May 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - appointed; composition - men 16, women 5, percent of women 23.8%
House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - BLP 74.6%, DLP 22.6%, other 2.8%; seats by party - BLP 30; composition - men 24, women 6, percent of women 20%; note - total Parliament percent of women 21.6%" - }, - "note": "note: tradition dictates that the election is held within 5 years of the last election, but constitutionally it is 5 years from the first seating of Parliament plus a 90-day grace period" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the High Court with 8 justices) and the Court of Appeal (consists of the High Court chief justice and president of the court and 4 justices; note - in 2005, Barbados acceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final court of appeal, replacing that of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" @@ -539,16 +539,19 @@ "text": "Ambassador Linda S. TAGLIALATELA (since 1 February 2016) note - also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (246) 227-4000" + "text": "(246) 227-4000" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Wildey Business Park, St. Michael BB 14006, W.I." + "text": "Wildey Business Park, St. Michael BB 14006, Barbados, W.I." }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 302, Bridgetown BB 11000; (Department Name) Unit 3120, DPO AA 34055" + "text": "3120 Bridgetown Place, Washington DC  20521-3120" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (246) 431-0179" + "text": "(246) 431-0179" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "BridgetownACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json index 31306f29..54d1dbf6 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json @@ -436,6 +436,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (16 seats; members appointed by the governor general upon the advice of the prime minister and the opposition leader to serve 5-year terms)
House of Assembly (39 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last appointments on 24 May 2017 (next appointments in 2022)
House of Assembly - last held on 10 May 2017 (next to be held by May 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - appointed; composition - men 9, women 7, percent of women 43.8%
House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - FNM 57%, PLP 36.9%, other 6.1%; seats by party - FNM 35, PLP 4; composition - men 34, women 5, percent of women 12.8%; note - total Parliament percent of women 21.8%" + }, + "note": "note: the government may dissolve the parliament and call elections at any time" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Cornelius A. SMITH (since 28 June 2019)" @@ -451,18 +463,6 @@ }, "note": "note: Prime Minister Hubert MINNIS is only the fourth prime minister in Bahamian history following its independence from the UK; he is also the first prime minister in 25 years besides Perry CHRISTIE and Hubert INGRAHAM, who repeatedly traded the premiership from 1992 to 2017" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (16 seats; members appointed by the governor general upon the advice of the prime minister and the opposition leader to serve 5-year terms)
House of Assembly (39 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last appointments on 24 May 2017 (next appointments in 2022)
House of Assembly - last held on 10 May 2017 (next to be held by May 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - appointed; composition - men 9, women 7, percent of women 43.8%
House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - FNM 57%, PLP 36.9%, other 6.1%; seats by party - FNM 35, PLP 4; composition - men 34, women 5, percent of women 12.8%; note - total Parliament percent of women 21.8%" - }, - "note": "note: the government may dissolve the parliament and call elections at any time" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and 4 justices, organized in 3-member panels); Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and a maximum of 11 and a minimum of 2 justices)" @@ -506,16 +506,19 @@ "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d' Affaires Usha E. PITTS (since 1 January 2021)" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (242) 322-1181, 328-2206 (after hours)" + "text": "[1] (242) 322-1181" }, "embassy": { "text": "42 Queen Street, Nassau" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "local or express mail address: P. O. Box N-8197, Nassau; US Department of State, 3370 Nassau Place, Washington, DC 20521-3370" + "text": "3370 Nassau Place, Washington, DC 20521-3370" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (242) 356-7174" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "acsnassau@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index 2a5d1e99..eed3429f 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "English 62.9% (official), Spanish 56.6%, Creole 44.6%, Maya 10.5%, German 3.2%, Garifuna 2.9%, other 1.8%, unknown 0.3%, none 0.2% (cannot speak); note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2010 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)

La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)" } }, @@ -496,6 +496,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:
Senate (14 seats, including the president); members appointed by the governor general - 6 on the advice of the prime minister, 3 on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and 1 each on the advice of the Belize Council of Churches and Evangelical Association of Churches, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belize Better Business Bureau, non-governmental organizations in good standing, and the National Trade Union Congress and the Civil Society Steering Committee; Senate president elected from among the Senate members or from outside the Senate; members serve 5-year terms
House of Representatives (31 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate -  last appointed 11 November 2020 (next appointments in November 2025)
House of Representatives - last held on 11 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - all members appointed; composition - men 9, women 5, percent of women 35.7%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PUP 59.6%, UDP 38.8%, other 1.6%; seats by party - PUP 26, UDP 5; composition -  men 27, women 4, percent of women 12.9%; note - total percent of women in the National Assembly 20%" + }, + "note": " " + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Froyla TZALAM (since 27 May 2021)" @@ -510,18 +522,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the governor general; prime minister recommends the deputy prime minister" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:
Senate (14 seats, including the president); members appointed by the governor general - 6 on the advice of the prime minister, 3 on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and 1 each on the advice of the Belize Council of Churches and Evangelical Association of Churches, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belize Better Business Bureau, non-governmental organizations in good standing, and the National Trade Union Congress and the Civil Society Steering Committee; Senate president elected from among the Senate members or from outside the Senate; term of appointment NA
House of Representatives (31 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate -  last appointed 11 November 2020 (next appointments in November 2025)
House of Representatives - last held on 11 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PUP 59.6%, UDP 38.8%, other 1.6%; seats by party - PUP 26, UDP 5" - }, - "note": " " - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with the court president and 3 justices, and the Supreme Court with the chief justice and 10 justices); note - in 2010, Belize acceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final court of appeal, replacing that of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London" @@ -564,16 +564,19 @@ "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d’Affaires Keith R. GILGES (since 24 July 2018)" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[011] (501) 822-4011" + "text": "(501) 822-4011" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Floral Park Road, Belmopan City, Cayo District" + "text": "Floral Park Road, Belmopan, Cayo" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 497, Belmopan City, Cayo District, Belize" + "text": "3050 Belmopan Place, Washington DC  20521-3050" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[011] (501) 822-4012" + "text": "(501) 822-4012" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSBelize@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json index 2a4417cf..6a0d1158 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json @@ -406,6 +406,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament (21 seats; 19 members directly elected by majority vote and 2 ex officio members - the deputy governor and attorney general - appointed by the governor; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 14 April 2021 (next to be held on 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - independent 79.1%, PPM 19.6%; seats by party - independent 12, PPM 7" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Martyn ROPER (since 29 October 2018)" @@ -420,17 +431,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition appointed premier by the governor" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament (21 seats; 19 members directly elected by majority vote and 2 ex officio members - the deputy governor and attorney general - appointed by the governor; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 14 April 2021 (next to be held on 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - independent 79.1%, PPM 19.6%; seats by party - independent 12, PPM 7" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and at least 2 judges); Grand Court (consists of the court president and at least 2 judges); note - appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index 2d0b796a..80c8aaf6 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official), English" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -544,6 +544,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (57 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - corresponding to the country's 7 provinces - by closed list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 4 February 2018 (next to be held in February 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - PLN 19.5%, PRN 18.2%, PAC 16.3%, PUSC 14.6%, PIN 7.7%, PRS 4.2%, PFA 4%, ADC 2.5%, ML 2.3%, PASE 2.3%, PNG 2.2%, other 6.2%; seats by party - PLN 17, PRN 14, PAC 10, PUSC 9, PIN 4, PRS 2, PFA 1; composition - men 31, women 26, percent of women 45.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Carlos ALVARADO Quesada (since 8 May 2018); First Vice President Epsy CAMPBELL Barr (since 8 May 2018); Second Vice President Marvin RODRIGUEZ Cordero (since 8 May 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -561,17 +572,6 @@ "text": "
2018: Carlos ALVARADO Quesada elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Fabricio ALVARADO Munoz (PRN) 25%; Carlos ALVARADO Quesada (PAC) 21.6%; Antonio ALVAREZ (PLN) 18.6%; Rodolfo PIZA (PUSC) 16%; Juan Diego CASTRO (PIN) 9.5%; Rodolfo HERNANDEZ (PRS) 4.9%, other 4.4%; percent of vote in second round - Carlos ALVARADO Quesada (PAC) 60.7%; Fabricio ALVARADO Munoz (PRN) 39.3%

2014: Luis Guillermo SOLIS Rivera elected president; percent of vote - Luis Guillermo SOLIS Rivera (PAC) 77.8%; Johnny ARAYA (PLN) 22.2%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (57 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - corresponding to the country's 7 provinces - by closed list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 4 February 2018 (next to be held in February 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - PLN 19.5%, PRN 18.2%, PAC 16.3%, PUSC 14.6%, PIN 7.7%, PRS 4.2%, PFA 4%, ADC 2.5%, ML 2.3%, PASE 2.3%, PNG 2.2%, other 6.2%; seats by party - PLN 17, PRN 14, PAC 10, PUSC 9, PIN 4, PRS 2, PFA 1; composition - men 31, women 26, percent of women 45.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice (consists of 22 judges organized into 3 cassation chambers each with 5 judges and the Constitutional Chamber with 7 judges)" @@ -620,10 +620,13 @@ "text": "Calle 98 Via 104, Pavas, San Jose" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "APO AA 34020" + "text": "3180 St. George's Place, Washington DC  20521-3180" }, "FAX": { "text": "[506] 2519-2305" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "acssanjose@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json index 6e6848ce..f82acd77 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -538,6 +538,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "16 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly of People's Power or Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular (605 seats; members directly elected by absolute majority vote; members serve 5-year terms); note 1 - the National Candidature Commission submits a slate of approved candidates; to be elected, candidates must receive more than 50% of valid votes otherwise the seat remains vacant or the Council of State can declare another election; note 2 - in july 2019, the National Assembly passed a law which reduces the number of members from 605 to 474, effective with the 2023 general election" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 11 March 2018 (next to be held in early 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Cuba's Communist Party is the only legal party, and officially sanctioned candidates run unopposed; composition - men 283, women 322, percent of women 53.2%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Miguel DIAZ-CANEL Bermudez (since 10 October 2019); Vice President Salvador Antonio VALDES Mesa (since 10 October 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -556,17 +567,6 @@ }, "note": "note - on 19 April 2018, DIAZ-CANEL succeeded Raul CASTRO as president of the Council of State; on 10 October 2019 he was elected to the newly created position of President of the Republic, which replaced the position of President of the Council of State" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly of People's Power or Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular (605 seats; members directly elected by absolute majority vote; members serve 5-year terms); note 1 - the National Candidature Commission submits a slate of approved candidates; to be elected, candidates must receive more than 50% of valid votes otherwise the seat remains vacant or the Council of State can declare another election; note 2 - in july 2019, the National Assembly passed a law which reduces the number of members from 605 to 474, effective with the 2023 general election" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 11 March 2018 (next to be held in early 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Cuba's Communist Party is the only legal party, and officially sanctioned candidates run unopposed; composition - men 283, women 322, percent of women 53.2%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "People's Supreme Court (consists of court president, vice president, 41 professional justices, and NA lay judges); organization includes the State Council, criminal, civil, administrative, labor, crimes against the state, and military courts)" @@ -606,10 +606,13 @@ "text": "Calzada between L & M Streets, Vedado, Havana" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "3200 Havana Place, Washington DC  20521-3200" }, "FAX": { "text": "NA" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "acshavana@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json index 49d1a06f..edce6419 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json @@ -407,6 +407,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral House of Assembly (32 seats; 21 representatives directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 9 senators appointed by the president - 5 on the advice of the prime minister, and 4 on the advice of the leader of the opposition party, plus 2 ex-officio members - the house speaker and the attorney general; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 6 December 2019 (next to be held in 2024); note - tradition dictates that the election is held within 5 years of the last election, but technically it is 5 years from the first seating of parliament plus a 90-day grace period" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - DLP 59.0%, UWP 41.0%; seats by party - DLP 18, UWP 3" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Charles A. SAVARIN (since 2 October 2013)" @@ -424,17 +435,6 @@ "text": "Charles A. SAVARIN (DLP) reelected president unopposed" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of Assembly (32 seats; 21 representatives directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 9 senators appointed by the president - 5 on the advice of the prime minister, and 4 on the advice of the leader of the opposition party, plus 2 ex-officio members - the house speaker and the attorney general; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 6 December 2019 (next to be held in 2024); note - tradition dictates that the election is held within 5 years of the last election, but technically it is 5 years from the first seating of parliament plus a 90-day grace period" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - DLP 59.0%, UWP 41.0%; seats by party - DLP 18, UWP 3" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the superior court of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; the ECSC - headquartered on St. Lucia - consists of the Court of Appeal - headed by the chief justice and 4 judges - and the High Court with 18 judges; the Court of Appeal is itinerant, traveling to member states on a schedule to hear appeals from the High Court and subordinate courts; High Court judges reside in the member states, with 2 in Dominica; note - in 2015, Dominica acceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice as final court of appeal, replacing that of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in London" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index cc3a3fb0..a11c775d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -549,6 +549,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory; married persons regardless of age can vote; note - members of the armed forces and national police by law cannot vote" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Senate or Senado (32 seats; note - electoral system changes by the Central Election Commission are being challenged by the ruling party and opposition)
House of Representatives or Camara de Diputados (190 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held 2024)
House of Representatives - last held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held in 2024); note - the 2020 election was rescheduled from 17 May to 5 July 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PRM 17, PLD 6, PRSC 6, BIS 1, DXC 1, FP 1
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PRM 86, PLD 75,  PRSC 6, PRD 4, Broad Front 3, FP 3, AP 2, APD 2, BIS 2, DXC 2, other 5" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (since 16 August 2020); Vice President Raquel PENA de Antuna (since 16 August 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -566,17 +577,6 @@ "text": "
2020: Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona elected president in first round; percent of vote - Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (PRM) 52.5%, Gonzalo CASTILLO Terrero (PLD) 37.5%, Leonel Antonio FERNANDEZ Reyna (FP) 8.9% other 1.1%

2016: Danilo MEDINA Sanchez reelected president; percent of vote - Danilo MEDINA Sanchez (PLD) 61.7%, Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (PRM) 35%, other 3.3%; Margarita CEDENO DE FERNANDEZ (PLD) reelected vice president" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Senate or Senado (32 seats; note - electoral system changes by the Central Election Commission are being challenged by the ruling party and opposition)
House of Representatives or Camara de Diputados (190 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held 2024)
House of Representatives - last held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held in 2024); note - the 2020 election was rescheduled from 17 May to 5 July 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PRM 17, PLD 6, PRSC 6, BIS 1, DXC 1, FP 1
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PRM 86, PLD 75,  PRSC 6, PRD 4, Broad Front 3, FP 3, AP 2, APD 2, BIS 2, DXC 2, other 5" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia (consists of a minimum of 16 magistrates); Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucional (consists of 13 judges); note - the Constitutional Court was established in 2010 by constitutional amendment" @@ -625,10 +625,13 @@ "text": "Av. Republica de Colombia #57, Santo Domingo" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 5500, APO AA 34041-5500" + "text": "3470 Santo Domingo Place, Washington DC  20521-3470" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (809) 686-7437" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "SDOAmericans@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 069634b2..66099258 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official), Nawat (among some Amerindians)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -541,6 +541,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (84 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies and a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote to serve 3-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 28 February 2021 (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NI 66.46%, ARENA 12.18%, FMLN 6.91%, GANA 5.29%, PCN 4.08%, NT 1.7%, PDC 1.7%, V 1.01%; seats by party - NI 56, ARENA 14, GANA 5, FMLN 4, PCN 2, PDC 1, NT 1, V 1" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (since 1 June 2019); Vice President Felix Augusto Antonio ULLOA Garay (since 1 June 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -558,17 +569,6 @@ "text": "
2019: Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez elected president - Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (GANA) 53.1%, Carlos CALLEJA Hakker (ARENA) 31.72%, Hugo MARTINEZ (FMLN) 14.41%, other 0.77%

2014: Salvador SANCHEZ CEREN elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Salvador SANCHEZ CEREN (FMLN) 48.9%, Norman QUIJANO (ARENA) 39%, Antonio SACA (CN) 11.4%, other 0.7%; percent of vote in second round - Salvador SANCHEZ CEREN 50.1%, Norman QUIJANO 49.9%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (84 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies and a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote to serve 3-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 28 February 2021 (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NI 66.46%, ARENA 12.18%, FMLN 6.91%, GANA 5.29%, PCN 4.08%, NT 1.7%, PDC 1.7%, V 1.01%; seats by party - NI 56, ARENA 14, GANA 5, FMLN 4, PCN 2, PDC 1, NT 1, V 1" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 16 judges and 16 substitutes judges organized into Constitutional, Civil, Penal, and Administrative Conflict Chambers)" @@ -617,10 +617,13 @@ "text": "Final Boulevard Santa Elena, Antiguo Cuscatlan, La Libertad, San Salvador" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 3450, APO AA 34023; 3450 San Salvador Place, Washington, DC 20521-3450" + "text": "3450 San Salvador Place, Washington, DC 20521-3450" }, "FAX": { "text": "[503] 2501-2150" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSSanSal@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json index eb779ac5..bfa16c62 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json @@ -451,6 +451,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (13 seats; members appointed by the governor general - 10 on the advice of the prime minister and 3 on the advice of the leader of the opposition party; members serve 5-year terms)
House of Representatives (15 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last appointments on 27 April 2018 (next no later than2023)
House of Representatives - last held on 13 March 2018 (next no later than 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 11, women 2 percent of women 15.4%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NNP 58.9%, NDC 40.5%; other 0.6% seats by party - NNP 15; composition - men 8, women 7, percent of women 46.7%; note - total Parliament percent of women 32.1%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Cecile LA GRENADE (since 7 May 2013)" @@ -465,17 +476,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the governor general" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (13 seats; members appointed by the governor general - 10 on the advice of the prime minister and 3 on the advice of the leader of the opposition party; members serve 5-year terms)
House of Representatives (15 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last appointments on 27 April 2018 (next no later than2023)
House of Representatives - last held on 13 March 2018 (next no later than 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 11, women 2 percent of women 15.4%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NNP 58.9%, NDC 40.5%; other 0.6% seats by party - NNP 15; composition - men 8, women 7, percent of women 46.7%; note - total Parliament percent of women 32.1%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "regionally, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the superior court of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; the ECSC - headquartered on St. Lucia - consists of the Court of Appeal - headed by the chief justice and 4 judges - and the High Court with 18 judges; the Court of Appeal is itinerant, traveling to member states on a schedule to hear appeals from the High Court and subordinate courts; High Court judges reside in the member states, with 2 in Grenada; appeals beyond the ECSC in civil and criminal matters are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" @@ -521,10 +521,13 @@ "text": "Lance-aux-Epines, Saint George's" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 54, Saint George's" + "text": "3180 Grenada Place, Washington DC  20521-3180" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (473) 444-4820" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "StgeorgesACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json index 8d7ed3f5..978d86d1 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official) 69.9%, Maya languages 29.7% (Q'eqchi' 8.3%, K'iche 7.8%, Mam 4.4%, Kaqchikel 3%, Q'anjob'al 1.2%, Poqomchi' 1%, other 4%), other 0.4% (includes Xinca and Garifuna); note - the 2003 Law of National Languages officially recognized 23 indigenous languages, including 21 Maya languages, Xinca, and Garifuna (2018 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -541,6 +541,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal; note - active duty members of the armed forces and police by law cannot vote and are restricted to their barracks on election day" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de la Republica (158 seats; 127 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies in the country's 22 departments by simple majority vote and 31 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list, proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms); note - two additional seats will be added to the new congress when it is seated in January 2020" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 16 June 2019 (next to be held on June 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UNE 53, VAMOS 16, UCN 12, VALOR 9, BIEN 8, FCN-NACION 8, SEMILLA 7, TODOS 7, VIVA 7, CREO 6, PHG 6, VICTORIA 4, Winaq 4, PC 3, PU 3, URNG 3, PAN 2, MLP 1, PODEMOS 1" + }, + "note": "note: current seats by party as of 1 June 2019 - FCN 37, UNE 32, MR 20, TODOS 17, AC 12, EG 7, UCN 6, CREO 5, LIDER 5, VIVA 4, Convergence 3, PAN 3, PP 2, FUERZA 1, PU 1, URNG 1, Winaq 1, independent 1; composition - men 136, women 22, percent of women 13.9%" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Alejandro GIAMMATTEI (since 14 January 2020); Vice President Cesar Guillermo CASTILLO Reyes (since 14 January 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -558,18 +570,6 @@ "text": "2019: Alejandro GIAMMATTEI elected president; percent of vote in first round - Sandra TORRES (UNE) 25.54%, Alejandro GIAMMATTEI (VAMOS) 13.95%, Edmond MULET (PHG) 11.21%, Thelma CABRERA (MLP) 10.37%, Roberto ARZU (PAN-PODEMOS) 6.08%; percent of vote in second round - Alejandro GIAMMATTEI (VAMOS) 58%, Sandra TORRES (UNE) 42%

2015: Jimmy Ernesto MORALES Cabrera elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Jimmy Ernesto MORALES Cabrera (FNC) 23.9%, Sandra TORRES (UNE) 19.8%, Manuel BALDIZON (LIDER) 19.6%, other 36.7%; percent of vote in second round - Jimmy Ernesto MORALES Cabrera 67.4%, Sandra TORRES 32.6%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de la Republica (158 seats; 127 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies in the country's 22 departments by simple majority vote and 31 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list, proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms); note - two additional seats will be added to the new congress when it is seated in January 2020" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 16 June 2019 (next to be held on June 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UNE 53, VAMOS 16, UCN 12, VALOR 9, BIEN 8, FCN-NACION 8, SEMILLA 7, TODOS 7, VIVA 7, CREO 6, PHG 6, VICTORIA 4, Winaq 4, PC 3, PU 3, URNG 3, PAN 2, MLP 1, PODEMOS 1" - }, - "note": "note: current seats by party as of 1 June 2019 - FCN 37, UNE 32, MR 20, TODOS 17, AC 12, EG 7, UCN 6, CREO 5, LIDER 5, VIVA 4, Convergence 3, PAN 3, PP 2, FUERZA 1, PU 1, URNG 1, Winaq 1, independent 1; composition - men 136, women 22, percent of women 13.9%" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 13 magistrates, including the court president and organized into 3 chambers); note - the court president also supervises trial judges countrywide; Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitucionalidad (consists of 5 titular magistrates and 5 substitute magistrates)" @@ -619,10 +619,13 @@ "text": "7-01 Avenida Reforma, Zone 10, Guatemala City" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "DPO AA 34024" + "text": "3190 Guatemala Place, Washington DC  20521-3190" }, "FAX": { "text": "[502] 2326-4654" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "AmCitsGuatemala@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index e55930ba..a40b1f31 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "French (official), Creole (official)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -529,6 +529,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral legislature or le Corps l'egislatif ou le Parlement consists of:
le S'enat or Senate (30 seats, 29 filled as of June 2019; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)
la Chambre de deput'es or Chamber of Deputies (119 seats; 116 filled as of June 2019; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year terms); note - when the 2 chambers meet collectively it is known as L'Assembl'ee nationale or the National Assembly and is convened for specific purposes spelled out in the constitution" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 20 November 2016 with runoff on 29 January 2017 (next scheduled for 27 October 2019)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 9 August 2015 with runoff on 25 October 2015 and 20 November 2016 (next scheduled for 27 October 2019)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 27, women 1, percent of women 3.6%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 115, women 3, percent of women 2.5%; note - total legislature percent of women 2.7%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Interim President Claude JOSEPH (since 7 July 2021); note - Acting Prime Minister Claude JOSEPH assumed the responsibilities of president following the assassination of President Jovenel MOISE on 7 July 2021; an election is expected to be held later this year; MOISE had been president since 7 February 2017" @@ -546,17 +557,6 @@ "text": "
2016: Jovenel MOISE elected president in first round; percent of vote - Jovenel MOISE (PHTK) 55.6%, Jude CELESTIN (LAPEH) 19.6%, Jean-Charles MOISE (PPD) 11%, Maryse NARCISSE (FL) 9%; other 4.8%

2011: Michel MARTELLY elected president in runoff; percent of vote - Michel MARTELLY (Peasant's Response) 68%, Mirlande MANIGAT (RDNP) 32%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral legislature or le Corps l'egislatif ou le Parlement consists of:
le S'enat or Senate (30 seats, 29 filled as of June 2019; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)
la Chambre de deput'es or Chamber of Deputies (119 seats; 116 filled as of June 2019; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year terms); note - when the 2 chambers meet collectively it is known as L'Assembl'ee nationale or the National Assembly and is convened for specific purposes spelled out in the constitution" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 20 November 2016 with runoff on 29 January 2017 (next scheduled for 27 October 2019)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 9 August 2015 with runoff on 25 October 2015 and 20 November 2016 (next scheduled for 27 October 2019)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 27, women 1, percent of women 3.6%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 115, women 3, percent of women 2.5%; note - total legislature percent of women 2.7%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Cour de cassation (consists of a chief judge and other judges); note - Haiti is a member of the Caribbean Court of Justice" @@ -603,10 +603,13 @@ "text": "Tabarre 41, Route de Tabarre, Port-au-Prince" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "(in Haiti) P.O. Box 1634, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; (from abroad) 3400 Port-au-Prince, State Department, Washington, DC 20521-3400" + "text": "3400 Port-au-Prince Place, Washington, DC 20521-3400" }, "FAX": { "text": "[509] 229-8028" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "acspap@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index 71e23cbb..66cf232b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -545,6 +545,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 27 November 2017 (next to be held on 27 November 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - PNH 47.7%, LIBRE 23.4%, PL 20.3%, AP 3.1%, PINU 3.1%, DC 0.8%, PAC 0.8%, UD 0.8%; seats by party - PNH 61, LIBRE 30, PL 26, AP 4, PINU 4, DC 1, PAC 1, UD 1; composition - men 101, women 27, percent of women 21.1%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado (since 27 January 2014); Vice Presidents Ricardo ALVAREZ, Maria RIVERA, and Olga ALVARADO (since 26 January 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -562,17 +573,6 @@ "text": "
2017: Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado reelected president; percent of vote - Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado (PNH) 43%, Salvador NASRALLA (Alianza de Oposicion conta la Dictadura) 41.4%, Luis Orlando ZELAYA Medrano (PL) 14.7%, other .9%

2013: Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado elected president; percent of vote - Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado (PNH) 36.9%, Xiomara CASTRO (LIBRE) 28.8%, Mauricio VILLEDA (PL) 20.3%, Salvador NASRALLA (PAC) 13.4%, other 0.6%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 27 November 2017 (next to be held on 27 November 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - PNH 47.7%, LIBRE 23.4%, PL 20.3%, AP 3.1%, PINU 3.1%, DC 0.8%, PAC 0.8%, UD 0.8%; seats by party - PNH 61, LIBRE 30, PL 26, AP 4, PINU 4, DC 1, PAC 1, UD 1; composition - men 101, women 27, percent of women 21.1%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (15 principal judges, including the court president, and 7 alternates; court organized into civil, criminal, constitutional, and labor chambers); note - the court has both judicial and constitutional jurisdiction" @@ -621,10 +621,13 @@ "text": "Avenida La Paz, Tegucigalpa M.D.C." }, "mailing address": { - "text": "American Embassy, APO AA 34022, Tegucigalpa" + "text": "3480 Tegucigalpa Place, Washington DC  20521-3480" }, "FAX": { "text": "[504] 2236-9037" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "usahonduras@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index 37e6946d..d98a0c8a 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -504,6 +504,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (21 seats; members appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister and the opposition leader - 13 seats allocated to the ruling party and 8 to the opposition party; members serve 5-year terms or until Parliament is dissolved)
House of Representatives (63 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms or until Parliament is dissolved)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last full slate of appointments on 10 March 2016 (next full slate early on 3 September 2020, following dissolution in mid-August)
House of Representatives - last held on 3 September 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 16, women 5, percent of women 23.8%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - JLP 57%, PNP 42.8%, independent 0.2%; seats by party - JLP 48, PNP 15; composition - men 45, women 18; percent of women 28.6%; note - total Parliament percent of women 27.4%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Sir Patrick L. ALLEN (since 26 February 2009)" @@ -518,17 +529,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition in the House of Representatives is appointed prime minister by the governor general" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (21 seats; members appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister and the opposition leader - 13 seats allocated to the ruling party and 8 to the opposition party; members serve 5-year terms or until Parliament is dissolved)
House of Representatives (63 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms or until Parliament is dissolved)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last full slate of appointments on 10 March 2016 (next full slate early on 3 September 2020, following dissolution in mid-August)
House of Representatives - last held on 3 September 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 16, women 5, percent of women 23.8%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - JLP 57%, PNP 42.8%, independent 0.2%; seats by party - JLP 48, PNP 15; composition - men 45, women 18; percent of women 28.6%; note - total Parliament percent of women 27.4%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of president of the court and a minimum of 4 judges); Supreme Court (40 judges organized in specialized divisions); note - appeals beyond Jamaica's highest courts are referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) rather than to the Caribbean Court of Justice (the appellate court for member states of the Caribbean Community)" @@ -577,10 +577,13 @@ "text": "142 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 541, Kingston 5" + "text": "3210 Kingston Place, Washington DC  20521-3210" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (876) 702-6001 (2018)" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "KingstonACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json index 8c96f145..37b7d89c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json @@ -351,6 +351,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly (11 seats; 9 members directly elected in a single constituency by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds to serve 5-year terms and 2 ex-officio members - the attorney general and financial secretary)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 18 November 2019 (next scheduled for 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - MCAP 42.7%, PDM 29.9%, other 17.1%; seats by party - MCAP 5, PDM 3, independent 1" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Andrew PEARCE (since 1 February 2018)" @@ -365,17 +376,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party usually becomes premier" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly (11 seats; 9 members directly elected in a single constituency by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds to serve 5-year terms and 2 ex-officio members - the attorney general and financial secretary)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 18 November 2019 (next scheduled for 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - MCAP 42.7%, PDM 29.9%, other 17.1%; seats by party - MCAP 5, PDM 3, independent 1" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the superior court of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; the ECSC - headquartered on St. Lucia - consists of the Court of Appeal - headed by the chief justice and 4 judges - and the High Court with 18 judges; the Court of Appeal is itinerant, traveling to member states on a schedule to hear appeals from the High Court and subordinate courts; High Court judges reside in the member states, with 1 assigned to Montserrat; Montserrat is also a member of the Caribbean Court of Justice" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json index d98fc5c9..30f838e7 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json @@ -313,6 +313,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "

18 years of age; universal

" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament of Sint Maarten (15 seats; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held 9 January 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA 35.2%, UP 24.2%, US Party 13.2%, PFP 10.6%, UD 8.7%, other 8.1%; seats by party - NA 6, UP 4, PFP 2, US Party 2, UD 1" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King WILLEM-ALEXANDER of the Netherlands (since 30 April 2013); represented by Governor General Eugene HOLIDAY (since 10 October 2010)" @@ -328,17 +339,6 @@ }, "note": "note - on 16 January 2020, Governor Eugene HOLIDAY appoints Silveria JACOBS as formateur of a new government" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament of Sint Maarten (15 seats; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held 9 January 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA 35.2%, UP 24.2%, US Party 13.2%, PFP 10.6%, UD 8.7%, other 8.1%; seats by party - NA 6, UP 4, PFP 2, US Party 2, UD 1" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba or \"Joint Court of Justice\" (consists of the presiding judge, other members, and their substitutes); final appeals heard by the Supreme Court (in The Hague, Netherlands); note - prior to 2010, the Joint Court of Justice was the Common Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index 43ad67b5..29016a8b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official) 95.3%, Miskito 2.2%, Mestizo of the Caribbean coast 2%, other 0.5%; note - English and indigenous languages found on the Caribbean coast (2005 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -530,6 +530,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "16 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (92 seats; 70 members in multi-seat constituencies and 20 members in a single nationwide constituency directly elected by proportional representation vote; 2 seats reserved for the previous president and the runner-up candidate in the previous presidential election; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 6 November 2016 (next to be held on 7 November 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FSLN 71, PLC 14, ALN 2, PLI 2, APRE 1, PC 1, YATAMA 1; composition - men 50, women 42, percent of women 45.7%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (since 10 January 2007); Vice President Rosario MURILLO Zambrana (since 10 January 2017); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -547,17 +558,6 @@ "text": "
2016: Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra reelected president; percent of vote - Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (FSLN) 72.4%, Maximino RODRIGUEZ (PLC) 15%, Jose del Carmen ALVARADO (PLI) 4.5%, Saturnino CERRATO Hodgson (ALN) 4.3%, other 3.7%

2011: Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra reelected president; percent of vote - Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (FSLN) 62.5%, Fabio GADEA Mantilla (PLI) 31%, Arnoldo ALEMAN (PLC) 5.9%, other 0.6%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (92 seats; 70 members in multi-seat constituencies and 20 members in a single nationwide constituency directly elected by proportional representation vote; 2 seats reserved for the previous president and the runner-up candidate in the previous presidential election; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 6 November 2016 (next to be held on 7 November 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FSLN 71, PLC 14, ALN 2, PLI 2, APRE 1, PC 1, YATAMA 1; composition - men 50, women 42, percent of women 45.7%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 16 judges organized into administrative, civil, criminal, and constitutional chambers)" @@ -603,10 +603,13 @@ "text": "Kilometer 5.5 Carretera Sur, Managua" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "American Embassy Managua, APO AA 34021" + "text": "3240 Managua Place, Washington DC  20521-3240" }, "FAX": { "text": "[505] 2252-7250" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACS.Managua@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index f1da0358..c9fe5f01 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official), indigenous languages (including Ngabere (or Guaymi), Buglere, Kuna, Embera, Wounaan, Naso (or Teribe), and Bri Bri), Panamanian English Creole (similar to Jamaican English Creole; a mixture of English and Spanish with elements of Ngabere; also known as Guari Guari and Colon Creole), English, Chinese (Yue and Hakka), Arabic, French Creole, other (Yiddish, Hebrew, Korean, Japanese); note - many Panamanians are bilingual" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -539,6 +539,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (71 seats; 45 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - populous towns and cities - by proportional representation vote and 26 directly elected in single-seat constituencies - outlying rural districts - by plurality vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 5 May 2019 (next to be held in May 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PRD 35, CD 18, Panamenista 8, MOLIRENA 5, independent 5; composition - men 55, women 16, percent of women 22.5%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Laurentino \"Nito\" CORTIZO Cohen (since 1 July 2019); Vice President Jose Gabriel CARRIZO Jaen (since 1 July 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -556,17 +567,6 @@ "text": "
2019: Laurentino \"Nito\" CORTIZO Cohen elected president; percent of vote - Laurentino CORTIZO Cohen (PRD) 33.3%, Romulo ROUX (CD) 31%, Ricardo LOMBANA (independent) 18.8%, Jose BLANDON (Panamenista Party) 10.8%, Ana Matilde GOMEZ Ruiloba (independent) 4.8%, other 1.3%

2014: Juan Carlos VARELA elected president; percent of vote - Juan Carlos VARELA (PP) 39.1%, Jose Domingo ARIAS (CD) 31.4%, Juan Carlos NAVARRO (PRD) 28.2%, other 1.3%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (71 seats; 45 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - populous towns and cities - by proportional representation vote and 26 directly elected in single-seat constituencies - outlying rural districts - by plurality vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 5 May 2019 (next to be held in May 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PRD 35, CD 18, Panamenista 8, MOLIRENA 5, independent 5; composition - men 55, women 16, percent of women 22.5%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 9 magistrates and 9 alternates and divided into civil, criminal, administrative, and general business chambers)" @@ -609,13 +609,16 @@ "text": "[507] 317-5000" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Edificio 783, Avenida Demetrio Basilio Lakas Avenue, Clayton" + "text": "9100 Panama City Place, Washington DC  20521-9100" }, "mailing address": { "text": "American Embassy Panama, Unit 0945, APO AA 34002; American Embassy Panama, 9100 Panama City PL, Washington, DC 20521-9100" }, "FAX": { "text": "[507] 317-5445 (2018)" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "Panama-ACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json index 3f02a7a1..bcb1aeca 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "French (official), English, Dutch, French Patois, Spanish, Papiamento (dialect of Netherlands Antilles)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -255,6 +255,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age, universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Territorial Council (23 seats; members directly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms); Saint Martin elects 1 member to the French Senate and one member (shared with Saint Barthelemy) to the French National Assembly" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Territorial Council - last held on 18 and 25 March 2017 (next to be held in March 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Territorial Council - percent of vote by party (first round) - TDG 49.1%, MJP 13.7%, MVP 12.3%, HOPE 8.7%, Continuons pour Saint-Martin 6.5%, other 9.7%; seats by party - NA; percent of vote by party (second round) - TDG 64.3%, MJP 24.2%, MVP 11.5.5%; seats by party - TDG 18, MJP 4, MVP 1; composition - men 13, women 10, percent of women 43.5%" + }, + "note": "French Senate - held on 28 September 2014 (next to be held not later than September 2020) French National Assembly - last held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (next to be held by June 2022) French Senate - 1 seat: UMP 1 French National Assembly - 1 seat: UMP 1" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017); represented by Prefect Serge GOUTEYRON (since 16 December 2020)" @@ -272,18 +284,6 @@ "text": "Daniel GIBBS (TDG) elected president; Territorial Council vote - 18 votes, 4 blank, 1 invalid" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Territorial Council (23 seats; members directly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms); Saint Martin elects 1 member to the French Senate and one member (shared with Saint Barthelemy) to the French National Assembly" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Territorial Council - last held on 18 and 25 March 2017 (next to be held in March 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Territorial Council - percent of vote by party (first round) - TDG 49.1%, MJP 13.7%, MVP 12.3%, HOPE 8.7%, Continuons pour Saint-Martin 6.5%, other 9.7%; seats by party - NA; percent of vote by party (second round) - TDG 64.3%, MJP 24.2%, MVP 11.5.5%; seats by party - TDG 18, MJP 4, MVP 1; composition - men 13, women 10, percent of women 43.5%" - }, - "note": "French Senate - held on 28 September 2014 (next to be held not later than September 2020) French National Assembly - last held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (next to be held by June 2022) French Senate - 1 seat: UMP 1 French National Assembly - 1 seat: UMP 1" - }, "Political parties and leaders": { "text": "Continuons pour St. Martin [Aline HANSON]
En marche vers le progres or MVP [Alain RICHARDSON]
Gereration Hope or HOPE [Jules CHARVILLE]
Movement for Justice and Prosperity or MJP [Louis MUSSINGTON]
New Direction [Jeanne VANTERPOOL]
Rally Responsibility Success (Rassemblement Responsabilite Reussite or RRR [Alain RICHARDSON]
Team Daniel Gibbs 2017 or TDG [Daniel GIBBS]
Union for Progress (Union Pour le Progres or UPP) [Louis-Constant FLEMING]; affiliated with UMP" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json index 4203e7b9..265888d3 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish, English" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -442,6 +442,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal; note - island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa consists of:
Senate or Senado (30 seats; 16 members directly elected in 8 2-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 14 at-large members directly elected by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives or Camara de Representantes (51 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 8 November 2016 (next to be held on 3 November 2020)
House of Representatives - last held on 8 November 2016 (next to be held on 3 November 2020)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PNP 21, PPD 7, PIP 1, Independent 1; composition - men 23, women 7, percent of women 23.3%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PNP 34, PPD 16, PIP 1; composition - men 11, women 4, percent of women 26.7%; total Legislative Assembly percent of women 16%
note: Puerto Rico directly elects 1 member by simple majority vote to serve a 4-year term as a commissioner to the US House of Representatives; the commissioner can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the Committee of the Whole House but not when legislation is submitted for a 'full floor' House vote; election of commissioner last held on 6 November 2018 (next to be held in November 2022)" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. (since 20 January 2021); Vice President Kamala D. HARRIS (since 20 January 2021)" @@ -460,17 +471,6 @@ }, "note": "note: on 24 July 2019, Governor Ricardo ROSSELLO announced his resignation effective 2 August 2019; as Secretary of State, Pedro PIERLUISI succeeded Governor Ricardo ROSSELLO; on 7 August 2019 the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ruled Pedro PIERLUISI accession was unconstitutional and Wanda VAZQUEZ is sworn in as governor" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa consists of:
Senate or Senado (30 seats; 16 members directly elected in 8 2-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 14 at-large members directly elected by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives or Camara de Representantes (51 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 8 November 2016 (next to be held on 3 November 2020)
House of Representatives - last held on 8 November 2016 (next to be held on 3 November 2020)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PNP 21, PPD 7, PIP 1, Independent 1; composition - men 23, women 7, percent of women 23.3%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PNP 34, PPD 16, PIP 1; composition - men 11, women 4, percent of women 26.7%; total Legislative Assembly percent of women 16%
note: Puerto Rico directly elects 1 member by simple majority vote to serve a 4-year term as a commissioner to the US House of Representatives; the commissioner can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the Committee of the Whole House but not when legislation is submitted for a 'full floor' House vote; election of commissioner last held on 6 November 2018 (next to be held in November 2022)" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 8 associate justices)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json index 4af24d55..e5bffef7 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json @@ -454,6 +454,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly (14 or 15 seats, depending on inclusion of attorney general; 11 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 3 appointed by the governor general - 2 on the advice of the prime minister and the third on the advice of the opposition leader; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 5 June 2020 (next to be held on 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - Team Unity (PAM, CCM,PLP) 56.4%, SKNLP 34.5%, NRP 9%; seats by party - PAM 4, SKNLP 2, CCM 3, PLP 2" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Samuel W.T. SEATON (since 2 September 2015); note - SEATON was acting Governor General from 20 May to 2 September 2015" @@ -468,17 +479,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by governor general; deputy prime minister appointed by governor general" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly (14 or 15 seats, depending on inclusion of attorney general; 11 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 3 appointed by the governor general - 2 on the advice of the prime minister and the third on the advice of the opposition leader; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 5 June 2020 (next to be held on 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - Team Unity (PAM, CCM,PLP) 56.4%, SKNLP 34.5%, NRP 9%; seats by party - PAM 4, SKNLP 2, CCM 3, PLP 2" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the superior court of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; the ECSC - headquartered on St. Lucia - consists of the Court of Appeal - headed by the chief justice and 4 judges - and the High Court with 18 judges; the Court of Appeal is itinerant, traveling to member states on a schedule to hear appeals from the High Court and subordinate courts; High Court judges reside in the member states, with 2 assigned to Saint Kitts and Nevis; note - the ECSC in 2003 replaced the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) as the final court of appeal on Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Kitts and Nevis is also a member of the Caribbean Court of Justice" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index a333fb91..6a9ee773 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -485,6 +485,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (11 seats; 6 members appointed on the advice of the prime minister, 3 on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and 2 upon consultation with religious, economic, and social groups; members serve 5-year terms)
House of Assembly (17 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last appointments on 12 July 2016 (next in 2021)
House of Assembly - last held on 26 July 2021 (next to be held in 2026)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 8, women 3, percent of women 27.3%
House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - SLP 50.1%, UWP 42.9%, independent 6.6%; seats by party - SLP 13, UWP 2, independent 2; composition - NA, percent of women NA; note - total Parliament percent of women NA" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Neville CENAC (since 12 January 2018)" @@ -499,17 +510,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by governor general; deputy prime minister appointed by governor general" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (11 seats; 6 members appointed on the advice of the prime minister, 3 on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and 2 upon consultation with religious, economic, and social groups; members serve 5-year terms)
House of Assembly (17 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last appointments on 12 July 2016 (next in 2021)
House of Assembly - last held on 26 July 2021 (next to be held in 2026)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 8, women 3, percent of women 27.3%
House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - SLP 44.1%, UWP 42.9%, independent 6.8%; seats by party - SLP 13, UWP 2, independent 2; composition - NA, percent of women NA; note - total Parliament percent of women NA" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the superior court of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; the ECSC - headquartered on St. Lucia - consists of the Court of Appeal - headed by the chief justice and 4 judges - and the High Court with 18 judges; the Court of Appeal is itinerant, traveling to member states on a schedule to hear appeals from the High Court and subordinate courts; High Court judges reside in the member states with 4 on Saint Lucia; Saint Lucia is a member of the Caribbean Court of Justice" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json index abaedfaf..ef1986b9 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "French (primary), English" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -243,6 +243,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age, universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Territorial Council (19 seats; members elected by absolute majority vote in the first round vote and proportional representation vote in the second round; members serve 5-year terms); Saint Barthelemy indirectly elects 1 senator to the French Senate by an electoral college for a 6-year term and directly elects 1 deputy (shared with Saint Martin) to the French National Assembly" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Territorial Council - last held on 19 March 2017 (next to be held in September 2022) French Senate - election last held 24 September 2017 (next to be held in September 2020) French National Assembly - election last held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (next to be held by June 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Territorial Council - percent of vote by party - SBA 53.7%, United for Saint Barth 20.6%, Saint Barth Essential 18.1%, All for Saint Barth 7.7%; seats by party - SBA 14, United for Saint Barth 2, Saint Barth Essential 2, All for Saint Barth 1; composition - men 9, women 10, percent of women 52.6%; French Senate - percent of vote by party NA; seats by party UMP 1 French National Assembly - percent of vote by party NA; seats by party UMP 1" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017), represented by Prefect Serge GOUTEYRON (since 16 December 2020)" @@ -260,17 +271,6 @@ "text": "Bruno MAGRAS (SBA) reelected president; Territorial Council vote - NA" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Territorial Council (19 seats; members elected by absolute majority vote in the first round vote and proportional representation vote in the second round; members serve 5-year terms); Saint Barthelemy indirectly elects 1 senator to the French Senate by an electoral college for a 6-year term and directly elects 1 deputy (shared with Saint Martin) to the French National Assembly" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Territorial Council - last held on 19 March 2017 (next to be held in September 2022) French Senate - election last held 24 September 2017 (next to be held in September 2020) French National Assembly - election last held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (next to be held by June 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Territorial Council - percent of vote by party - SBA 53.7%, United for Saint Barth 20.6%, Saint Barth Essential 18.1%, All for Saint Barth 7.7%; seats by party - SBA 14, United for Saint Barth 2, Saint Barth Essential 2, All for Saint Barth 1; composition - men 9, women 10, percent of women 52.6%; French Senate - percent of vote by party NA; seats by party UMP 1 French National Assembly - percent of vote by party NA; seats by party UMP 1" - } - }, "Political parties and leaders": { "text": "All for Saint Barth (Tous pour Saint-Barth) [Bettina COINTRE]
Saint Barth Essential (Saint-Barth Autrement) [Marie-Helene BERNIER]
Saint Barth First! (Saint-Barth d'Abord!) or SBA [Bruno MAGRAS]
Saint Barth United (Unis pour Saint-Barthelemy) [Xavier LEDEE]" }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index 30ae3d2b..bfb49c18 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -470,6 +470,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (31 seats; 16 members appointed by the ruling party, 9 by the president, and 6 by the opposition party; members serve 5-year terms;)
House of Representatives 42 seats; 41 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and the house speaker - usually designated from outside Parliament; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last appointments on 23 September 2015 (next in 2020)
House of Representatives - last held on 10 August 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 21, women 10, percent of women 32.3%
House of Representatives - percent by party - NA; seats by party - PNM 22, UNC 19; composition - NA" + }, + "note": "note: Tobago has a unicameral House of Assembly (19 seats; 15 assemblymen directly elected by simple majority vote and 4 appointed councillors - 3 on the advice of the chief secretary and 1 on the advice of the minority leader; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Paula-Mae WEEKES (since 19 March 2018)" @@ -487,18 +499,6 @@ "text": "Paula-Mae WEEKES (independent) elected president; ran unopposed and was elected without a vote; she is Trinidad and Tabago's first female head of state" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (31 seats; 16 members appointed by the ruling party, 9 by the president, and 6 by the opposition party; members serve 5-year terms;)
House of Representatives 42 seats; 41 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and the house speaker - usually designated from outside Parliament; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last appointments on 23 September 2015 (next in 2020)
House of Representatives - last held on 10 August 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 21, women 10, percent of women 32.3%
House of Representatives - percent by party - NA; seats by party - PNM 22, UNC 19; composition - NA" - }, - "note": "note: Tobago has a unicameral House of Assembly (19 seats; 15 assemblymen directly elected by simple majority vote and 4 appointed councillors - 3 on the advice of the chief secretary and 1 on the advice of the minority leader; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of the Judicature (consists of a chief justice for both the Court of Appeal with 12 judges and the High Court with 24 judges); note - Trinidad and Tobago can file appeals beyond its Supreme Court to the Caribbean Court of Justice, with final appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" @@ -544,10 +544,13 @@ "text": "15 Queen's Park West, Port of Spain" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 752, Port of Spain" + "text": "3410 Port of Spain Place, Washington DC  20521-3410" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (868) 822-5905" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "acspos@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json index 55d8688e..58262676 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json @@ -370,6 +370,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral House of Assembly (21 seats; 15 members in multi-seat constituencies and a single all-islands constituency directly elected by simple majority vote, 1 member nominated by the premier and appointed by the governor, 1 nominated by the opposition party leader and appointed by the governor, and 2 from the Turks and Caicos Islands Civic Society directly appointed by the governor, and 2 ex-officio members; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 19 February 2021 (next to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote (preliminary) - PNP 56.2%, PDM 39%, other 4.8%; seats by party - PNP 14, PDM 1; composition (of elected members) - men 12, women 3; percent of women 20%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Nigel DAKIN (since 15 July 2019)" @@ -384,17 +395,6 @@ "text": "the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party is appointed premier by the governor" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of Assembly (21 seats; 15 members in multi-seat constituencies and a single all-islands constituency directly elected by simple majority vote, 1 member nominated by the premier and appointed by the governor, 1 nominated by the opposition party leader and appointed by the governor, and 2 from the Turks and Caicos Islands Civic Society directly appointed by the governor, and 2 ex-officio members; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 19 February 2021 (next to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote (preliminary) - PNP 56.2%, PDM 39%, other 4.8%; seats by party - PNP 14, PDM 1; composition (of elected members) - men 12, women 3; percent of women 20%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and other judges, as determined by the governor); Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and 2 justices); note - appeals beyond the Supreme Court are referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json index fc82c0ed..fb9d2a93 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json @@ -391,6 +391,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "

18 years of age; universal

" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament of Curacao (21 seats; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 19 March 2021 (next to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - MFK 28.1%, PAR 14.1%, PNP 12.6%, MAN 6.5%, KEM 5.4%, TPK 5.3%; seats by party - MFK 9, PAR 4, PNP 4, MAN 2, KEM 1, TPK 1; composition -" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King WILLEM-ALEXANDER of the Netherlands (since 30 April 2013); represented by Governor Lucille A. GEORGE-WOUT (since 4 November 2013)" @@ -405,17 +416,6 @@ "text": "the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party usually elected prime minister by the Parliament of Curacao; next election scheduled for 2016" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament of Curacao (21 seats; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 19 March 2021 (next to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - MFK 28.1%, PAR 14.1%, PNP 12.6%, MAN 6.5%, KEM 5.4%, TPK 5.3%; seats by party - MFK 9, PAR 4, PNP 4, MAN 2, KEM 1, TPK 1; composition -" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba or \"Joint Court of Justice\" (sits as a 3-judge panel); final appeals heard by the Supreme Court, in The Hague, Netherlands" @@ -444,10 +444,13 @@ "text": "[599] (9) 4613066" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 158, J.B. Gorsiraweg #1" + "text": "3160 Curacao Place, Washington DC  20521-3160" }, "FAX": { "text": "[599] (9) 4616489" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSCuracao@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json index e4b3b0eb..38b5d789 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json @@ -443,6 +443,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral House of Assembly (23 seats; 15 representatives directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 6 senators appointed by the governor general, and 2 ex officio members - the speaker of the house and the attorney general; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 5 November 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - ULP 49.58%, NDP 50.34%, other 0.8%; seats by party - ULP 9, NDP 6" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Susan DOUGAN (since 1 August 2019)" @@ -457,17 +468,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party usually appointed prime minister by the governor general; deputy prime minister appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of Assembly (23 seats; 15 representatives directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 6 senators appointed by the governor general, and 2 ex officio members - the speaker of the house and the attorney general; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 5 November 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - ULP 49.58%, NDP 50.34%, other 0.8%; seats by party - ULP 9, NDP 6" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the superior court of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; the ECSC - headquartered on St. Lucia - consists of the Court of Appeal - headed by the chief justice and 4 judges - and the High Court with 18 judges; the Court of Appeal is itinerant, traveling to member states on a schedule to hear appeals from the High Court and subordinate courts; High Court judges reside in the member states, with 2 assigned to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; note - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is also a member of the Caribbean Court of Justice" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json index 52caf819..eeefa9f8 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json @@ -375,6 +375,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral House of Assembly (15 seats; 13 members - 9 in single-seat constituencies and 4 at-large seats directly elected by simple majority vote and 2 ex-officio members - the attorney general and the speaker - chosen from outside the House; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 25 February 2019 (next to be held in 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - VIP 46.5%, NDP 28.2%, PVIM 17.4%, PU 8%; seats by party - VIP 8, NDP 3, PVIM 1, PU 1; composition - men 12, women 3, percent of women 20%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor John J. RANKIN (since 29 January 2021)" @@ -389,17 +400,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed premier by the governor" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of Assembly (15 seats; 13 members - 9 in single-seat constituencies and 4 at-large seats directly elected by simple majority vote and 2 ex-officio members - the attorney general and the speaker - chosen from outside the House; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 25 February 2019 (next to be held in 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - VIP 46.5%, NDP 28.2%, PVIM 17.4%, PU 8%; seats by party - VIP 8, NDP 3, PVIM 1, PU 1; composition - men 12, women 3, percent of women 20%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the superior court of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; the ECSC - headquartered on St. Lucia - consists of the Court of Appeal - headed by the chief justice and 4 judges - and the High Court with 18 judges; the Court of Appeal is itinerant, traveling to member states on a schedule to hear appeals from the High Court and subordinate courts; High Court judges reside in the member states, with 3 in the British Virgin Islands" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json index 1b9cf65f..b2638c30 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json @@ -369,6 +369,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal; note - island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislature of the Virgin Islands (15 seats; senators directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority popular vote to serve 2-year terms)

the Virgin Islands directly elects 1 delegate to the US House of Representatives by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Legislature of the Virgin Islands last held on 6 November 2018 (next to be held in November 2020)
US House of Representatives last held on 6 November 2018 (next to be held in November 2020)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Legislature of the Virgin Islands - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 13, independents 2; composition - men 11, women 4, percent of women 26.7%

delegate to US House of Representatives - seat by party - Democratic Party 1; composition - 1 woman" + }, + "note": "note: the Virgin Islands to the US House of Representatives can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the Committee of the Whole House, but not when legislation is submitted for a “full floor” House vote" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. (since 20 January 2021); Vice President Kamala D. HARRIS (since 20 January 2021)" @@ -386,18 +398,6 @@ "text": "

Albert BRYAN, Jr. elected governor in the second round; percent of vote in first round - Albert BRYAN, Jr. (Democratic Party) 38.1%, Kenneth MAPP (independent) 33.5%, Adlah \"Foncie\" DONASTORG, Jr. (independent) 16.5%, other 11.9%; percent of vote in second round- Albert BRYAN, Jr. (Democratic Party) 54.5%, Kenneth MAPP (independent) 45.2%, other .3%

" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislature of the Virgin Islands (15 seats; senators directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority popular vote to serve 2-year terms)

the Virgin Islands directly elects 1 delegate to the US House of Representatives by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Legislature of the Virgin Islands last held on 6 November 2018 (next to be held in November 2020)
US House of Representatives last held on 6 November 2018 (next to be held in November 2020)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Legislature of the Virgin Islands - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 13, independents 2; composition - men 11, women 4, percent of women 26.7%

delegate to US House of Representatives - seat by party - Democratic Party 1; composition - 1 woman" - }, - "note": "note: the Virgin Islands to the US House of Representatives can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the Committee of the Whole House, but not when legislation is submitted for a “full floor” House vote" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands (consists of the chief justice and 2 associate justices); note - court established by the US Congress in 2004 and assumed appellate jurisdiction in 2007" diff --git a/central-asia/kg.json b/central-asia/kg.json index 3d70361c..282144c7 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -506,6 +506,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Supreme Council or Jogorku Kengesh (120 seats; parties directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed party-list proportional representation vote; members selected from party lists; winning parties limited to no more than 65 seats; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 4 October 2020 (next to be held NA); note - the results of the 2020 election were annulled on 6 October 2020 following mass protests" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Sadyr JAPAROV (since 28 January 2021)" @@ -523,17 +534,6 @@ "text": "Sadyr JAPAROV elected president in first round; percent of vote - Sadyr JAPAROV 79.5%, Adakhan MADUMAROV 6.5%, other 14%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Supreme Council or Jogorku Kengesh (120 seats; parties directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed party-list proportional representation vote; members selected from party lists; winning parties limited to no more than 65 seats; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 4 October 2020 (next to be held NA); note - the results of the 2020 election were annulled on 6 October 2020 following mass protests" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 25 judges); Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (consists of the chairperson, deputy chairperson, and 9 judges)" @@ -579,10 +579,13 @@ "text": "171 Prospect Mira, Bishkek 720016" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "7040 Bishkek Place, Washington DC  20521-7040" }, "FAX": { "text": "[996] (312) 597-744" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularBishkek@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index 2ebf2e1a..ed431fe1 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Kazakh (official, Qazaq) 83.1% (understand spoken language) and trilingual (Kazakh, Russian, English) 22.3% (2017 est.); Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the \"language of interethnic communication\") 94.4% (understand spoken language) (2009 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Әлемдік деректер кітабы, негізгі ақпараттың таптырмайтын көзі. (Kazakh)

Книга фактов о мире – незаменимый источник  базовой информации. (Russian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -518,6 +518,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (49 seats; 34 members indirectly elected by 2-round majority vote by the oblast-level assemblies and 15 members appointed by decree of the president; members serve 6-year terms, with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
Mazhilis (107 seats; 98 members directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms and 9 indirectly elected by the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, a 351-member, presidentially appointed advisory body designed to represent the country's ethnic minorities)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 12 August 2020 (next to be held in 2026)
Mazhilis - last held on 10 January 2021 (next to be held in 2026)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": " 
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 42, women 5, percent of women 10.6%
Mazhilis - percent of vote by party - Nur Otan 71.1%, Ak Zhol 11%, People's Party 9.1%, other 8.8%; seats by party - Nur Otan 76, Ak Zhol 12, People's Party 10; composition - men 78, women 29, percent of women 27%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": " President Kasym-Zhomart TOKAYEV (since 20 March 2019); note - Nursultan NAZARBAYEV, who was president since 24 April 1990 (and in power since 22 June 1989 under the Soviet period), resigned on 20 March 2019; NAZARBAYEV retained the title and powers of \"First President\"; TOKAYEV completed NAZARBAYEV's term, which was shortened due to the early election of 9 June 2019, and then continued as president following his election victory " @@ -535,17 +546,6 @@ "text": "Kasym-Zhomart TOKAYEV elected president; percent of vote - Kassym-Jomart TOKAYEV (Nur Otan) 71%, Amirzhan KOSANOV (Ult Tagdyry) 16.2%, Daniya YESPAYEVA (Ak Zhol) 5.1%, other 7.7%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (49 seats; 34 members indirectly elected by 2-round majority vote by the oblast-level assemblies and 15 members appointed by decree of the president; members serve 6-year terms, with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
Mazhilis (107 seats; 98 members directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms and 9 indirectly elected by the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, a 351-member, presidentially appointed advisory body designed to represent the country's ethnic minorities)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 12 August 2020 (next to be held in 2026)
Mazhilis - last held on 10 January 2021 (next to be held in 2026)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": " 
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 42, women 5, percent of women 10.6%
Mazhilis - percent of vote by party - Nur Otan 71.1%, Ak Zhol 11%, People's Party 9.1%, other 8.8%; seats by party - Nur Otan 76, Ak Zhol 12, People's Party 10; composition - men 78, women 29, percent of women 27%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of the Republic (consists of 44 members); Constitutional Council (consists of the chairman and 6 members)" @@ -591,11 +591,14 @@ "text": "Rakhymzhan Koshkarbayev Ave. No 3, Astana 010010" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "2230 Astana Place, Washington DC  20521-2230" }, "FAX": { "text": "[7] (7172) 54-09-14" }, + "email address": { + "text": "USAKZ@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Almaty" } diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index 10717ca2..99b74200 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1%; note - data represent native language spoken (2010 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Книга фактов о мире – незаменимый источник базовой информации. (Russian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -555,6 +555,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoye Sobraniye consists of:
Federation Council or Sovet Federatsii (170 seats; 2 members in each of the 83 federal administrative units (see note below) - oblasts, krays, republics, autonomous okrugs and oblasts, and federal cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg - appointed by the top executive and legislative officials; members serve 4-year terms)
State Duma or Gosudarstvennaya Duma (450 seats (see note below); as of February 2014, the electoral system reverted to a mixed electoral system for the 2016 election, in which one-half of the members are directly elected by simple majority vote and one-half directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
State Duma - last held on 18 September 2016 (next to be held in fall 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Federation Council (members appointed); composition - men 145, women 25, percent of women 14.7%

State Duma - United Russia 54.2%, CPRF 13.3%, LDPR 13.1%, A Just Russia 6.2%, Rodina 1.5%, CP 0.2%, other minor parties 11.5%; seats by party - United Russia 343, CPRF 42, LDPR 39, A Just Russia 23, Rodina 1, CP 1, independent 1" + }, + "note": "note 1: the State Duma now includes 3 representatives from the \"Republic of Crimea,\" while the Federation Council includes 2 each from the \"Republic of Crimea\" and the \"Federal City of Sevastopol,\" both regions that Russia occupied and attempted to annex from Ukraine and that the US does not recognize as part of Russia

note 2: seats by party as of December 2018 - United Russia 341, CPRF 43, LDPR 39, A Just Russia 23, independent 2, vacant 2; composition as of October 2018 - men 393, women 57, percent of women 12.7%; note - total Federal Assembly percent of women 13.2%" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (since 7 May 2012)" @@ -573,18 +585,6 @@ }, "note": "note: there is also a Presidential Administration that provides staff and policy support to the president, drafts presidential decrees, and coordinates policy among government agencies; a Security Council also reports directly to the president" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoye Sobraniye consists of:
Federation Council or Sovet Federatsii (170 seats; 2 members in each of the 83 federal administrative units (see note below) - oblasts, krays, republics, autonomous okrugs and oblasts, and federal cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg - appointed by the top executive and legislative officials; members serve 4-year terms)
State Duma or Gosudarstvennaya Duma (450 seats (see note below); as of February 2014, the electoral system reverted to a mixed electoral system for the 2016 election, in which one-half of the members are directly elected by simple majority vote and one-half directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
State Duma - last held on 18 September 2016 (next to be held in fall 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Federation Council (members appointed); composition - men 145, women 25, percent of women 14.7%

State Duma - United Russia 54.2%, CPRF 13.3%, LDPR 13.1%, A Just Russia 6.2%, Rodina 1.5%, CP 0.2%, other minor parties 11.5%; seats by party - United Russia 343, CPRF 42, LDPR 39, A Just Russia 23, Rodina 1, CP 1, independent 1" - }, - "note": "note 1: the State Duma now includes 3 representatives from the \"Republic of Crimea,\" while the Federation Council includes 2 each from the \"Republic of Crimea\" and the \"Federal City of Sevastopol,\" both regions that Russia occupied and attempted to annex from Ukraine and that the US does not recognize as part of Russia

note 2: seats by party as of December 2018 - United Russia 341, CPRF 43, LDPR 39, A Just Russia 23, independent 2, vacant 2; composition as of October 2018 - men 393, women 57, percent of women 12.7%; note - total Federal Assembly percent of women 13.2%" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (consists of 170 members organized into the Judicial Panel for Civil Affairs, the Judicial Panel for Criminal Affairs, and the Military Panel); Constitutional Court (consists of 11 members, including the chairperson and deputy); note - in February 2014, Russia’s Higher Court of Arbitration was abolished and its former authorities transferred to the Supreme Court, which in addition is the country’s highest judicial authority for appeals, civil, criminal, administrative, and military cases, and the disciplinary judicial board, which has jurisdiction over economic disputes" @@ -631,11 +631,14 @@ "text": "Bolshoy Deviatinskiy Pereulok No. 8, 121099 Moscow" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PSC-77, APO AE 09721" + "text": "5430 Moscow Place, Washington DC  20521-5430" }, "FAX": { "text": "[7] (495) 728-5090" }, + "email address": { + "text": "moscowacs@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Saint Petersburg, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg" } diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index 949ac71b..1c64739a 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Tajik (official) 84.4%, Uzbek 11.9%, Kyrgyz 0.8%, Russian 0.5%, other 2.4% (2010 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { - "text": "
Китоби Фактҳои Ҷаҳонӣ, манбаи бебадали маълумоти асосӣ (Tajik)" + "major-language sample(s)": { + "text": "
Китоби Фактҳои Ҷаҳонӣ, манбаи бебадали маълумоти асосӣ (Tajik)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." }, "note": "note: Russian widely used in government and business" }, @@ -524,6 +524,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli consists of:
National Assembly or Majlisi Milli (34 seats; 25 members indirectly elected by local representative assemblies or majlisi, 8 appointed by the president, and 1 reserved for each living former president; members serve 5-year terms)
Assembly of Representatives or Majlisi Namoyandagon (63 seats; 41 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by 2-round absolute majority vote and 22 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
National Assembly - last held on 1 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
Assembly of Representatives - last held on 1 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 28, women 6, percent of women 17.6%
Assembly of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDPT 50.4%, PERT 16.6%, APT 16.5%, SPT 5.2%, DPT 5.1%, CPT 3.1%, other 3.1%; seats by party - PDPT 47, APT 7, PERT 5, CPT 2, SPT 1, DPT 1; composition - men 48, women 15, percent of women 23.8%; note - total Supreme Assembly percent of women 21.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Emomali RAHMON (since 6 November 1994; head of state and Supreme Assembly chairman since 19 November 1992)" @@ -541,17 +552,6 @@ "text": "Emomali RAHMON reelected president; percent of vote - Emomali RAHMON (PDPT) 92.1%, Rustam LATIFZODA (APT) 3.1%, Rustam RAHAMATZODA (PERT) 2.2%, Abduhalim GHAFFOROV (SPT) 1.5%, Miroj ABDULLOEV (CPT) 1.2%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli consists of:
National Assembly or Majlisi Milli (34 seats; 25 members indirectly elected by local representative assemblies or majlisi, 8 appointed by the president, and 1 reserved for each living former president; members serve 5-year terms)
Assembly of Representatives or Majlisi Namoyandagon (63 seats; 41 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by 2-round absolute majority vote and 22 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
National Assembly - last held on 1 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
Assembly of Representatives - last held on 1 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 28, women 6, percent of women 17.6%
Assembly of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDPT 50.4%, PERT 16.6%, APT 16.5%, SPT 5.2%, DPT 5.1%, CPT 3.1%, other 3.1%; seats by party - PDPT 47, APT 7, PERT 5, CPT 2, SPT 1, DPT 1; composition - men 48, women 15, percent of women 23.8%; note - total Supreme Assembly percent of women 21.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chairman, deputy chairmen, and 34 judges organized into civil, family, criminal, administrative offense, and military chambers); Constitutional Court (consists of the court chairman, deputy chairman, and 5 judges); High Economic Court (consists of 16 judicial positions)" @@ -594,10 +594,13 @@ "text": "109-A Ismoili Somoni Avenue, Dushanbe 734019" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "7090 Dushanbe Place, Dulles, VA 20189" + "text": "7090 Dushanbe Place, Washington DC  20521-7090" }, "FAX": { "text": "[992] (37) 229-20-50" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "DushanbeConsular@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-asia/tx.json b/central-asia/tx.json index 4a02dfe0..c12e3d9b 100644 --- a/central-asia/tx.json +++ b/central-asia/tx.json @@ -496,6 +496,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "note: in September 2020, the Turkmenistan Parliament adopted a constitutional amendment creating an upper chamber, making the Parliament bicameral
bicameral National Council or Khalk Maslakhaty consists of:
People's Council (56 seats; 48 members indirectly elected by provincial councils and 8 members appointed by the president)
Assembly or Mejlis Hakynda (125 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "People's Council - first held on 25 March 2021 for 48 indirectly elected members (next to be held in 2026); first held on 14 April 2021 for 8 presidentially appointed members (next to be held NA)
Assembly - last held on 25 March 2018 (next to be held in 2026)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "People's Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DPT 3, independent 45
Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DPT 55, APT 11, PIE 11, independent 48 (individuals nominated by citizen groups); composition - men 94, women 31, percent of women 24.8%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW (since 14 February 2007); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -513,17 +524,6 @@ "text": "Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW reelected president in the first round; percent of vote - Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW (DPT) 97.7%, other 2.3%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "note: in September 2020, the Turkmenistan Parliament adopted a constitutional amendment creating an upper chamber, making the Parliament bicameral
bicameral National Council or Khalk Maslakhaty consists of:
People's Council (56 seats; 48 members indirectly elected by provincial councils and 8 members appointed by the president)
Assembly or Mejlis Hakynda (125 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "People's Council - first held on 25 March 2021 for 48 indirectly elected members (next to be held in 2026); first held on 14 April 2021 for 8 presidentially appointed members (next to be held NA)
Assembly - last held on 25 March 2018 (next to be held in 2026)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "People's Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DPT 3, independent 45
Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DPT 55, APT 11, PIE 11, independent 48 (individuals nominated by citizen groups); composition - men 94, women 31, percent of women 24.8%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Turkmenistan (consists of the court president and 21 associate judges and organized into civil, criminal, and military chambers)" @@ -571,6 +571,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[993] (12) 94-26-14" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularAshgab@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index a834a20d..0bed6842 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Uzbek (official) 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Jahon faktlari kitobi, asosiy ma'lumotlar uchun zaruriy manba. (Uzbek)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." }, "note": "note: in the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic, both the Karakalpak language and Uzbek have official status" @@ -495,6 +495,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Supreme Assembly or Oliy Majlis consists of:
Senate or Senat (100 seats; 84 members indirectly elected by regional governing councils and 16 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)
Legislative Chamber or Qonunchilik Palatasi (150 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held 16-17 January 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
Legislative Chamber - last held on 22 December 2019 and 5 January 2020 (next to be held in December 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 77, women 23, percent of women 23%
Legislative Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDPU 53, National Revival Democratic Party 36, Adolat 24, PDP 22, Ecological Movement 15; composition - men 83, women, 17, percent of women 17%" + }, + "note": "note: all parties in the Supreme Assembly support President Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV (interim president from 8 September 2016; formally elected president on 4 December 2016 to succeed longtime President Islom KARIMOV, who died on 2 September 2016)" @@ -512,18 +524,6 @@ "text": "Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV elected president in first round; percent of vote - Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV (LDPU) 88.6%, Hotamjon KETMONOV (NDP) 3.7%, Narimon UMAROV (Adolat) 3.5%, Sarvar OTAMURODOV (Milliy Tiklanish/National Revival) 2.4%, other 1.8%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Supreme Assembly or Oliy Majlis consists of:
Senate or Senat (100 seats; 84 members indirectly elected by regional governing councils and 16 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)
Legislative Chamber or Qonunchilik Palatasi (150 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held 16-17 January 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
Legislative Chamber - last held on 22 December 2019 and 5 January 2020 (next to be held in December 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 77, women 23, percent of women 23%
Legislative Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDPU 53, National Revival Democratic Party 36, Adolat 24, PDP 22, Ecological Movement 15; composition - men 83, women, 17, percent of women 17%" - }, - "note": "note: all parties in the Supreme Assembly support President Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 67 judges organized into administrative, civil, criminal, and economic sections); Constitutional Court (consists of 7 judges)" @@ -569,10 +569,13 @@ "text": "3 Moyqo'rq'on, 5th Block, Yunusobod District, Tashkent 100093" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "7110 Tashkent Place, Washington DC  20521-7110" }, "FAX": { "text": "[998] (71) 120-6335" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSTashkent@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index cdc718f5..a27f211e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -558,6 +558,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Assembly of the Union or Pyidaungsu consists of:
House of Nationalities or Amyotha Hluttaw, (224 seats; 168 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed and 56 appointed by the military; members serve 5-year terms)
House of Representatives or Pyithu Hluttaw, (440 seats, currently 433; 330 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 110 appointed by the military; members serve 5-year terms); note - on 1 February, the military dissolved the Assembly of the Union; the State Administration Council governs in place of the Assembly of the Union" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "House of Nationalities - last held on on 8 November 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
House of Representatives - last held on 8 November 2020 (next to be held in 2025); note - the military junta overturned the results of the 8 November legislative elections" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "House of Nationalities - percent of vote by party - NLD 61.6%, USDP 3.1%, ANP 1.8%, MUP 1.3%, KSDP 1.3%, other 5.9%, military appointees 25%; seats by party - NLD 138, USDP 7, ANP 4, MUP 3, KSPD 3, SNLD 2, TNP 2, other 2, canceled due to insurgency 7, military appointees 56

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NLD 58.6%, USDP 5.9%, SNLD 3.0%, other 7.5%, military 25%; seats by party - NLD 258, USDP 26, SNLD 13, ANP 4, PNO 3, TNP 3, MUP 2, KSPD 2, other 4, canceled due to insurgency 15, military appointees 110" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Prime Minister Sr. Gen. MIN AUNG HLAING (since 1 August 2021); note - MIN AUNG HLAING assumed the role of prime minister of a caretaker government that replaces the State Administration Council (SAC) on 1 August 2021; the SAC, chaired by MIN AUNG HLAING, had served as the executive governing body since 2 February 2021, following the 1 February 2021 military takeover of the government and the declaration of a state of emergency" @@ -569,7 +580,7 @@ "text": "Cabinet appointments shared by the president and the commander-in-chief; note - after 1 February, the military replaced the cabinet" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president indirectly elected by simple majority vote by the full Assembly of the Union from among 3 vice-presidential candidates nominated by the Presidential Electoral College (consists of members of the lower and upper houses and military members); the other 2 candidates become vice-presidents (president elected for a 5-year term); election last held on 28 March 2018" + "text": "president indirectly elected by simple majority vote by the full Assembly of the Union from among 3 vice-presidential candidates nominated by the Presidential Electoral College (consists of members of the lower and upper houses and military members); the other 2 candidates become vice-presidents (president elected for a 5-year term); election last held on 28 March 2018; MIN AUNG HLAING pledged to hold elections in 2023" }, "election results": { "text": "WIN MYINT elected president; Assembly of the Union vote - WIN MYINT (NLD) 403, MYINT SWE (USDP) 211, HENRY VAN THIO (NLD) 18, 4 votes canceled (636 votes cast); note - WIN MYINT was placed under arrest following the military takeover on 1 February 2021" @@ -579,17 +590,6 @@ }, "note": "note: a parliamentary bill creating the position of \"state counsellor\" was signed into law by former President HTIN KYAW on 6 April 2016; a state counsellor serves the equivalent term of the president and is similar to a prime minister in that the holder acts as a link between the parliament and the executive branch" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Assembly of the Union or Pyidaungsu consists of:
House of Nationalities or Amyotha Hluttaw, (224 seats; 168 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed and 56 appointed by the military; members serve 5-year terms)
House of Representatives or Pyithu Hluttaw, (440 seats, currently 433; 330 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 110 appointed by the military; members serve 5-year terms); note - on 1 February, the military dissolved the Assembly of the Union; the State Administration Council governs in place of the Assembly of the Union" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "House of Nationalities - last held on on 8 November 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
House of Representatives - last held on 8 November 2020 (next to be held in 2025); note - the military junta overturned the results of the 8 November legislative elections" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "House of Nationalities - percent of vote by party - NLD 61.6%, USDP 3.1%, ANP 1.8%, MUP 1.3%, KSDP 1.3%, other 5.9%, military appointees 25%; seats by party - NLD 138, USDP 7, ANP 4, MUP 3, KSPD 3, SNLD 2, TNP 2, other 2, canceled due to insurgency 7, military appointees 56

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NLD 58.6%, USDP 5.9%, SNLD 3.0%, other 7.5%, military 25%; seats by party - NLD 258, USDP 26, SNLD 13, ANP 4, PNO 3, TNP 3, MUP 2, KSPD 2, other 4, canceled due to insurgency 15, military appointees 110" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of the Union (consists of the chief justice and 7-11 judges)" @@ -629,16 +629,19 @@ "text": "Ambassador Thomas J. VAJDA (since 19 January 2021)" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[95] (1) 753-6509, 753-5756, 753-8038" + "text": "[95] (1) 753-6509" }, "embassy": { "text": "110 University Avenue, Kamayut Township, Rangoon" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Box B, APO AP 96546" + "text": "4250 Rangoon Place, Washington DC  20521-4250" }, "FAX": { "text": "[95] (1) 751-1069" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSRangoon@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index 491ac9bf..bd0793c7 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Malay (Bahasa Melayu) (official), English, Chinese dialects" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Buku Fakta Dunia, sumber yang diperlukan untuk maklumat asas. (Malay)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -467,6 +467,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age for village elections; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislative Council or Majlis Mesyuarat Negara Brunei (36 seats; members appointed by the sultan including 3 ex-officio members - the speaker and first and second secretaries; members appointed for 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "appointed by the sultan" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "NA; composition - men 33, women 3, percent of women 8.3%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Sultan and Prime Minister Sir HASSANAL Bolkiah (since 5 October 1967); note - the monarch is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -481,17 +492,6 @@ "text": "none; the monarchy is hereditary" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Council or Majlis Mesyuarat Negara Brunei (36 seats; members appointed by the sultan including 3 ex-officio members - the speaker and first and second secretaries; members appointed for 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "appointed by the sultan" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "NA; composition - men 33, women 3, percent of women 8.3%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the Court of Appeal and the High Court, each with a chief justice and 2 judges); Sharia Court (consists the Court of Appeals and the High Court); note - Brunei has a dual judicial system of secular and sharia (religious) courts; the Judicial Committee of Privy Council (in London) serves as the final appellate court for civil cases only" @@ -532,16 +532,19 @@ "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Emily M. FLECKNER (since 20 August 2020)" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[673] 238-7400" + "text": "(673) 238-7400" }, "embassy": { "text": "Simpang 336-52-16-9, Jalan Duta, Bandar Seri Begawan, BC4115" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 4280, Box 40, FPO AP 96507; P.O. Box 2991, Bandar Seri Begawan BS8675, Negara Brunei Darussalam" + "text": "4020 Bandar Seri Begawan Place, Washington DC  20521-4020" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[673] 238-7533" + "text": "(673) 238-7533" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularBrunei@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index 1dc9643f..0e2e82e8 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Khmer (official) 95.8%, minority languages 2.9%, Chinese .6%, Vietnamese .5%, other .2% (2019 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
សៀវភៅហេតុការណនៅលើពិភពលោក។ ទីតាំងពត៏មានមូលដានគ្រឹះយាងសំខាន់។. (Khmer)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -547,6 +547,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament of Cambodia consists of:
Senate (62 seats; 58 indirectly elected by parliamentarians and commune councils, 2 indirectly elected by the National Assembly, and 2 appointed by the monarch; members serve 6-year terms)
National Assembly (125 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 25 February 2018 (next to be held in 2024); National Assembly - last held on 29 July 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": " 
Senate - percent of vote by party - CPP 96%, FUNCINPEC 2.4%, KNUP 1.6%; seats by party - CPP 58; composition - men 53, women 9, percent of women 14.5%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CPP 76.9%, FUNCINPEC 5.9%, LDP 4.9%, Khmer Will Party 3.4%, other 8.9%; seats by party - CPP 125; composition - men 100, women 25, percent of women 20%; note - total Parliament of Cambodia percent of women 18.2%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King Norodom SIHAMONI (since 29 October 2004)" @@ -561,17 +572,6 @@ "text": "monarch chosen by the 9-member Royal Council of the Throne from among all eligible males of royal descent; following legislative elections, a member of the majority party or majority coalition named prime minister by the Chairman of the National Assembly and appointed by the monarch" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament of Cambodia consists of:
Senate (62 seats; 58 indirectly elected by parliamentarians and commune councils, 2 indirectly elected by the National Assembly, and 2 appointed by the monarch; members serve 6-year terms)
National Assembly (125 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 25 February 2018 (next to be held in 2024); National Assembly - last held on 29 July 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": " 
Senate - percent of vote by party - CPP 96%, FUNCINPEC 2.4%, KNUP 1.6%; seats by party - CPP 58; composition - men 53, women 9, percent of women 14.5%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CPP 76.9%, FUNCINPEC 5.9%, LDP 4.9%, Khmer Will Party 3.4%, other 8.9%; seats by party - CPP 125; composition - men 100, women 25, percent of women 20%; note - total Parliament of Cambodia percent of women 18.2%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Council (organized into 5- and 9-judge panels and includes a court chief and deputy chief); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members); note - in 1997, the Cambodian Government requested UN assistance in establishing trials to prosecute former Khmer Rouge senior leaders for crimes against humanity committed during the 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge regime; the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (also called the Khmer Rouge Tribunal) was established in 2006 and began hearings for the first case in 2009; court proceedings remain ongoing in 2019" @@ -614,10 +614,13 @@ "text": "#1, Street 96, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 8166, Box P, APO AP 96546" + "text": "4540 Phnom Penh Place, Washington DC  20521-4540" }, "FAX": { "text": "[855] (23) 728-600" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSPhnomPenh@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index a2a11b5d..99de4ea1 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official; Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry); note - Zhuang is official in Guangxi Zhuang, Yue is official in Guangdong, Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uighur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, Kyrgyz is official in Xinjiang Uygur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
世界概況  –  不可缺少的基本消息來源 (Mandarin)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -546,6 +546,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National People's Congress or Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui (maximum of 3,000 seats; members indirectly elected by municipal, regional, and provincial people's congresses, and the People's Liberation Army; members serve 5-year terms); note - in practice, only members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), its 8 allied independent parties, and CCP-approved independent candidates are elected" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held in December 2017-February 2018 (next to be held in late 2022 to early 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 2,238, women 742, percent of women 24.9%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President XI Jinping (since 14 March 2013); Vice President WANG Qishan (since 17 March 2018)" @@ -563,17 +574,6 @@ "text": "XI Jinping reelected president; National People's Congress vote - 2,970 (unanimously); WANG Qishan elected vice president with 2,969 votes" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National People's Congress or Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui (maximum of 3,000 seats; members indirectly elected by municipal, regional, and provincial people's congresses, and the People's Liberation Army; members serve 5-year terms); note - in practice, only members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), its 8 allied independent parties, and CCP-approved independent candidates are elected" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held in December 2017-February 2018 (next to be held in late 2022 to early 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 2,238, women 742, percent of women 24.9%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme People's Court (consists of over 340 judges, including the chief justice and 13 grand justices organized into a civil committee and tribunals for civil, economic, administrative, complaint and appeal, and communication and transportation cases)" @@ -621,11 +621,14 @@ "text": "55 An Jia Lou Lu, Chaoyang District, 100600 Beijing" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PO AP 96521" + "text": "7300 Beijing Place, Washington DC  20521-7300" }, "FAX": { "text": "[86] (10) 8531-4200" }, + "email address": { + "text": "BeijingACS@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang, Wuhan; note - the Chinese Government ordered closure of the US consulate in Chengdu in late July 2020" } diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index 8514bd64..f0d3f14a 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Cantonese (official) 88.9%, English (official) 4.3%, Mandarin (official) 1.9%, other Chinese dialects 3.1%, other 1.9% (2016 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
世界概放，必須擁有的基本資料参考书 (Cantonese)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -427,6 +427,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age in direct elections for half of the Legislative Council seats and all of the seats in 18 district councils; universal for permanent residents living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past 7 years; note - in indirect elections, suffrage is limited to about 220,000 members of functional constituencies for the other half of the legislature and a 1,200-member election committee for the chief executive drawn from broad sectoral groupings, central government bodies, municipal organizations, and elected Hong Kong officials" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislative Council or LegCo (70 seats; 35 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote; 30 members indirectly elected by the approximately 220,000 members of various functional constituencies based on a variety of methods; 5 at large \"super-seat\" members directly elected by all of Hong Kong’s eligible voters who do not participate in a functional constituency; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 4 September 2016; (scheduled for September 2020, but delayed until 19 December 2021); note - byelection held on 11 March and 25 November 2018 to fill 5 seats left vacant after 5 legislators were removed from office" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by block - pro-democracy 36%; pro-Beijing 40.2%, localist 19%, other 4.8%; seats by block/party - pro-Beijing 40 (DAB 12, BPA 7, FTU 5, Liberal Party 4, NPP 3, other 9); pro-democracy 23 (Democratic Party 7, Civic Party 6, PP-LSD 2, Professional Commons 2, Labor 1, NWSC 1, PTU 1, other democrats 3), localists 6 (ALLinHK 2, CP-PPI-HKRO 1, Demosisto 1, Democracy Groundwork 1, other localist 1), non-aligned independent 1; composition - men 59, women 11, percent of women 15.7%; note - 2 localists were barred from taking office in November 2016 and 4 pro-democracy legislators were removed in July 2017; two pan-democratic, two DAB, and one pro-establishment candidates won the byelections in 2018 to fill the seats vacated by the 5 legislators removed from office; one pro-democracy seat remains unfilled pending a court appeal; percent of vote by block as of March 2019 - pro-Beijing 62% pro-democracy 38%; seats by block/party as of March 2019 - pro-Beijing 43 (DAB 13, BPA 7, FTU 5, Liberal Party 4, NPP 3, other 11); pro-democracy 26 (Democratic Party 7, Civic Party 5, Professional Commons 2, Civic Passion 1, Labor 1 PTU 1, Council Front 6, independent 3); composition as of March 2019 - men 58, women 11; percent of women 15.7%

 

" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President of China XI Jinping (since 14 March 2013) " @@ -445,17 +456,6 @@ }, "note": "note: the Legislative Council voted in June 2010 to expand the Election Committee to 1,200 members" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Council or LegCo (70 seats; 35 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote; 30 members indirectly elected by the approximately 220,000 members of various functional constituencies based on a variety of methods; 5 at large \"super-seat\" members directly elected by all of Hong Kong’s eligible voters who do not participate in a functional constituency; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 4 September 2016; (scheduled for September 2020, but delayed until 19 December 2021); note - byelection held on 11 March and 25 November 2018 to fill 5 seats left vacant after 5 legislators were removed from office" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by block - pro-democracy 36%; pro-Beijing 40.2%, localist 19%, other 4.8%; seats by block/party - pro-Beijing 40 (DAB 12, BPA 7, FTU 5, Liberal Party 4, NPP 3, other 9); pro-democracy 23 (Democratic Party 7, Civic Party 6, PP-LSD 2, Professional Commons 2, Labor 1, NWSC 1, PTU 1, other democrats 3), localists 6 (ALLinHK 2, CP-PPI-HKRO 1, Demosisto 1, Democracy Groundwork 1, other localist 1), non-aligned independent 1; composition - men 59, women 11, percent of women 15.7%; note - 2 localists were barred from taking office in November 2016 and 4 pro-democracy legislators were removed in July 2017; two pan-democratic, two DAB, and one pro-establishment candidates won the byelections in 2018 to fill the seats vacated by the 5 legislators removed from office; one pro-democracy seat remains unfilled pending a court appeal; percent of vote by block as of March 2019 - pro-Beijing 62% pro-democracy 38%; seats by block/party as of March 2019 - pro-Beijing 43 (DAB 13, BPA 7, FTU 5, Liberal Party 4, NPP 3, other 11); pro-democracy 26 (Democratic Party 7, Civic Party 5, Professional Commons 2, Civic Passion 1, Labor 1 PTU 1, Council Front 6, independent 3); composition as of March 2019 - men 58, women 11; percent of women 15.7%

 

" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Final Appeal (consists of the chief justice, 3 permanent judges, and 20 non-permanent judges); note - a sitting bench consists of the chief justice, 3 permanent judges, and 1 non-permanent judge" @@ -493,11 +493,14 @@ "text": "U. S. Consulate General Hong Kong and Macau
26 Garden Road
Central Hong Kong" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 8000, Box 1, DPO AP 96521-0006" + "text": "8000 Hong Kong Place, Washington DC  20521-8000" }, "FAX": { "text": "[852] 2845-1598" }, + "email address": { + "text": "acshk@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "26 Garden Road, Hong Kong" } diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index efa1f73f..44df7d33 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (of which the most widely spoken is Javanese); note - more than 700 languages are used in Indonesia" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Fakta Dunia, sumber informasi dasar yang sangat diperlukan. (Indonesian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -551,6 +551,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "17 years of age; universal and married persons regardless of age" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral People's Consultative Assembly or Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat consists of:
Regional Representative Council or Dewan Perwakilan Daerah (136 seats; non-partisan members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - 4 each from the country's 34 electoral districts - by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms); note - the Regional Representative Council has no legislative authority
House of Representatives or Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (575 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote to serve 5-year terms) (2019)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Regional Representative Council - last held 17 April 2019 (next to be held 2024)
House of Representatives - last held on 17 April 2019 (next to be held 2024) (2019)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Regional Representative Council - all seats elected on a non-partisan basis; compostion - NA
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDI-P 19.3%, Gerindra 12.6%, Golkar 12.3%,  PKB 9.7%, Nasdem 9.1%, PKS 8.2%, PD 7.8%, PAN 6.8%, PPP 4.5%, other 9.6%; seats by party - PDI-P 128, Golkar 85, Gerindra 78, Nasdem 59, PKB 58, PD 54, PKS 50, PAN 44, PPP 19; composition - men 475, women 100, percent of women 17.9%; total People's Consultative Assembly percent of women NA (2019)" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Joko WIDODO (since 20 October 2014, reelected 17 April 2019, inauguration 19 October 2019); Vice President Ma'ruf AMIN (since 20 October 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government (2019)" @@ -568,17 +579,6 @@ "text": "Joko WIDODO elected president; percent of vote - Joko WIDODO (PDI-P) 55.5%, PRABOWO Subianto Djojohadikusumo (GERINDRA) 44.5%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral People's Consultative Assembly or Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat consists of:
Regional Representative Council or Dewan Perwakilan Daerah (136 seats; non-partisan members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - 4 each from the country's 34 electoral districts - by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms); note - the Regional Representative Council has no legislative authority
House of Representatives or Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (575 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote to serve 5-year terms) (2019)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Regional Representative Council - last held 17 April 2019 (next to be held 2024)
House of Representatives - last held on 17 April 2019 (next to be held 2024) (2019)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Regional Representative Council - all seats elected on a non-partisan basis; compostion - NA
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDI-P 19.3%, Gerindra 12.6%, Golkar 12.3%,  PKB 9.7%, Nasdem 9.1%, PKS 8.2%, PD 7.8%, PAN 6.8%, PPP 4.5%, other 9.6%; seats by party - PDI-P 128, Golkar 85, Gerindra 78, Nasdem 59, PKB 58, PD 54, PKS 50, PAN 44, PPP 19; composition - men 475, women 100, percent of women 17.9%; total People's Consultative Assembly percent of women NA (2019)" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung (51 judges divided into 8 chambers); Constitutional Court or Mahkamah Konstitusi (consists of 9 judges)" @@ -624,11 +624,14 @@ "text": "Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan 3-5, Jakarta 10110" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 8129, Box 1, FPO AP 96520" + "text": "8200 Jakarta Place, Washington DC  8200" }, "FAX": { "text": "[62] (21) 2395-1697 (2018)" }, + "email address": { + "text": "jakartaacs@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Surabaya" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index 581a6cbd..70cde70b 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Japanese" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
必要不可欠な基本情報の源、ワールド・ファクトブック(Japanese)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -495,6 +495,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Diet or Kokkai consists of:
House of Councillors or Sangi-in (242 seats; 146 members directly elected in multi-seat districts by simple majority vote and 96 directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with half the membership renewed every 3 years)
House of Representatives or Shugi-in (465 seats; 289 members directly elected in single-seat districts by simple majority vote and 176 directly elected in multi-seat districts by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
House of Councillors - last held on 10 July 2016 (next to be held in July 2019)
House of Representatives - last held on 22 October 2017 (next to be held by 21 October 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
House of Councillors - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDP 55, DP 32, Komeito 14, JCP 6, Osaka Ishin no Kai (Initiatives from Osaka) 7, PLPTYF 1, SDP 1, independent 5
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDP 284, CDP 55, Party of Hope 50, Komeito 29, JCP 12, JIP 11, SDP 2, independent 22" + }, + "note": "note: the Diet in June 2017 redrew Japan's electoral district boundaries and reduced from 475 to 465 seats in the House of Representatives; the amended electoral law, which cuts 6 seats in single-seat districts and 4 in multi-seat districts, was reportedly intended to reduce voting disparities between densely and sparsely populated voting districts" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Emperor NARUHITO (since 1 May 2019); note - succeeds his father who abdicated on 30 April 2019 " @@ -509,18 +521,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; the leader of the majority party or majority coalition in the House of Representatives usually becomes prime minister" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Diet or Kokkai consists of:
House of Councillors or Sangi-in (242 seats; 146 members directly elected in multi-seat districts by simple majority vote and 96 directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with half the membership renewed every 3 years)
House of Representatives or Shugi-in (465 seats; 289 members directly elected in single-seat districts by simple majority vote and 176 directly elected in multi-seat districts by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
House of Councillors - last held on 10 July 2016 (next to be held in July 2019)
House of Representatives - last held on 22 October 2017 (next to be held by 21 October 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
House of Councillors - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDP 55, DP 32, Komeito 14, JCP 6, Osaka Ishin no Kai (Initiatives from Osaka) 7, PLPTYF 1, SDP 1, independent 5
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDP 284, CDP 55, Party of Hope 50, Komeito 29, JCP 12, JIP 11, SDP 2, independent 22" - }, - "note": "note: the Diet in June 2017 redrew Japan's electoral district boundaries and reduced from 475 to 465 seats in the House of Representatives; the amended electoral law, which cuts 6 seats in single-seat districts and 4 in multi-seat districts, was reportedly intended to reduce voting disparities between densely and sparsely populated voting districts" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Saiko saibansho (consists of the chief justice and 14 associate justices); note - the Supreme Court has jurisdiction in constitutional issues" @@ -566,11 +566,14 @@ "text": "1-10-5 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8420" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 9800, Box 300, APO AP 96303-0300" + "text": "9800 Tokyo Place, Washington DC  20521-9800" }, "FAX": { "text": "[81] (03) 3505-1862" }, + "email address": { + "text": "TokyoACS@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Naha (Okinawa), Osaka-Kobe, Sapporo" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json index 8070c77a..b124c56d 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Korean" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
월드 팩트북, 필수적인 기본 정보 제공처 (Korean)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -491,6 +491,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "17 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Supreme People's Assembly or Ch'oego Inmin Hoeui (687 seats; members directly elected by majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms); note - the Korean Workers' Party selects all candidates" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 10 March 2019 (next to be held March 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - KWP 607, KSDP 50, Chondoist Chongu Party 22, General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) 5, religious associations 3; ruling party approves a list of candidates who are elected without opposition; composition - men 575, women 112, percent of women 16.3%

note: KWP, KSDP, Chondoist Chongu Party, and Chongryon are under the KWP's control; a token number of seats reserved for minor parties" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Supreme People's Assembly President CHOE Ryong Hae (since 11 April 2019); note - functions as the technical head of state and performs related duties, such as receiving ambassadors' credentials" @@ -509,17 +520,6 @@ }, "note": "note: the Korean Workers' Party continues to list deceased leaders KIM Il Sung and KIM Jong Il as Eternal President and Eternal General Secretary respectively" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Supreme People's Assembly or Ch'oego Inmin Hoeui (687 seats; members directly elected by majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms); note - the Korean Workers' Party selects all candidates" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 10 March 2019 (next to be held March 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - KWP 607, KSDP 50, Chondoist Chongu Party 22, General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) 5, religious associations 3; ruling party approves a list of candidates who are elected without opposition; composition - men 575, women 112, percent of women 16.3%

note: KWP, KSDP, Chondoist Chongu Party, and Chongryon are under the KWP's control; a token number of seats reserved for minor parties" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Central Court (consists of one judge and 2 \"People's Assessors\" or, for some cases, 3 judges)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index ebc2353b..078735a7 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Korean, English (widely taught in elementary, junior high, and high school)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
월드 팩트북, 필수적인 기본 정보 제공처 (Korean)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -514,6 +514,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18years of age; universal; note - the voting age was lowered from 19 to 18 beginning with the 2020 national election" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Kuk Hoe (300 seats statutory); 253 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 47 directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 15 April 2020 (next to be held in April 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DP/TCP 180, UFP/FKP 103, JP 6, ODP 3, PP 3, independent 5; composition - men 249, women 51, percent of women 17%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President MOON Jae-in (since 10 May 2017); the president is both chief of state and head of government; Prime Minister KIM Boo-kyum (since 14 May 2021) serves as the principal executive assistant to the president, similar to the role of a vice president" @@ -531,17 +542,6 @@ "text": "MOON Jae-in elected president; percent of vote - MOON Jae-in (DP) 41.1%, HONG Joon-pyo (LKP) 25.5%, AHN Cheol-soo (PP) 21.4%, other 12%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Kuk Hoe (300 seats statutory); 253 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 47 directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 15 April 2020 (next to be held in April 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DP/TCP 180, UFP/FKP 103, JP 6, ODP 3, PP 3, independent 5; composition - men 249, women 51, percent of women 17%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of a chief justice and 13 justices); Constitutional Court (consists of a court head and 8 justices)" @@ -587,10 +587,16 @@ "text": "188 Sejong-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03141" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "US Embassy Seoul, 9600 Seoul Place Washington, D.C., 20521-9600" + "text": "9600 Seoul Place, Washington, DC  20521-9600" }, "FAX": { "text": "[82] (2) 725-0152" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "seoulinfoACS@state.gov" + }, + "consulate(s)": { + "text": "Busan" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index 89ab664a..520cb03b 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
ແຫລ່ງທີ່ຂາດບໍ່ໄດ້ສຳລັບຂໍ້ມູນຕົ້ນຕໍ່” (Lao)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -531,6 +531,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Sapha Heng Xat (164 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote from candidate lists provided by the Lao People's Revolutionary Party; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 21 February 2021 (next to be held in 2026)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LPRP 158, independent 6; composition - men 128, women 36, percent of women 21.9%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President THONGLOUN Sisoulit (since 22 March 2021); Vice President PANI Yathotou; Vice President BOUNTHONG Chitmani (since 22 March 2021)" @@ -548,17 +559,6 @@ "text": "THONGLOUN Sisoulit (LPRP) elected president; National Assembly vote: 161-1; PANI Yathotou and BOUNTHONG Chitmani (LPRP) elected vice presidents; National Assembly vote NA; PHANKHAM Viphavan (LPRP) elected prime minister; National Assembly vote: 158-3" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Sapha Heng Xat (164 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote from candidate lists provided by the Lao People's Revolutionary Party; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 21 February 2021 (next to be held in 2026)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LPRP 158, independent 6; composition - men 128, women 36, percent of women 21.9%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "People's Supreme Court (consists of the court president and organized into criminal, civil, administrative, commercial, family, and juvenile chambers, each with a vice president and several judges)" @@ -605,10 +605,13 @@ "text": "Thadeua Road, Kilometer 9, Ban Somvang Tai, Hatsayfong District, Vientiane" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "American Embassy Vientiane, Unit 46222, APO AP 96546-6222" + "text": "4350 Vientiane Place, Washington DC  20521-4350" }, "FAX": { "text": "[856] 21-48-7190" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "CONSLAO@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json index f7acaf49..9f0aa82f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Cantonese 80.1%, Mandarin 5.5%, other Chinese dialects 5.3%, Tagalog 3%, English 2.8%, Portuguese 0.6%, other 2.8%; note - Chinese and Portuguese are official languages; Macanese, a Portuguese-based Creole, is also spoken (2016 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
世界概放，必須擁有的基本資料参考书 (Cantonese)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -385,6 +385,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age in direct elections for some legislative positions, universal for permanent residents living in Macau for the past 7 years; note - indirect elections are limited to organizations registered as \"corporate voters\" and an election committee for the chief executive drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, central government bodies, and elected Macau officials" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau (33 seats; 14 members directly elected by proportional representation vote, 12 indirectly elected by an electoral college of professional and commercial interest groups, and 7 appointed by the chief executive; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 17 September 2017 (next to be held on 12 September 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote - UMG 10%, UPD 9.7%, ACUM 8.6%, NE 8.3%, UPP 7.2, ANMD 6.6%, NUDM 6.1%, ACDM 5.9%, APMD 5.8%, Civic Watch 5.6%, ABL 5.5%, ANPM 5.3%, other 15.4%; seats by political group - UMG 2, UPD 2, ABL 1, ACDM 1, ACUM 1, ANMD 1, ANPM 1, APMD 1, Civic Watch 1, NE 1, NUDM 1, UPP 1; 12 seats filled by professional and business groups; 7 members appointed by the chief executive; composition - men 27, women 6, percent of women 18.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President of China XI Jinping (since 14 March 2013)" @@ -402,17 +413,6 @@ "text": "Fernando CHUI Sai On reelected chief executive; Election Committee vote - 380 of 396; note - HO Iat Seng was elected chief executive (receiving 392 out of 400 votes) on 24 August 2019 and will take office on 20 December 2019" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau (33 seats; 14 members directly elected by proportional representation vote, 12 indirectly elected by an electoral college of professional and commercial interest groups, and 7 appointed by the chief executive; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 17 September 2017 (next to be held on 12 September 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - UMG 10%, UPD 9.7%, ACUM 8.6%, NE 8.3%, UPP 7.2, ANMD 6.6%, NUDM 6.1%, ACDM 5.9%, APMD 5.8%, Civic Watch 5.6%, ABL 5.5%, ANPM 5.3%, other 15.4%; seats by political group - UMG 2, UPD 2, ABL 1, ACDM 1, ACUM 1, ANMD 1, ANPM 1, APMD 1, Civic Watch 1, NE 1, NUDM 1, UPP 1; 12 seats filled by professional and business groups; 7 members appointed by the chief executive; composition - men 27, women 6, percent of women 18.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Final Appeal of Macau Special Administrative Region (consists of the court president and 2 associate justices)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index fd08432e..9fc9f02d 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Mongolian 90% (official) (Khalkha dialect is predominant), Turkic, Russian (1999)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Дэлхийн баримтат ном, үндсэн мэдээллийн зайлшгүй эх сурвалж. (Mongolian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -515,6 +515,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral State Great Hural or Ulsyn Ikh Khural (76 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; each constituency requires at least 50% voter participation for the poll to be valid; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 24 June 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - MPP 44.9%, DP 24.5%, Our Coalition 8.1%, independent 8.7%, Right Person Electorate Coalition 5.2%, other 8.5%; seats by party - MPP 62, DP 11, Our Coalition 1, Right Person Electorate Coalition 1; independent 1; composition -  63 men, 13 women; percent of women 17.1%; note - the MPRP, Civil Will-Green Party, and Mongolian Traditionally United Party formed Our Coalition for the 2020 election; the Right Person Electorate Coalition was established in 2020 by the National Labor Party, Mongolian Social Democratic Party, and Justice Party" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Khaltmaa BATTULGA (since 10 July 2017)" @@ -532,17 +543,6 @@ "text": "Khaltmaa BATTULGA elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Khaltmaa BATTULGA (DP) 38.1%, Miyegombo ENKHBOLD (MPP) 30.3%, Sainkhuu GANBAATAR (MPRP) 30.2%, invalid 1.4%; percent of vote in second round - Khaltmaa BATTULGA 55.2%, Miyegombo ENKHBOLD 44.8%; on 2 July 2020, Prime Minister Ukhnaa KHURELSUKH was reelected prime minister by the State Great Hural" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral State Great Hural or Ulsyn Ikh Khural (76 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; each constituency requires at least 50% voter participation for the poll to be valid; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 24 June 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - MPP 44.9%, DP 24.5%, Our Coalition 8.1%, independent 8.7%, Right Person Electorate Coalition 5.2%, other 8.5%; seats by party - MPP 62, DP 11, Our Coalition 1, Right Person Electorate Coalition 1; independent 1; composition -  63 men, 13 women; percent of women 17.1%; note - the MPRP, Civil Will-Green Party, and Mongolian Traditionally United Party formed Our Coalition for the 2020 election; the Right Person Electorate Coalition was established in 2020 by the National Labor Party, Mongolian Social Democratic Party, and Justice Party" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the Chief Justice and 24 judges organized into civil, criminal, and administrative chambers); Constitutional Court or Tsets (consists of the chairman and 8 members)" @@ -589,10 +589,13 @@ "text": "Denver Street #3, 11th Micro-District, Ulaanbaatar 14190" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 341, Ulaanbaatar 14192" + "text": "4410 Ulaanbaatar Place, Washington DC  20521-4410" }, "FAX": { "text": "[976] 7007-6016" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "UlaanbaatarACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index 9b5352f3..d24fc371 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; note - Malaysia has 134 living languages - 112 indigenous languages and 22 non-indigenous languages; in East Malaysia, there are several indigenous languages; the most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Buku Fakta Dunia, sumber yang diperlukan untuk maklumat asas. (Bahasa Malaysia)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -553,6 +553,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal (2019)" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament of Malaysia or Parlimen Malaysia consists of:
Senate or Dewan Negara (70 seats; 44 members appointed by the king and 26 indirectly elected by 13 state legislatures; members serve 3-year terms)
House of Representatives or Dewan Rakyat (222 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms) (2019)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - appointed
House of Representatives - last held on 9 May 2018 (next to be held no later than May 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - appointed; composition - men 54, women 14, percent of women 20.6%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - PH 45.6%, BN 33.8%, PAS 16.9%, WARISAN 2.3%, other 1.4%; seats by party/coalition - PH 113, BN 79, PAS 18, WARISAN 8, USA 1, independent 3; composition - men 199, women 23, percent of women 10.4%; note - total Parliament percent of women 12.8%" + }, + "note": "note: as of 16 November 2019, seats by party - PH 129, BN 41, GS 18, GPS 18, WARISAN 9, GBS 3, UPKO 1, PSB 1, independent 1, vacant 1" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King Sultan ABDULLAH Sultan Ahmad Shah (since 24 January 2019); note - King MUHAMMAD V (formerly known as Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra) (selected on 14 October 2016; installed on 13 December 2016) resigned on 6 January 2019; the position of the king is primarily ceremonial, but he is the final arbiter on the appointment of the prime minister " @@ -567,18 +579,6 @@ "text": "king elected by and from the hereditary rulers of 9 states for a 5-year term; election is on a rotational basis among rulers of the 9 states; election last held on 24 January 2019 (next to be held in 2024); prime minister designated from among members of the House of Representatives; following legislative elections, the leader who commands support of the majority of members in the House becomes prime minister" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament of Malaysia or Parlimen Malaysia consists of:
Senate or Dewan Negara (70 seats; 44 members appointed by the king and 26 indirectly elected by 13 state legislatures; members serve 3-year terms)
House of Representatives or Dewan Rakyat (222 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms) (2019)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - appointed
House of Representatives - last held on 9 May 2018 (next to be held no later than May 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - appointed; composition - men 54, women 14, percent of women 20.6%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - PH 45.6%, BN 33.8%, PAS 16.9%, WARISAN 2.3%, other 1.4%; seats by party/coalition - PH 113, BN 79, PAS 18, WARISAN 8, USA 1, independent 3; composition - men 199, women 23, percent of women 10.4%; note - total Parliament percent of women 12.8%" - }, - "note": "note: as of 16 November 2019, seats by party - PH 129, BN 41, GS 18, GPS 18, WARISAN 9, GBS 3, UPKO 1, PSB 1, independent 1, vacant 1" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Federal Court (consists of the chief justice, president of the Court of Appeal, chief justice of the High Court of Malaya, chief judge of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak, 8 judges, and 1 \"additional\" judge); note - Malaysia has a dual judicial hierarchy of civil and religious (sharia) courts" @@ -624,10 +624,13 @@ "text": "376 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "US Embassy Kuala Lumpur, APO AP 96535-8152" + "text": "4210 Kuala Lumpur, Washington DC  20521-4210" }, "FAX": { "text": "[60] (3) 2142-2207" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "klacs@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index 07c5d894..df4493ba 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -524,6 +524,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Parliament (111 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies - 89 local, 20 provinicial, the autonomous province of Bouganville, and the National Capital District - by majority preferential vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - the constitution allows up to 126 seats" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held from 24 June 2017 to 8 July 2017 (next to be held in June 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - PNC 37%; NA 13%; Pangu 14%; URP 11%; PPP 4%; SDP 4%; Independents 3%; and smaller parties 14%; seats by party - NA; composition - men 108, women 3, percent of women 3%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Grand Chief Sir Bob DADAE (since 28 February 2017)" @@ -541,17 +552,6 @@ "text": "Peter Paire O'NEILL (PNC) reelected prime minister; National Parliament vote - 60 to 46" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Parliament (111 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies - 89 local, 20 provinicial, the autonomous province of Bouganville, and the National Capital District - by majority preferential vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - the constitution allows up to 126 seats" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held from 24 June 2017 to 8 July 2017 (next to be held in June 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - PNC 37%; NA 13%; Pangu 14%; URP 11%; PPP 4%; SDP 4%; Independents 3%; and smaller parties 14%; seats by party - NA; composition - men 108, women 3, percent of women 3%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice, deputy chief justice, 35 justices, and 5 acting justices); National Courts (consists of 13 courts located in the provincial capitals, with a total of 19 resident judges)" @@ -595,10 +595,13 @@ "text": "P.O. Box 1492, Port Moresby" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "4240 Port Moresby Place, US Department of State, Washington DC 20521-4240" + "text": "4240 Port Moresby Place, Washington DC  20521-4240" }, "FAX": { "text": "[675] 321-3423" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularPortMoresby@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index 3676e377..081227d8 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "unspecified Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Ang World Factbook, ang mapagkukunan ng kailangang impormasyon. (Tagalog)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -555,6 +555,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Congress or Kongreso consists of:
Senate or Senado (24 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by majority vote; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
House of Representatives or Kapulungan Ng Mga Kinatawan (297 seats; 238 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 59 representing minorities directly elected by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 3-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - elections last held on 9 May 2016 (next to be held on 13 May 2019)
House of Representatives - elections last held on 9 May 2016 (next to be held on 13 May 2019)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - LP 31.3%, NPC 10.1%, UNA 7.6%, Akbayan 5.0%, other 30.9%, independent 15.1%; seats by party - LP 6, NPC 3, UNA 4, Akbayan 1, other 10; composition - men 18, women 6, percent of women 25%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - LP 41.7%, NPC 17.0%, UNA 6.6%, NUP 9.7%, NP 9.4%, independent 6.0%, others 10.1%; seats by party - LP 115, NPC 42, NUP 23, NP 24, UNA 11, other 19, independent 4, party-list 59; composition - men 210, women 87, percent of women 29.8%; note - total Congress percent of women 29.4%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Rodrigo DUTERTE (since 30 June 2016); Vice President Leni ROBREDO (since 30 June 2016); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -572,17 +583,6 @@ "text": "Rodrigo DUTERTE elected president; percent of vote - Rodrigo DUTERTE (PDP-Laban) 39%, Manuel \"Mar\" ROXAS (LP) 23.5%, Grace POE (independent) 21.4%, Jejomar BINAY (UNA) 12.7%, Miriam Defensor SANTIAGO (PRP) 3.4%; Leni ROBREDO elected vice president; percent of vote Leni ROBREDO (LP) 35.1%, Bongbong MARCOS (independent) 34.5%, Alan CAYETANO 14.4%, Francis ESCUDERO (independent) 12%, Antonio TRILLANES (independent) 2.1%, Gregorio HONASAN (UNA) 1.9%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Congress or Kongreso consists of:
Senate or Senado (24 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by majority vote; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
House of Representatives or Kapulungan Ng Mga Kinatawan (297 seats; 238 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 59 representing minorities directly elected by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 3-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - elections last held on 9 May 2016 (next to be held on 13 May 2019)
House of Representatives - elections last held on 9 May 2016 (next to be held on 13 May 2019)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - LP 31.3%, NPC 10.1%, UNA 7.6%, Akbayan 5.0%, other 30.9%, independent 15.1%; seats by party - LP 6, NPC 3, UNA 4, Akbayan 1, other 10; composition - men 18, women 6, percent of women 25%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - LP 41.7%, NPC 17.0%, UNA 6.6%, NUP 9.7%, NP 9.4%, independent 6.0%, others 10.1%; seats by party - LP 115, NPC 42, NUP 23, NP 24, UNA 11, other 19, independent 4, party-list 59; composition - men 210, women 87, percent of women 29.8%; note - total Congress percent of women 29.4%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of a chief justice and 14 associate justices)" @@ -628,10 +628,13 @@ "text": "1201 Roxas Boulevard, Manila 1000" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PSC 500, FPO AP 96515-1000" + "text": "8600 Manila Place, Washington DC  20521-8600" }, "FAX": { "text": "[63] (2) 301-2017" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSInfoManila@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index 717d7655..ef98d8e7 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "English (official) 48.3%, Mandarin (official) 29.9%, other Chinese dialects (includes Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, Hakka) 8.7%, Malay (official) 9.2%, Tamil (official) 2.5%, other 1.4%; note - data represent language most frequently spoken at home (2020 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)

世界概況  –  不可缺少的基本消息來源 (Mandarin)" } }, @@ -501,6 +501,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "21 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament (104 seats; 93 members directly elected by popular vote, up to 9 nominated by a parliamentary selection committee and appointed by the president, and up to 12 non-constituency members from opposition parties to ensure political diversity; members serve 5-year terms); note - the number of nominated members will increase to 12 for the 2020 election for the first time (2020)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 10 July 2020 (next must be held by 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - PAP 61.2%, WP 11.2%, PSP 10.2%; seats by party - PAP 83, WP 10, PSP 2; composition - men 79, women 25, percent of women 24%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President HALIMAH Yacob (since 14 September 2017); note - President TAN's term ended on 31 August 2017; HALIMAH is Singapore's first female president; the head of the Council of Presidential Advisors, J.Y. PILLAY, served as acting president until HALIMAH was sworn in as president on 14 September 2017" @@ -518,17 +529,6 @@ "text": "HALIMAH Yacob was declared president on 13 September 2017, being the only eligible candidate; Tony TAN Keng Yam elected president in the previous contested election on 27 August 2011; percent of vote - Tony TAN Keng Yam (independent) 35.2% , TAN Cheng Bock (independent) 34.9%, TAN Jee Say (independent) 25%, TAN Kin Lian (independent) 4.9%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament (104 seats; 93 members directly elected by popular vote, up to 9 nominated by a parliamentary selection committee and appointed by the president, and up to 12 non-constituency members from opposition parties to ensure political diversity; members serve 5-year terms); note - the number of nominated members will increase to 12 for the 2020 election for the first time (2020)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 10 July 2020 (next must be held by 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - PAP 61.2%, WP 11.2%, PSP 10.2%; seats by party - PAP 83, WP 10, PSP 2; composition - men 79, women 25, percent of women 24%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (although the number of judges varies - as of April 2019, the court totaled 20 judges, 7 judicial commissioners, 4 judges of appeal, and 16 international judges); the court is organized into an upper tier Appeal Court and a lower tier High Court" @@ -577,10 +577,13 @@ "text": "27 Napier Road, Singapore 258508" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "FPO AP 96507-0001" + "text": "4280 Singapore Place, Washington DC  20521-4280" }, "FAX": { "text": "[65] 6476-9340" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "singaporeacs@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index 5d78a04a..a5174e4e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Thai (official) only 90.7%, Thai and other languages 6.4%, only other languages 2.9% (includes Malay, Burmese); note - data represent population by language(s) spoken at home; English is a secondary language of the elite (2010 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
สารานุกรมโลก - แหล่งข้อมูลพื้นฐานที่สำคัญ (Thai)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -550,6 +550,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Assembly or Rathhasapha consists of:
Senate or Wuthissapha (250 seats; members appointed by the Royal Thai Army to serve 5-year terms)
House of Representatives or Saphaphuthan Ratsadon (500 seats; 375 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 150 members elected in a single nationwide constituency by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - last held on 14 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)

House of Representatives - last held on 24 March 2019 (next to be held in 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 224, women 26, percent of women 10.4%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PPRP 23.7%, PTP 22.2%, FFP 17.8%, DP 11.1%, PJT 10.5%, TLP 2.3%, CTP 2.2%, NEP 1.4%, PCC 1.4%, ACT 1.2%, PCP 1.2%,  other 5.1%; seats by party - PTP 136, PPRP 116, FFP 81, DP 53, PJT 51, CTP 10, TLP 10, PCC 7, PCP 5, NEP 6, ACT 5, other 20; composition - men 421, women 79, percent of women 15.8%; note - total National Assembly percent of women 14%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King WACHIRALONGKON, also spelled Vajiralongkorn, (since 1 December 2016); note - King PHUMIPHON Adunyadet, also spelled BHUMIBOL Adulyadej (since 9 June 1946) died 13 October 2016 " @@ -565,17 +576,6 @@ }, "note": "note:  PRAYUT Chan-ocha was appointed interim prime minister in August 2014, three months after he staged the coup that removed the previously elected government of Prime Minister YINGLAK Chinnawat; on 5 June 2019 PRAYUT (independent) was approved as prime minister by the parliament - 498 votes to 244 for THANATHON Chuengrungrueangkit (FFP)" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Assembly or Rathhasapha consists of:
Senate or Wuthissapha (250 seats; members appointed by the Royal Thai Army to serve 5-year terms)
House of Representatives or Saphaphuthan Ratsadon (500 seats; 375 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 150 members elected in a single nationwide constituency by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - last held on 14 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)

House of Representatives - last held on 24 March 2019 (next to be held in 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 224, women 26, percent of women 10.4%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PPRP 23.7%, PTP 22.2%, FFP 17.8%, DP 11.1%, PJT 10.5%, TLP 2.3%, CTP 2.2%, NEP 1.4%, PCC 1.4%, ACT 1.2%, PCP 1.2%,  other 5.1%; seats by party - PTP 136, PPRP 116, FFP 81, DP 53, PJT 51, CTP 10, TLP 10, PCC 7, PCP 5, NEP 6, ACT 5, other 20; composition - men 421, women 79, percent of women 15.8%; note - total National Assembly percent of women 14%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the court president, 6 vice presidents, 60-70 judges, and organized into 10 divisions); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president and 8 judges); Supreme Administrative Court (number of judges determined by Judicial Commission of the Administrative Courts)" @@ -622,11 +622,14 @@ "text": "95 Wireless Road, Bangkok 10330" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "APO AP 96546" + "text": "7200 Bangkok Place, Washington DC  20521-7200" }, "FAX": { "text": "[66] 2-205-4306" }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSBkk@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chiang Mai" } diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index 9aa14ace..67629660 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -538,6 +538,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "17 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Parliament (65 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 12 May 2018 (next to be held in July 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - AMP - 49.6%, FRETILIN 34.2%, PD 8.1%, DDF 5.5%, other 2.6%; seats by party - AMP 34, FRETILIN 23, PD 5, DDF 3; composition - men 39, women 26, percent of women 40%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Francisco GUTERRES (since 20 May 2017); note - the president is commander in chief of the military and is able to veto legislation, dissolve parliament, and call national elections" @@ -555,17 +566,6 @@ "text": "Francisco GUTERRES elected president; percent of vote - Francisco GUTERRES (FRETILIN) 57.1%, Antonio DA CONCEICAO (PD) 32.5%, Jose Luis GUTERRES (Frenti-Mudanca) 2.6%, Jose NEVES (independent) 2.3%, Luis Alves TILMAN (independent) 2.2%, other 3.4%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Parliament (65 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 12 May 2018 (next to be held in July 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - AMP - 49.6%, FRETILIN 34.2%, PD 8.1%, DDF 5.5%, other 2.6%; seats by party - AMP 34, FRETILIN 23, PD 5, DDF 3; composition - men 39, women 26, percent of women 40%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeals (consists of the court president and NA judges)" @@ -609,10 +609,13 @@ "text": "Avenida de Portugal, Praia dos Coqueiros, Dili" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "US Department of State, 8250 Dili Place, Washington, DC 20521-8250" + "text": "8250 Dili Place, Washington, DC 20521-8250" }, "FAX": { "text": "(670) 331-3206" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsDili@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index 48bf166d..c47eeb85 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min Nan), Hakka dialects, approximately 16 indigenous languages" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
世界概況  –  不可缺少的基本消息來源 (Mandarin)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -375,6 +375,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "20 years of age; universal; note - in mid-2016, the Legislative Yuan drafted a constitutional amendment to reduce the voting age to 18, but it has not passed as of December 2017" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislative Yuan (113 seats; 73 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 34 directly elected in a single island-wide constituency by proportional representation vote, and 6 directly elected in multi-seat aboriginal constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 11 January 2020 (next to be held on 11 January 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) 34.0%, Kuomintang (KMT) 33.4%, Taiwan People's Party (TPP) 11.2%; seats by party - DPP 61, KMT 38, TPP 5" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President TSAI Ing-wen (since 20 May 2016; re-elected on 11 Jan 2020); Vice President LAI Ching-te (since 20 May 2020)" @@ -392,17 +403,6 @@ "text": "TSAI Ing-wen elected president; percent of vote - TSAI Ing-wen (DPP) 57.1%, HAN Kuo-yu (KMT) 38.6%; note - TSAI is the first woman elected president of Taiwan" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Yuan (113 seats; 73 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 34 directly elected in a single island-wide constituency by proportional representation vote, and 6 directly elected in multi-seat aboriginal constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 11 January 2020 (next to be held on 11 January 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) 34.0%, Kuomintang (KMT) 33.4%, Taiwan People's Party (TPP) 11.2%; seats by party - DPP 61, KMT 38, TPP 5" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and approximately 100 judges organized into 8 civil and 12 criminal divisions, each with a division chief justice and 4 associate justices); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and 13 justices)" @@ -436,6 +436,12 @@ "telephone": { "text": "(+886) (02) 2162-2000" }, + "mailing address": { + "text": "4170 AIT Taipei Place, Washington DC  20521-4170" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "TaipeiACS@state.gov" + }, "branch office(s)": { "text": "American Institute in Taiwan
No. 100, Jinhu Road,
Neihu District 11461, Taipei City" }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index ac1ef720..5075bb75 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer, mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Dữ kiện thế giới, là nguồn thông tin cơ bản không thể thiếu. (Vietnamese)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -539,23 +539,6 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, - "Executive branch": { - "chief of state": { - "text": "President Nguyen Xuan PHUC (since 5 April 2021)" - }, - "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister  Pham Minh CHINH (since 5 April 2021); Deputy Prime Ministers Truong Hoa BINH (since 9 April 2016), Le Minh KHAI (since 8 April 2021), Vu Duc DAM (since 13 November 2013), Le Van THANH (since 8 April 2021), Pham Binh MINH (since 13 November 2013" - }, - "cabinet": { - "text": "Cabinet proposed by prime minister confirmed by the National Assembly and appointed by the president" - }, - "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president indirectly elected by National Assembly from among its members for a single 5-year term; election last held on 26 July 2021 (next to be held in spring 2026); prime minister recommended by the president and confirmed by National Assembly; deputy prime ministers confirmed by the National Assembly and appointed by the president" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Pham Minh CHINH (CPV) reelected president; percent of National Assembly vote - 99.8%; Nguyen Xuan PHUC (CPV) reelected prime minister; percent of National Assembly vote - 100%" - } - }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Quoc Hoi  (500 seats - number following 2016 election - 494; number of current serving members - 484; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" @@ -567,6 +550,23 @@ "text": "percent of vote by party -CPV 95.8%, non-party members 4.2%; seats by party - CPV 474, non-party CPV-approved 20, self-nominated 2; note - 494 candidates elected, 2 CPV candidates-elect were disqualified; composition - men 364, women 122, percent of women 26.6%" } }, + "Executive branch": { + "chief of state": { + "text": "President Nguyen Xuan PHUC (since 26 July 2021)" + }, + "head of government": { + "text": "Prime Minister  Pham Minh CHINH (since 26 July 2021); Deputy Prime Ministers Truong Hoa BINH (since 9 April 2016), Le Minh KHAI (since 8 April 2021), Vu Duc DAM (since 13 November 2013), Le Van THANH (since 8 April 2021), Pham Binh MINH (since 13 November 2013" + }, + "cabinet": { + "text": "Cabinet proposed by prime minister confirmed by the National Assembly and appointed by the president" + }, + "elections/appointments": { + "text": "president indirectly elected by National Assembly from among its members for a single 5-year term; election last held on 26 July 2021 (next to be held in spring 2026); prime minister recommended by the president and confirmed by National Assembly; deputy prime ministers confirmed by the National Assembly and appointed by the president" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Pham Minh CHINH (CPV) reelected president; percent of National Assembly vote - 99.8%; Nguyen Xuan PHUC (CPV) reelected prime minister; percent of National Assembly vote - 100%" + } + }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme People's Court (consists of the chief justice and 13 judges)" @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Daniel KRITENBRINK (since 6 November 2017)" + "text": "Chargé d’Affaires Christopher KLEIN (since 16 April 2021)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[84] (24) 3850-5000" @@ -616,11 +616,14 @@ "text": "7 Lang Ha Street, Hanoi" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "7 Lang Ha Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi; 4550 Hanoi Place, Washington, DC 20521-4550" + "text": "4550 Hanoi Place, Washington, DC 20521-4550" }, "FAX": { "text": "[84] (24) 3850-5010" }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACShanoi@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Ho Chi Minh City" } diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index 069adf01..a49e81ad 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Libri i Fakteve Boterore, burimi vital per informacione elementare. (Albanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -522,6 +522,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Assembly or Kuvendi (140 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 25 April 2021 (next to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - PS 48.7%, PD-Alliance for Change 39.4%, LSI 6.8%, PSD 2.3%, other 2.8%; seats by party/coalition - PS 74, PD-Alliance for Change 59, LSI 4, PSD 3; composition - NA, percent of women NA%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President of the Republic Ilir META (since 24 July 2017)" @@ -539,17 +550,6 @@ "text": "Ilir META elected president; Assembly vote - 87 - 2 in fourth round" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Assembly or Kuvendi (140 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 25 June 2017 (next to be held on 25 April 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - PS 48.3%, PD 28.9%, LSI 14.3%, PDIU 4.8%, PSD 1%, other 2.7%; seats by party - PS 74, PD 43, LSI 19, PDIU 3, PSD 1; composition - men 108, women 32, percent of women 22.9%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 19 judges, including the chief justice); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges, including the chairman)" @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Democratic Party or PD [Lulzim BASHA]
Party for Justice, Integration and Unity or PDIU [Shpetim IDRIZI] (formerly part of APMI)
Social Democratic Party or PSD [Paskal MILO]
Socialist Movement for Integration or LSI [Monika KRYEMADHI]
Socialist Party or PS [Edi RAMA]" + "text": "Alliance for Change (electoral coalition led by PD)
Democratic Party or PD [Lulzim BASHA]
Party for Justice, Integration and Unity or PDIU [Shpetim IDRIZI] (part of the Alliance for Change; formerly part of APMI)
Social Democratic Party or PSD [Tom DOSHI]
Socialist Movement for Integration or LSI [Monika KRYEMADHI]
Socialist Party or PS [Edi RAMA]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "BSEC, CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, EITI (compliant country), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" @@ -589,16 +589,19 @@ "text": "Ambassador Yuri KIM (since 27 January 2020)" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[355] (4) 2247-285" + "text": "[355] 4 2247-285" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Rruga e Elbasanit, No. 103, Tirana" + "text": "Rruga Stavro Vinjau, No. 14, Tirana" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "US Department of State, 9510 Tirana Place, Dulles, VA 20189-9510" + "text": "9510 Tirana Place, Washington DC  20521-9510" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[355] (4) 2232-222" + "text": "[355] 4 2232-222" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSTirana@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/an.json b/europe/an.json index a3432dad..ea4a4473 100644 --- a/europe/an.json +++ b/europe/an.json @@ -445,6 +445,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral General Council of the Valleys or Consell General de les Valls (a minimum of 28 seats; 14 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies (parishes) by simple majority vote and 14 directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms); note - voters cast two separate ballots - one for a national list and one for a parish list" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 7 April 2019 (next to be held on April 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - DA 35.1%, PS 30.6%, L'A 12.5%, Third Way/Lauredian Union 10.4%, other 22.4%; seats by party - DA 11, PS 7, L'A 4, Third Way/Lauredian Union 4, other 2; composition - men 14, women 14, percent of women 50%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Co-prince Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017); represented by Patrick STROZDA (since 14 May 2017); and Co-prince Archbishop Joan-Enric VIVES i Sicilia (since 12 May 2003); represented by Josep Maria MAURI (since 20 July 2012)" @@ -462,17 +473,6 @@ "text": "Xaviar Espot ZAMORA (DA) elected head of government; percent of General Council vote - 60.7%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral General Council of the Valleys or Consell General de les Valls (a minimum of 28 seats; 14 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies (parishes) by simple majority vote and 14 directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms); note - voters cast two separate ballots - one for a national list and one for a parish list" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 7 April 2019 (next to be held on April 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - DA 35.1%, PS 30.6%, L'A 12.5%, Third Way/Lauredian Union 10.4%, other 22.4%; seats by party - DA 11, PS 7, L'A 4, Third Way/Lauredian Union 4, other 2; composition - men 14, women 14, percent of women 50%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra or Tribunal Superior de la Justicia d'Andorra (consists of the court president and 8 judges organized into civil, criminal, and administrative chambers); Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucional (consists of 4 magistrates)" @@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "embassy": { - "text": "the US does not have an embassy in Andorra; the US ambassador to Spain is accredited to Andorra; US interests in Andorra are represented by the US Consulate General's office in Barcelona (Spain); mailing address: Paseo Reina Elisenda de Montcada, 23, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; telephone: [34] (93) 280-2227; FAX: [34] (93) 280-6175" + "text": "the US does not have an embassy in Andorra; the US ambassador to Spain is accredited to Andorra; US interests in Andorra are represented by the US Consulate General's office in Barcelona (Spain); mailing address: Paseo Reina Elisenda de Montcada, 23, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; telephone: [34] (93) 280-2227; FAX: [34] (93) 280-6175; email address: BarcelonaACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index d41e5a98..25225d35 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in southern Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -502,6 +502,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "16 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung consists of:
Federal Council or Bundesrat (61 seats; members appointed by state parliaments with each state receiving 3 to 12 seats in proportion to its population; members serve 5- or 6-year terms)
National Council or Nationalrat (183 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms) (e.g. 2019)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Federal Council - last appointed - NA
National Council - last held on 29 September 2019 (next to be held in 2024); note - election was originally scheduled for 2022, but President VAN DER BELLEN called for an early election (e.g. 2019)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Federal Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 44, women 17, percent of women 27.9% 
National Council - percent of vote by party - OeVP 37.5%, SPOe 21.2%, FPOe 16.2%, The Greens 13.9%, NEOS 8.1%, other 3.1%; seats by party - OeVP 71, SPOe 40, FPOe 31, The Greens 26,  NEOS 15; composition - men 115, women 68, percent of women 37.2%; note - total Federal Assembly percent of women 34.8% (e.g. 2019)" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Alexander VAN DER BELLEN (since 26 January 2017)" @@ -519,17 +530,6 @@ "text": "Alexander VAN DER BELLEN elected in second round; percent of vote in first round - Norbert HOFER (FPOe) 35.1%, Alexander VAN DER BELLEN (independent, allied with the Greens) 21.3%, Irmgard GRISS (independent) 18.9%, Rudolf HUNDSTORFER (SPOe) 11.3%, Andreas KHOL (OeVP) 11.1%, Richard LUGNER (independent) 2.3%; percent of vote in second round - Alexander VAN DER BELLEN 53.8%, Norbert HOFER 46.2%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung consists of:
Federal Council or Bundesrat (61 seats; members appointed by state parliaments with each state receiving 3 to 12 seats in proportion to its population; members serve 5- or 6-year terms)
National Council or Nationalrat (183 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms) (e.g. 2019)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Federal Council - last appointed - NA
National Council - last held on 29 September 2019 (next to be held in 2024); note - election was originally scheduled for 2022, but President VAN DER BELLEN called for an early election (e.g. 2019)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Federal Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 44, women 17, percent of women 27.9% 
National Council - percent of vote by party - OeVP 37.5%, SPOe 21.2%, FPOe 16.2%, The Greens 13.9%, NEOS 8.1%, other 3.1%; seats by party - OeVP 71, SPOe 40, FPOe 31, The Greens 26,  NEOS 15; composition - men 115, women 68, percent of women 37.2%; note - total Federal Assembly percent of women 34.8% (e.g. 2019)" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice or Oberster Gerichtshof (consists of 85 judges organized into 17 senates or panels of 5 judges each); Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgerichtshof (consists of 20 judges including 6 substitutes; Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof - 2 judges plus other members depending on the importance of the case)" @@ -569,19 +569,22 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Trevor TRAINA (since 24 May 2018)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant), Mario MESQUITA (since 12 July 2021)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[43] (1) 31339-0" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Boltzmanngasse 16, A-1090, Vienna" + "text": "Boltzmanngasse 16, 1090, Vienna" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Boltzmanngasse 16, 1090 Vienna, Austria" + "text": "9900 Vienna Place, Washington DC  20521-9900" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[43] (1) 3100682" + "text": "[43] (1) 310 06 82" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsulateVienna@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/ax.json b/europe/ax.json index 39b5f447..8f74e971 100644 --- a/europe/ax.json +++ b/europe/ax.json @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "English, Greek" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index e2065884..1379ec0f 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Het Wereld Feitenboek, een omnisbare bron van informatie. (Dutch)

The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -514,6 +514,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate or Senaat (in Dutch), Senat (in French) (60 seats; 50 members indirectly elected by the community and regional parliaments based on their election results, and 10 elected by the 50 other senators; members serve 5-year terms)
Chamber of Representatives or Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers (in Dutch), Chambre des Representants (in French) (150 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "

Senate - last held 26 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)

Chamber of Representatives - last held on 26 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024); note - elections coincided with the EU elections" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition men 32, women 28, percent of women 46.7%

Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - N-VA 16.0%, VB 11.9%, PS 9.5%, CD&V 8.9%, PVDA+/PTB 8.62%, Open VLD 8.5%, MR 7.6%, SP.A 6.7%, Ecolo 6.1%, Groen 6.1%, CDH 3.7%, Defi 2.2%, PP 1.1%, other 20.1%; seats by party - N-VA 25, VB 18, PS 20, CD&V 12, PVDA+PTB 12, Open VLD 12, MR 14, SP.A 9, Ecolo 13, Groen 8, CDH 5, Defi 2; composition - men 86, women 64, percent of women 42.7%" + }, + "note": "note: the 1993 constitutional revision that further devolved Belgium into a federal state created three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities; this reality leaves six governments, each with its own legislative assembly; changes above occurred since the sixth state reform" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King PHILIPPE (since 21 July 2013); Heir Apparent Princess ELISABETH (daughter of the monarch, born 25 October 2001)" @@ -528,18 +540,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary and constitutional; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch and approved by Parliament" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate or Senaat (in Dutch), Senat (in French) (60 seats; 50 members indirectly elected by the community and regional parliaments based on their election results, and 10 elected by the 50 other senators; members serve 5-year terms)
Chamber of Representatives or Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers (in Dutch), Chambre des Representants (in French) (150 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "

Senate - last held 26 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)

Chamber of Representatives - last held on 26 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024); note - elections coincided with the EU elections" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition men 32, women 28, percent of women 46.7%

Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - N-VA 16.0%, VB 11.9%, PS 9.5%, CD&V 8.9%, PVDA+/PTB 8.62%, Open VLD 8.5%, MR 7.6%, SP.A 6.7%, Ecolo 6.1%, Groen 6.1%, CDH 3.7%, Defi 2.2%, PP 1.1%, other 20.1%; seats by party - N-VA 25, VB 18, PS 20, CD&V 12, PVDA+PTB 12, Open VLD 12, MR 14, SP.A 9, Ecolo 13, Groen 8, CDH 5, Defi 2; composition - men 86, women 64, percent of women 42.7%" - }, - "note": "note: the 1993 constitutional revision that further devolved Belgium into a federal state created three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities; this reality leaves six governments, each with its own legislative assembly; changes above occurred since the sixth state reform" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Constitutional Court or Grondwettelijk Hof (in Dutch) and Cour Constitutionelle (in French) (consists of 12 judges - 6 Dutch-speaking and 6 French-speaking); Supreme Court of Justice or Hof van Cassatie (in Dutch) and Cour de Cassation (in French) (court organized into 3 chambers: civil and commercial; criminal; social, fiscal, and armed forces; each chamber includes a Dutch division and a French division, each with a chairperson and 5-6 judges)" @@ -585,10 +585,13 @@ "text": "27 Boulevard du Regent [Regentlaan], B-1000 Brussels" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PSC 82, Box 002, APO AE 09710" + "text": "7600 Brussels Place, Washington DC  20521-7600" }, "FAX": { "text": "[32] (2) 811-4500" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "uscitizenBrussels@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index e0318291..efeccde4 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Bosnian (official) 52.9%, Serbian (official) 30.8%, Croatian (official) 14.6%, other 1.6%, no answer 0.2% (2013 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Bosnian/Montenegrin)

Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)

Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, nužan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Croatian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -521,6 +521,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliamentary Assembly or Skupstina consists of:
House of Peoples or Dom Naroda (15 seats - 5 Bosniak, 5 Croat, 5 Serb; members designated by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's House of Peoples and the Republika Srpska's National Assembly to serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives or Predstavnicki Dom (42 seats to include 28 seats allocated to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 14 to the Republika Srpska; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms); note - the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a bicameral legislature that consists of the House of Peoples (58 seats - 17 Bosniak, 17 Croat, 17 Serb, 7 other) and the House of Representatives (98 seats; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms); Republika Srpska's unicameral legislature is the National Assembly (83 directly elected delegates serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "House of Peoples - last held on 18 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)
House of Representatives - last held on 7 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "House of Peoples - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - NA; composition - men 13, women 2, percent of women 13.3%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by coalition/party - SDA 17%, SNSD 16%, SDS/NDP/NS/SRS-VS 9.8%, SDP 9.1%, HDZ-BiH/HSS/HKDU/HSP-AS BiH/HDU BiH 9.1%, DF, 5.8%, PDP 5.1%, DNS 4.2%, SBB BiH 4.2%, NS/HC 2.9%, NB 2.5%, PDA 2.3%, SP 1.9%, A-SDA 1.8%, other 17.4%; seats by coalition/party - SDA 9, SNSD 6, SDP 5, HDZ-BiH/HSS/HKDU/HSP-AS BiH/HDU BiH 5, SDS/NDP/NS/SRS-VS 3, DF 3, PDP 2, SBB BiH 2, NS/HC 2, DNS 1, NB 1 PDA 1, SP 1, A-SDA 1; composition - men 33, women 9, percent of women 21.4%; note - total Parliamentary Assembly percent of women 19.3%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Chairman of the Presidency Zeljko KOMSIC  (chairman since 20 July 2021; presidency member since 20 November 2018 - Croat seat); Sefik DZAFEROVIC (presidency member since 20 November 2018 - Bosniak seat); Milorad DODIK (presidency member since 20 November 2018 - Serb seat)" @@ -539,17 +550,6 @@ }, "note": "note: President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Marinko CAVARA (since 11 February 2015); Vice Presidents Melika MAHMUTBEGOVIC (since 11 February 2015), Milan DUNOVIC (since 11 February 2015); President of the Republika Srpska Zeljka CVIJANOVIC (since 18 November 2018); Vice Presidents Ramiz SALKIC (since 24 November 2014), Josip JERKOVIC (since 24 November 2014)" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliamentary Assembly or Skupstina consists of:
House of Peoples or Dom Naroda (15 seats - 5 Bosniak, 5 Croat, 5 Serb; members designated by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's House of Peoples and the Republika Srpska's National Assembly to serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives or Predstavnicki Dom (42 seats to include 28 seats allocated to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 14 to the Republika Srpska; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms); note - the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a bicameral legislature that consists of the House of Peoples (58 seats - 17 Bosniak, 17 Croat, 17 Serb, 7 other) and the House of Representatives (98 seats; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms); Republika Srpska's unicameral legislature is the National Assembly (83 directly elected delegates serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "House of Peoples - last held on 18 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)
House of Representatives - last held on 7 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "House of Peoples - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - NA; composition - men 13, women 2, percent of women 13.3%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by coalition/party - SDA 17%, SNSD 16%, SDS/NDP/NS/SRS-VS 9.8%, SDP 9.1%, HDZ-BiH/HSS/HKDU/HSP-AS BiH/HDU BiH 9.1%, DF, 5.8%, PDP 5.1%, DNS 4.2%, SBB BiH 4.2%, NS/HC 2.9%, NB 2.5%, PDA 2.3%, SP 1.9%, A-SDA 1.8%, other 17.4%; seats by coalition/party - SDA 9, SNSD 6, SDP 5, HDZ-BiH/HSS/HKDU/HSP-AS BiH/HDU BiH 5, SDS/NDP/NS/SRS-VS 3, DF 3, PDP 2, SBB BiH 2, NS/HC 2, DNS 1, NB 1 PDA 1, SP 1, A-SDA 1; composition - men 33, women 9, percent of women 21.4%; note - total Parliamentary Assembly percent of women 19.3%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members); Court of BiH (consists of 44 national judges and 7 international judges organized into 3 divisions - Administrative, Appellate, and Criminal, which includes a War Crimes Chamber)" @@ -595,11 +595,14 @@ "text": "1 Robert C. Frasure Street, 71000 Sarajevo" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "7130 Sarajevo Place, Washington DC  20521-7130" }, "FAX": { "text": "[387] (33) 659-722" }, + "email address": { + "text": "sarajevoacs@state.gov" + }, "branch office(s)": { "text": "Banja Luka, Mostar" } diff --git a/europe/bo.json b/europe/bo.json index 0968485e..3e9ff044 100644 --- a/europe/bo.json +++ b/europe/bo.json @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Russian (official) 70.2%, Belarusian (official) 23.4%, other 3.1% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities), unspecified 3.3% (2009 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Книга фактов о мире – незаменимый источник базовой информации. (Russian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -517,6 +517,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Assembly or Natsionalnoye Sobraniye consists of:
Council of the Republic or Sovet Respubliki (64 seats; 56 members indirectly elected by regional and Minsk city councils and 8 members appointed by the president; members serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives or Palata Predstaviteley (110 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Council of the Republic - indirect election last held on 7 November 2019
House of Representatives - last held on 17 November 2019 (next to be held in 2023); OSCE observers determined that the election was neither free nor impartial and that vote counting was problematic in a number of polling stations; pro-LUKASHENKO candidates won every seat; international observers determined that the previous elections, on 28 September 2008, 23 September 2012, and 11 September 2016 also fell short of democratic standards, with pro-LUKASHENKO candidates winning every, or virtually every, seat" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Council of the Republic - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - KPB 11, Republican Party of Labor and Justice 6, Belarusian Patriotic Party 2, LDP 1, AP 1, independent 89; composition - men 66, women 44, percent of women 40%; note - total National Assembly percent of women - NA" + }, + "note": "note: the US does not recognize the legitimacy of the National Assembly" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Aleksandr LUKASHENKO (since 20 July 1994)" @@ -534,18 +546,6 @@ "text": "Aleksandr LUKASHENKO reelected president; percent of vote - Aleksandr LUKASHENKO (independent) 80.2%, Sviatana TSIKHANOUSKAYA (independent) 9.9%, other 9.9%; note - widespread street protests erupted following announcement of the election results amid allegations of voter fraud" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Assembly or Natsionalnoye Sobraniye consists of:
Council of the Republic or Sovet Respubliki (64 seats; 56 members indirectly elected by regional and Minsk city councils and 8 members appointed by the president; members serve 4-year terms)
House of Representatives or Palata Predstaviteley (110 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Council of the Republic - indirect election last held on 7 November 2019
House of Representatives - last held on 17 November 2019 (next to be held in 2023); OSCE observers determined that the election was neither free nor impartial and that vote counting was problematic in a number of polling stations; pro-LUKASHENKO candidates won every seat; international observers determined that the previous elections, on 28 September 2008, 23 September 2012, and 11 September 2016 also fell short of democratic standards, with pro-LUKASHENKO candidates winning every, or virtually every, seat" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Council of the Republic - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - KPB 11, Republican Party of Labor and Justice 6, Belarusian Patriotic Party 2, LDP 1, AP 1, independent 89; composition - men 66, women 44, percent of women 40%; note - total National Assembly percent of women - NA" - }, - "note": "note: the US does not recognize the legitimacy of the National Assembly" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chairman and deputy chairman and organized into several specialized panels, including economic and military; number of judges set by the president of the republic and the court chairman); Constitutional Court (consists of 12 judges, including a chairman and deputy chairman)" @@ -585,16 +585,19 @@ "text": "Ambassador (vacant; left in 2008 upon insistence of Belarusian Government); Charge d'Affaires Jeffrey GIAUQUE (since July 2020)" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[375] (17) 210-1283/217-7347/217-7348" + "text": "[375] (17) 210-12-83/217-7347/217-7348" }, "embassy": { "text": "46 Starovilenskaya Street, Minsk 220002" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 7010 Box 100, DPO AE 09769" + "text": "7010 Minsk Place, Washington DC  20521-7010" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[375] (17) 334-7853" + "text": "[375] (17) 334-78-53" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularMinsk@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index 4b432089..d40c14e0 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Bulgarian (official) 76.8%, Turkish 8.2%, Romani 3.8%, other 0.7%, unspecified 10.5% (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Светoвен Алманах, незаменимият източник за основна информация. (Bulgarian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -525,6 +525,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sabranie (240 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 11 July 2021 (snap election to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - ITN 23.8%, GERB-SDS 23.2%, BSP for Bulgaria 13.2%, DB 12.5%, DPS 10.6%, ISMV 5%, other 11.7%; seats by party/coalition ITN 65, GERB-SDS 63, BSP for Bulgaria 36, DB 34, DPS 29, ISMV 13" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Rumen RADEV (since 22 January 2017); Vice President Iliana IOTOVA (since 22 January 2017)" @@ -542,17 +553,6 @@ "text": "Rumen RADEV elected president in second round; percent of vote - Rumen RADEV (independent, supported by Bulgarian Socialist Party) 59.4%, Tsetska TSACHEVA (GERB) 36.2%, neither 4.5%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sabranie (240 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 11 July 2021 (snap election to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - ITN 23.8%, GERB-SDS 23.2%, BSP for Bulgaria 13.2%, DB 12.5%, DPS 10.6%, ISMV 5%, other 11.7%; seats by party/coalition ITN 65, GERB-SDS 63, BSP for Bulgaria 36, DB 34, DPS 29, ISMV 13" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Cassation (consists of a chairman and approximately 72 judges organized into penal, civil, and commercial colleges); Supreme Administrative Court (organized into 2 colleges with various panels of 5 judges each); Constitutional Court (consists of 12 justices); note - Constitutional Court resides outside the judiciary" @@ -595,13 +595,16 @@ "text": "[359] (2) 937-5100" }, "embassy": { - "text": "16 Kozyak Street, Sofia 1408" + "text": "16, Kozyak Street, Sofia 1408" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "American Embassy Sofia, US Department of State, 5740 Sofia Place, Washington, DC 20521-5740" + "text": "5740 Sofia Place, Washington, DC  20521-5740" }, "FAX": { "text": "[359] (2) 937-5320" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "acs_sofia@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/cy.json b/europe/cy.json index 9eadf281..5d6cced8 100644 --- a/europe/cy.json +++ b/europe/cy.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Greek (official) 80.9%, Turkish (official) 0.2%, English 4.1%, Romanian 2.9%, Russian 2.5%, Bulgarian 2.2%, Arabic 1.2%, Filipino 1.1%, other 4.3%, unspecified 0.6%; note - data represent only the Republic of Cyprus (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -527,6 +527,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "area under government control: unicameral House of Representatives or Vouli Antiprosopon (80 seats; 56 assigned to Greek Cypriots, 24 to Turkish Cypriots, but only those assigned to Greek Cypriots are filled; members directly elected by both proportional representation and preferential vote; members serve 5-year terms); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: unicameral \"Assembly of the Republic\" or Cumhuriyet Meclisi (50 seats; members directly elected to 5-year terms by proportional representation system using a hybrid d'Hondt method with voter preferences for individual candidates" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "area under government control: last held on 30 May 2021 (next to be held in 2026); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: last held on 7 January 2018 (next to be held in 2023, unless early election called)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "area under government control: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - DISY 27.8%, AKEL 22.3%, DIKO 11.3%, ELAM 6.8%, EDEK-SP 6.7%, DiPa 6.1%, Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation 4.4%, other 14.6%; percent of vote by party/coalition - DISY 17, AKEL 15, DIKO 9, ELAM 4, EDEK-SP 4, DiPa 4, Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation 3; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: \"Assembly of the Republic\" - percent of vote by party - UBP 35.6%, CTP 20.9%, HP 17.1%, TDP 8.6%, DP 7.8%, YDP 7%, 3%; seats by party - UBP 21, CTP 12, HP 9, DP 3, TDP 3, YDP 2" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Nikos ANASTASIADIS (since 28 February 2013); the president is both chief of state and head of government; note - vice presidency reserved for a Turkish Cypriot, but vacant since 1974 because Turkish Cypriots do not participate in the Republic of Cyprus Government " @@ -545,17 +556,6 @@ }, "note": "note: the first round of the TRNC presidential election, originally scheduled for 26 April 2020, was postponed to 11 October 202 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; results - Ersin TATAR (UBP) 32.4%, Mustafa AKINCI (independent) 29.8%, Tufan ERHURMAN (RTP) 21.7%, Kudret OZERSAY (independent) 5.7%, Erhan ARIKLI (YDP) 5.4%, Serdar DENKTAS (independent) 4.2%, other 0.8%; the second round to be held on 18 October " }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "area under government control: unicameral House of Representatives or Vouli Antiprosopon (80 seats; 56 assigned to Greek Cypriots, 24 to Turkish Cypriots, but only those assigned to Greek Cypriots are filled; members directly elected by both proportional representation and preferential vote; members serve 5-year terms); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: unicameral \"Assembly of the Republic\" or Cumhuriyet Meclisi (50 seats; members directly elected to 5-year terms by proportional representation system using a hybrid d'Hondt method with voter preferences for individual candidates" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "area under government control: last held on 30 May 2021 (next to be held in 2026); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: last held on 7 January 2018 (next to be held in 2023, unless early election called)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "area under government control: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - DISY 27.8%, AKEL 22.3%, DIKO 11.3%, ELAM 6.8%, EDEK-SP 6.7%, DiPa 6.1%, Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation 4.4%, other 14.6%; percent of vote by party/coalition - DISY 17, AKEL 15, DIKO 9, ELAM 4, EDEK-SP 4, DiPa 4, Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation 3; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: \"Assembly of the Republic\" - percent of vote by party - UBP 35.6%, CTP 20.9%, HP 17.1%, TDP 8.6%, DP 7.8%, YDP 7%, 3%; seats by party - UBP 21, CTP 12, HP 9, DP 3, TDP 3, YDP 2" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Cyprus (consists of 13 judges, including the court president); note - the highest court in the \"TRNC\" is the \"Supreme Court\" (consists of 8 \"judges,\" including the \"court president\")" @@ -602,10 +602,13 @@ "text": "corner of Metochiou and Ploutarchou Streets, 2407 Engomi, Nicosia" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 24536, 1385 Nicosia" + "text": "5450 Nicosia Place, Washington DC  20521-5450" }, "FAX": { "text": "[357] (22) 780944" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSNicosia@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1148,6 +1151,12 @@ "text": "the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNICYP) was set up in 1964 to prevent further fighting between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities on the island and bring about a return to normal conditions; as of March 2020, the UNICYP mission consisted of about 830 personnel (2020)" } }, + "Terrorism": { + "Terrorist group(s)": { + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)", + "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" + } + }, "Transnational Issues": { "Disputes - international": { "text": "

hostilities in 1974 divided the island into two de facto autonomous entities, the internationally recognized Cypriot Government and a Turkish-Cypriot community (north Cyprus); the 1,000-strong UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has served in Cyprus since 1964 and maintains the buffer zone between north and south; on 1 May 2004, Cyprus entered the EU still divided, with the EU's body of legislation and standards (acquis communitaire) suspended in the north; Turkey protests Cypriot Government creating hydrocarbon blocks and maritime boundary with Lebanon in March 2007

" @@ -1162,7 +1171,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "56 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 23,470 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2021)" + "note": "note: 24,053 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "minor transit point for heroin and hashish via air routes and container traffic to Europe, especially from Lebanon and Turkey; some cocaine transits as well; despite a strengthening of anti-money-laundering legislation, remains vulnerable to money laundering; reporting of suspicious transactions in offshore sector remains weak" diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index 06c7241c..400090db 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority); note - English is the predominant second language" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Verdens Faktabog, den uundværlig kilde til grundlæggende oplysninger. (Danish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -513,6 +513,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral People's Assembly or Folketing (179 seats, including 2 each representing Greenland and the Faroe Islands; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms unless the Folketing is dissolved earlier)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 5 June 2019 (next to be held on June 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - SDP 25.9%, V 23.4%, DF 8.7%, SLP 8.6%, SF 7.7%, EL 6.9%, C 6.6%, A 3.0%, NB 2.4%, LA 2.3%; seats by party - SDP 48, V 43, DF 16, SLP 16, SF 14, EL 13, C 12, A 5, NB 4, LA 4; composition - men 109, women 70 (includes 2 from Greenland), percent of women 39.1%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen MARGRETHE II (since 14 January 1972); Heir Apparent Crown Prince FREDERIK (elder son of the monarch, born on 26 May 1968)" @@ -527,17 +538,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral People's Assembly or Folketing (179 seats, including 2 each representing Greenland and the Faroe Islands; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms unless the Folketing is dissolved earlier)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 5 June 2019 (next to be held on June 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - SDP 25.9%, V 23.4%, DF 8.7%, SLP 8.6%, SF 7.7%, EL 6.9%, C 6.6%, A 3.0%, NB 2.4%, LA 2.3%; seats by party - SDP 48, V 43, DF 16, SLP 16, SF 14, EL 13, C 12, A 5, NB 4, LA 4; composition - men 109, women 70 (includes 2 from Greenland), percent of women 39.1%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 18 judges)" @@ -583,10 +583,13 @@ "text": "Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 24, 2100 Copenhagen 0" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 5280 ODC, DPO AE 09716" + "text": "5280 Copenhagen Place, Washington DC  20521-5280" }, "FAX": { "text": "[45] 35 43 02 23" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "CopenhagenACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/dx.json b/europe/dx.json index f06cb586..246c8c83 100644 --- a/europe/dx.json +++ b/europe/dx.json @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "English, Greek" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index 008be5a5..5f4c56fe 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -284,10 +284,6 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age (16 years in Austria); universal; voting for the European Parliament is permitted in each member state" }, - "Executive branch": { - "text": "

under the EU treaties there are three distinct institutions, each of which conducts functions that may be regarded as executive in nature:
European Council - brings together heads of state and government, along with the president of the European Commission, and meets at least four times a year; its aim is to provide the impetus for the development of the Union and to issue general policy guidelines; the Treaty of Lisbon established the position of \"permanent\" (full-time) president of the European Council; leaders of the EU member states appoint the president for a 2 1/2 year term, renewable once; the president's responsibilities include chairing the EU summits and providing policy and organizational continuity; the current president is Charles MICHEL (Belgium), since 1 December 2019, succeeding Donald TUSK (Poland; 2014 - 2019)
Council of the European Commission - consists of ministers of each EU member state and meets regularly in 10 different configurations depending on the subject matter; it conducts policymaking and coordinating functions as well as legislative functions; ministers of EU member states chair meetings of the Council of the EU based on a 6-month rotating presidency except for the meetings of EU Foreign Ministers in the Foreign Affairs Council that are chaired by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
European Commission - headed by a College of Commissioners comprised of 28 members (one from each member country) including the president; each commissioner is responsible for one or more policy areas; the Commission's main responsibilities include the sole right to initiate EU legislation (except for foreign and security/defense policy), promoting the general interest of the EU, acting as \"guardian of the Treaties\" by monitoring the application of EU law, implementing/executing the EU budget, managing programs, negotiating on the EU's behalf in core policy areas such as trade, and ensuring the Union's external representation in some policy areas; its current president is Ursula VON DER LEYEN (Belgium) elected on 16 July 2019 (took office on 1 December 2019); the president of the European Commission is nominated by the European Council and formally \"elected\" by the European Parliament; the Commission president allocates specific responsibilities among the members of the College (appointed by common accord of the member state governments in consultation with the president-elect); the European Parliament confirms the entire Commission for a 5-year term.

", - "note": "note: for external representation and foreign policy making, leaders of the EU member states appointed Joseph BORRELL (Spain) as the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; BORRELL took office on 1 December 2019, succeeding Federica MOGHERINI (Italy (2014 - 2019); the High Representative's concurrent appointment as Vice President of the European Commission was meant to bring more coherence to the EU’s foreign policy (horizontally, between policies managed by the Commission that are particularly relevant for EU external relations, such as trade, humanitarian aid and crisis management, neighborhood policy and enlargement; and vertically, between national capitals and the EU); the High Representative helps develop and implement the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defense Policy components, chairs the Foreign Affairs Council, represents and acts for the Union in many international contexts, and oversees the European External Action Service, the diplomatic corps of the EU, established on 1 December 2010" - }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { "text": "two legislative bodies consisting of the Council of the European Union (27 seats; ministers representing the 27 member states) and the European Parliament (705 seats; seats allocated among member states roughly in proportion to population size; members elected by proportional representation to serve 5-year terms); note - the European Parliament President, David SASSOLI (Italian center-left), was elected in July 2019 by a majority of fellow members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and represents the Parliament within the EU and internationally; the Council of the EU and the MEPs share responsibilities for adopting the bulk of EU legislation, normally acting in co-decision on Commission proposals (but not in the area of Common Foreign and Security Policy, which is governed by consensus of the EU member state governments)" @@ -299,6 +295,10 @@ "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats by party (as of 31 January 2020) - EPP 187, S&D 148, ALDE/EDP 97, ID 76, Greens/EFA 67, ECR 59, GUE-NGL 40, non-inscripts 31; composition - NA" } }, + "Executive branch": { + "text": "

under the EU treaties there are three distinct institutions, each of which conducts functions that may be regarded as executive in nature:
European Council - brings together heads of state and government, along with the president of the European Commission, and meets at least four times a year; its aim is to provide the impetus for the development of the Union and to issue general policy guidelines; the Treaty of Lisbon established the position of \"permanent\" (full-time) president of the European Council; leaders of the EU member states appoint the president for a 2 1/2 year term, renewable once; the president's responsibilities include chairing the EU summits and providing policy and organizational continuity; the current president is Charles MICHEL (Belgium), since 1 December 2019, succeeding Donald TUSK (Poland; 2014 - 2019)
Council of the European Commission - consists of ministers of each EU member state and meets regularly in 10 different configurations depending on the subject matter; it conducts policymaking and coordinating functions as well as legislative functions; ministers of EU member states chair meetings of the Council of the EU based on a 6-month rotating presidency except for the meetings of EU Foreign Ministers in the Foreign Affairs Council that are chaired by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
European Commission - headed by a College of Commissioners comprised of 28 members (one from each member country) including the president; each commissioner is responsible for one or more policy areas; the Commission's main responsibilities include the sole right to initiate EU legislation (except for foreign and security/defense policy), promoting the general interest of the EU, acting as \"guardian of the Treaties\" by monitoring the application of EU law, implementing/executing the EU budget, managing programs, negotiating on the EU's behalf in core policy areas such as trade, and ensuring the Union's external representation in some policy areas; its current president is Ursula VON DER LEYEN (Belgium) elected on 16 July 2019 (took office on 1 December 2019); the president of the European Commission is nominated by the European Council and formally \"elected\" by the European Parliament; the Commission president allocates specific responsibilities among the members of the College (appointed by common accord of the member state governments in consultation with the president-elect); the European Parliament confirms the entire Commission for a 5-year term.

", + "note": "note: for external representation and foreign policy making, leaders of the EU member states appointed Joseph BORRELL (Spain) as the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; BORRELL took office on 1 December 2019, succeeding Federica MOGHERINI (Italy (2014 - 2019); the High Representative's concurrent appointment as Vice President of the European Commission was meant to bring more coherence to the EU’s foreign policy (horizontally, between policies managed by the Commission that are particularly relevant for EU external relations, such as trade, humanitarian aid and crisis management, neighborhood policy and enlargement; and vertically, between national capitals and the EU); the High Representative helps develop and implement the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defense Policy components, chairs the Foreign Affairs Council, represents and acts for the Union in many international contexts, and oversees the European External Action Service, the diplomatic corps of the EU, established on 1 December 2010" + }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Justice of the European Union, which includes the Court of Justice (informally known as the European Court of Justice or ECJ) and the General Court (consists of 27 judges, one drawn from each member state; the ECJ includes 11 Advocates General while the General Court can include additional judges; both the ECJ and the General Court may sit in a \"Grand Chamber\" of 15 judges in special cases but usually in chambers of 3 to 5 judges" diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index be7911db..974c1133 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -498,6 +498,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of:
Senate or Seanad Eireann (60 seats; 43 members indirectly elected from 5 vocational panels of nominees by an electoral college consisting of members from the House of Representatives, outgoing Senate members, and city and county council members, 11 appointed by the prime minister, and 6 elected by 2 university constituencies - 3 each from the University of Dublin (Trinity College) and the National University of Ireland)
House of Representatives or Dail Eireann (158 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; all Parliament members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held in April and May 2016 (next to be held no later than 2021)
House of Representatives - last held on 8 February 2020 (next to be held no later than 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": " 
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Fine Gael 19, Fianna Fail 14, Sinn Fein 7, Labor Party 5, Green Party 1, independent 14; composition - men 42, women 18, percent of women 30%  
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - Sinn Fein 23%, Fianna Fail 23%, Fine Gael 22%, Green Party 8%, Labor Party 4%, Social Democrats 4%, AAA-PBD 3%, Aontu 0.6%, Independents for Change 0.6%, Ceann Comhairle 0.6%, Independents 12%; seats by party - Sinn Fein 37, Fianna Fail 37, Fine Gael 35, Green Party 12, Labor Party 6, Social Democrats 6, AAA-PBD 5, Aontu l, Independents for Change 1, Ceann Comhairle 1, Independents 19; composition - men 123, women 35, percent of women 22.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 24.3%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Michael D. HIGGINS (since 11 November 2011)" @@ -515,17 +526,6 @@ "text": "Michael D. HIGGINS reelected president; percent of vote - Michael D. HIGGINS (independent) 55.8%, Peter CASEY (independent) 23.3%, Sean GALLAGHER (independent) 6.4%, Liadh NI RIADA (Sinn Fein) 6.4%, Joan FREEMAN (independent) 6%, Gavin DUFFY (independent) 2.2%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of:
Senate or Seanad Eireann (60 seats; 43 members indirectly elected from 5 vocational panels of nominees by an electoral college consisting of members from the House of Representatives, outgoing Senate members, and city and county council members, 11 appointed by the prime minister, and 6 elected by 2 university constituencies - 3 each from the University of Dublin (Trinity College) and the National University of Ireland)
House of Representatives or Dail Eireann (158 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; all Parliament members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held in April and May 2016 (next to be held no later than 2021)
House of Representatives - last held on 8 February 2020 (next to be held no later than 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": " 
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Fine Gael 19, Fianna Fail 14, Sinn Fein 7, Labor Party 5, Green Party 1, independent 14; composition - men 42, women 18, percent of women 30%  
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - Sinn Fein 23%, Fianna Fail 23%, Fine Gael 22%, Green Party 8%, Labor Party 4%, Social Democrats 4%, AAA-PBD 3%, Aontu 0.6%, Independents for Change 0.6%, Ceann Comhairle 0.6%, Independents 12%; seats by party - Sinn Fein 37, Fianna Fail 37, Fine Gael 35, Green Party 12, Labor Party 6, Social Democrats 6, AAA-PBD 5, Aontu l, Independents for Change 1, Ceann Comhairle 1, Independents 19; composition - men 123, women 35, percent of women 22.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 24.3%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Ireland (consists of the chief justice, 9 judges, 2 ex-officio members - the presidents of the High Court and Court of Appeal - and organized in 3-, 5-, or 7-judge panels, depending on the importance or complexity of an issue of law)" @@ -571,10 +571,13 @@ "text": "42 Elgin Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "5290 Dublin Place, Washington DC  20521-5290" }, "FAX": { "text": "[353] (1) 688-9946" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSDublin@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1135,7 +1138,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Continuity Irish Republican Army; New Irish Republican Army (2019)", + "text": "Continuity Irish Republican Army; New Irish Republican Army; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) (2019)", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index a97a66cc..e409563b 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -535,6 +535,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal; age 16 for local elections" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament or Riigikogu (101 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 3 March 2019 (next to be held in March 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - RE 28.9%, K 23.1%, EKRE 17.8%, Pro Patria 11.4%, SDE 9.8%, other 9%; seats by party - RE 34, K 26, EKRE 19, Pro Patria 12, SDE 10; composition - men 72, women 29, percent of women 28.7%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Kersti KALJULAID (since 10 October 2016)" @@ -552,17 +563,6 @@ "text": "Kersti KALJULAID elected president; Parliament vote - Kersti KALJULAID (independent) 81 of 98 votes; note - KALJULAID is Estonia's first female president; KALLAS is Estonia's first female prime minister" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament or Riigikogu (101 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 3 March 2019 (next to be held in March 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - RE 28.9%, K 23.1%, EKRE 17.8%, Pro Patria 11.4%, SDE 9.8%, other 9%; seats by party - RE 34, K 26, EKRE 19, Pro Patria 12, SDE 10; composition - men 72, women 29, percent of women 28.7%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 19 justices, including the chief justice, and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and constitutional review chambers)" @@ -608,10 +608,13 @@ "text": "Kentmanni 20, 15099 Tallinn" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "4530 Tallinn Place, Washington DC  20521-4530" }, "FAX": { "text": "[372] 668-8265" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSTallinn@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index eca6cb5c..1a85eb90 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Czech (official) 95.4%, Slovak 1.6%, other 3% (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
World Fackbook, nepostradatelný zdroj základních informací. (Czech)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -510,6 +510,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:
Senate or Senat (81 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)
Chamber of Deputies or Poslanecka Snemovna (200 seats; members directly elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote with a 5% threshold required to fill a seat; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held in 2 rounds on 2-3 and 9-10 October 2020 (next to be held in October 2022)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 20-21 October 2017 (next to be held by October 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - STAN 19, ODS 18, KDU-CSL 12, ANO 5, TOP 09 5, CSSD 3, SEN 21 3, Pirates 2, SZ 1, minor parties with one seat each 9, independents 4

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - ANO 29.6%, ODS 11.3%, Pirates 10.8%, SPD 10.6%, KSCM 7.8%, CSSD 7.3%, KDU-CSL 5.8%, TOP 09 5.3%, STAN 5.2%, other 6.3%; seats by party - ANO 78, ODS 25, Pirates 22, SPD 22, CSSD 15, KSCM 15, KDU-CSL 10, TOP 09 7, STAN 6; composition - men 155, women 45, percent of women 24%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Milos ZEMAN (since 8 March 2013)" @@ -527,17 +538,6 @@ "text": "Milos ZEMAN reelected president in the second round; percent of vote - Milos ZEMAN (SPO) 51.4%, Jiri DRAHOS (independent) 48.6%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:
Senate or Senat (81 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)
Chamber of Deputies or Poslanecka Snemovna (200 seats; members directly elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote with a 5% threshold required to fill a seat; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held in 2 rounds on 2-3 and 9-10 October 2020 (next to be held in October 2022)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 20-21 October 2017 (next to be held by October 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - STAN 19, ODS 18, KDU-CSL 12, ANO 5, TOP 09 5, CSSD 3, SEN 21 3, Pirates 2, SZ 1, minor parties with one seat each 9, independents 4

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - ANO 29.6%, ODS 11.3%, Pirates 10.8%, SPD 10.6%, KSCM 7.8%, CSSD 7.3%, KDU-CSL 5.8%, TOP 09 5.3%, STAN 5.2%, other 6.3%; seats by party - ANO 78, ODS 25, Pirates 22, SPD 22, CSSD 15, KSCM 15, KDU-CSL 10, TOP 09 7, STAN 6; composition - men 155, women 45, percent of women 24%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (organized into Civil Law and Commercial Division, and Criminal Division each with a court chief justice, vice justice, and several judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 15 justices); Supreme Administrative Court (consists of 36 judges, including the court president and vice president, and organized into 6-, 7-, and 9-member chambers)" @@ -583,10 +583,13 @@ "text": "Trziste 15, 118 01 Prague 1 - Mala Strana" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "5630 Prague Place, Washington DC  20521-5630" }, "FAX": { "text": "[420] 257 022 809" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSPrg@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index d100ff78..d87e3f23 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Finnish (official) 86.9%, Swedish (official) 5.2%, Russian 1.5%, other 6.4% (2020 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
World Factbook, korvaamaton perustietolähde. (Finnish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -511,6 +511,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament or Eduskunta (200 seats; 199 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 1 member in the province of Aland directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 14 April 2019 (next to be held on April 2023) (e.g. 2019)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - SDP 17.7%, Finn Party 17.5%, Kok 17.0%. Centre Party  13.8%, Green League 11.5%, Left Alliance 8.2%; seats by party/coalition -SDP 40, Finn Party 39, Kok 38, Centre Party 31, Green League 20, Left Alliance 16; composition men 107, women 93, percent of women 46.5% (e.g. 2019)" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Sauli NIINISTO (since 1 March 2012)" @@ -528,17 +539,6 @@ "text": "Sauli NIINISTO reelected president; percent of vote Sauli NIINISTO (independent) 62.7%, Pekka HAAVISTO (Vihr) 12.4%, Laura HUHTASAARI (PS) 6.9%, Paavo VAYRYNEN (independent) 6.2%, Matti VANHANEN (Kesk) 4.1%, other 7.7%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament or Eduskunta (200 seats; 199 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 1 member in the province of Aland directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 14 April 2019 (next to be held on April 2023) (e.g. 2019)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - SDP 17.7%, Finn Party 17.5%, Kok 17.0%. Centre Party  13.8%, Green League 11.5%, Left Alliance 8.2%; seats by party/coalition -SDP 40, Finn Party 39, Kok 38, Centre Party 31, Green League 20, Left Alliance 16; composition men 107, women 93, percent of women 46.5% (e.g. 2019)" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Korkein Oikeus (consists of the court president and 18 judges); Supreme Administrative Court (consists of 21 judges, including the court president and organized into 3 chambers); note - Finland has a dual judicial system - courts with civil and criminal jurisdiction and administrative courts with jurisdiction for litigation between individuals and administrative organs of the state and communities" @@ -584,10 +584,13 @@ "text": "Itainen Puistotie 14B, 00140 Helsinki" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "APO AE 09723" + "text": "5310 Helsinki Place, Washington DC  20521-5310" }, "FAX": { "text": "[358] (9) 6162-5135" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "HelsinkiACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/fo.json b/europe/fo.json index 669d9ddd..711b1333 100644 --- a/europe/fo.json +++ b/europe/fo.json @@ -376,6 +376,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Faroese Parliament or Logting (33 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)
the Faroe Islands elect 2 members to the Danish Parliament to serve 4-year terms" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Faroese Parliament - last held on 31 August 2019 (next to be held in 2023)
Faroese seats in the Danish Parliament last held on 5 June 2019 (next to be held no later than June 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Faroese Parliament percent of vote by party - People's Party 24.5%, JF 22.1%, Union Party 20.3%, Republic 18.1%, Center Party 5.4%, Progressive Party 4.6%, New Self-Government Party 3.4%, other 1.4%, seats by party - People's Party 8, JF 7, Union Party 7, Republic 6, Center Party 2, Progressive Party 2, New Self-Government Party 1, composition - men 25, women 8; percent of women 24.2%
Faroese seats in Danish Parliament - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Social Democratic Party 1, Republican Party 1; composition - 2 men" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen MARGRETHE II of Denmark (since 14 January 1972), represented by High Commissioner Lene Moyell JOHANSEN, chief administrative officer (since 15 May 2017)" @@ -393,17 +404,6 @@ "text": "Bardhur A STEIGNIELSEN elected prime minister; Parliament vote - NA" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Faroese Parliament or Logting (33 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)
the Faroe Islands elect 2 members to the Danish Parliament to serve 4-year terms" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Faroese Parliament - last held on 31 August 2019 (next to be held in 2023)
Faroese seats in the Danish Parliament last held on 5 June 2019 (next to be held no later than June 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Faroese Parliament percent of vote by party - People's Party 24.5%, JF 22.1%, Union Party 20.3%, Republic 18.1%, Center Party 5.4%, Progressive Party 4.6%, New Self-Government Party 3.4%, other 1.4%, seats by party - People's Party 8, JF 7, Union Party 7, Republic 6, Center Party 2, Progressive Party 2, New Self-Government Party 1, composition - men 25, women 8; percent of women 24.2%
Faroese seats in Danish Parliament - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Social Democratic Party 1, Republican Party 1; composition - 2 men" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Faroese Court or Raett (Rett - Danish) decides both civil and criminal cases; the Court is part of the Danish legal system" diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index 73c9ce43..f51a7afb 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard); note - overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -531,6 +531,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate or Senat (348 seats - 328 for metropolitan France and overseas departments and regions of Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Reunion, and Mayotte, 2 for New Caledonia, 2 for French Polynesia, 1 for Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, 1 for Saint-Barthelemy, 1 for Saint-Martin, 1 for Wallis and Futuna, and 12 for French nationals abroad; members indirectly elected by departmental electoral colleges using absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for departments with 1-3 members and proportional representation vote in departments with 4 or more members; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (577 seats - 556 for metropolitan France, 10 for overseas departments, and 11 for citizens abroad; members directly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 24 September 2017 (next to be held on 24 September 2020)
National Assembly - last held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (next to be held in June 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by political caucus (party or group of parties)  - LR 144, PS 73, UC 51. LREM 23, RDSE 22, CRCE 16, RTLI 13, other 6; composition - men 246, women 102, percent of women 29.3%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party first round - LREM 28.2%, LR 15.8%. FN 13.2%, FI 11%, PS 7.4%, other 24.4%; percent of vote by party second round - LREM 43.1%, LR 22.2%, FN 8.8%, MoDEM 6.1%, PS 5.7%. FI 4.9%, other 9.2%; seats by political caucus (party or group of parties) - LREM 306, LR 104, MoDEM 46, UDI/Agir 29, PS 29, UDI 18, FI 17, Liberties and Territories 16, PCF 16, other 14; composition - men 349, women 228, percent of women 39.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 35.7%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017) " @@ -548,17 +559,6 @@ "text": "Emmanuel MACRON elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Emmanuel MACRON (EM) 24.%, Marine LE PEN (FN) 21.3%, Francois FILLON (LR) 20.%, Jean-Luc MELENCHON (FI) 19.6%, Benoit HAMON (PS) 6.4%, other 8.7%; percent of vote in second round - MACRON 66.1%, LE PEN 33.9%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate or Senat (348 seats - 328 for metropolitan France and overseas departments and regions of Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Reunion, and Mayotte, 2 for New Caledonia, 2 for French Polynesia, 1 for Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, 1 for Saint-Barthelemy, 1 for Saint-Martin, 1 for Wallis and Futuna, and 12 for French nationals abroad; members indirectly elected by departmental electoral colleges using absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for departments with 1-3 members and proportional representation vote in departments with 4 or more members; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (577 seats - 556 for metropolitan France, 10 for overseas departments, and 11 for citizens abroad; members directly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 24 September 2017 (next to be held on 24 September 2020)
National Assembly - last held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (next to be held in June 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by political caucus (party or group of parties)  - LR 144, PS 73, UC 51. LREM 23, RDSE 22, CRCE 16, RTLI 13, other 6; composition - men 246, women 102, percent of women 29.3%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party first round - LREM 28.2%, LR 15.8%. FN 13.2%, FI 11%, PS 7.4%, other 24.4%; percent of vote by party second round - LREM 43.1%, LR 22.2%, FN 8.8%, MoDEM 6.1%, PS 5.7%. FI 4.9%, other 9.2%; seats by political caucus (party or group of parties) - LREM 306, LR 104, MoDEM 46, UDI/Agir 29, PS 29, UDI 18, FI 17, Liberties and Territories 16, PCF 16, other 14; composition - men 349, women 228, percent of women 39.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 35.7%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation (consists of the court president, 6 divisional presiding judges, 120 trial judges, and 70 deputy judges organized into 6 divisions - 3 civil, 1 commercial, 1 labor, and 1 criminal); Constitutional Council (consists of 9 members)" @@ -605,11 +605,14 @@ "text": "2 Avenue Gabriel, 75008 Paris" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PSC 116, APO AE 09777" + "text": "9200 Paris Place, Washington DC  20521-9200" }, "FAX": { "text": "[33] (1) 42 66 97 83" }, + "email address": { + "text": "Citizeninfo@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Marseille, Strasbourg" }, diff --git a/europe/gi.json b/europe/gi.json index 5feee8b5..753ed82f 100644 --- a/europe/gi.json +++ b/europe/gi.json @@ -334,6 +334,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal; and British citizens with six months residence or more" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament (18 seats; 17 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by majority vote and 1 appointed by Parliament as speaker; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 17 October 2019 (next to be held in 2023) (e.g. 2019)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - GSLP-Liberal Alliance 52.5% (GSLP 37.0%, LPG 15.5%), GSD 25.6%; seats by party - GSLP-Liberal Alliance 10 (GSLP 7, LPG 3), GSD 6; composition of elected members - men 15, women 2, percent of women 11.8% (e.g. 2019)" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Sir David STEEL (since 11 June 2020)" @@ -348,17 +359,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed chief minister by the governor" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament (18 seats; 17 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by majority vote and 1 appointed by Parliament as speaker; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 17 October 2019 (next to be held in 2023) (e.g. 2019)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - GSLP-Liberal Alliance 52.5% (GSLP 37.0%, LPG 15.5%), GSD 25.6%; seats by party - GSLP-Liberal Alliance 10 (GSLP 7, LPG 3), GSD 6; composition of elected members - men 15, women 2, percent of women 11.8% (e.g. 2019)" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of at least 3 judges, including the court president); Supreme Court of Gibraltar (consists of the chief justice and 3 judges); note - appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" diff --git a/europe/gk.json b/europe/gk.json index 42fbe95d..4f3157e2 100644 --- a/europe/gk.json +++ b/europe/gk.json @@ -332,6 +332,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "16 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral States of Deliberation (40 seats; 38 People's Deputies and 2 representatives of the States of Alderney; members directly elected by majority vote to serve 4-year terms); note - non-voting members include the bailiff (presiding officer), attorney-general, and solicitor-general" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 27 April 2016 (next to be held in June 2020)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 38; composition - men 27, women 13, percent of women 32.5%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Lieutenant-Governor Vice Admiral Ian CORDER (since 14 March 2016)" @@ -349,17 +360,6 @@ "text": "Gavin ST PIER (independent) elected president of the Policy and Resources Committee and chief minister" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral States of Deliberation (40 seats; 38 People's Deputies and 2 representatives of the States of Alderney; members directly elected by majority vote to serve 4-year terms); note - non-voting members include the bailiff (presiding officer), attorney-general, and solicitor-general" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 27 April 2016 (next to be held in June 2020)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 38; composition - men 27, women 13, percent of women 32.5%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Guernsey Court of Appeal (consists of the Bailiff of Guernsey, who is the ex-officio president of the Guernsey Court of Appeal, and at least 12 judges); Royal Court (organized into 3 divisions - Full Court sits with 1 judge and 7 to 12 jurats acting as judges of fact, Ordinary Court sits with 1 judge and normally 3 jurats, and Matrimonial Causes Division sits with 1 judge and 4 jurats); note - appeals beyond Guernsey courts are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index a19b9364..c506a57d 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "German (official); note - Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romani are official minority languages; Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, and Romani are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -517,6 +517,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal; age 16 for some state and municipal elections" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:
Federal Council or Bundesrat (69 seats; members appointed by each of the 16 state governments)
Federal Diet or Bundestag (709 seats - total seats can vary each electoral term; approximately one-half of members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and approximately one-half directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Bundesrat - none; composition is determined by the composition of the state-level governments; the composition of the Bundesrat has the potential to change any time one of the 16 states holds an election
Bundestag - last held on 24 September 2017 (next to be held in 2021 at the latest); most postwar German governments have been coalitions" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Bundesrat - composition - men 50, women 19, percent of women 27.5%
Bundestag - percent of vote by party - CDU/CSU 33%, SPD 20.5%, AfD 12.6%, FDP 10.7%, The Left 9.2%, Alliance '90/Greens 8.9%, other 5%; seats by party - CDU/CSU 246, SPD 152, AfD 91, FDP 80, The Left 69, Alliance '90/Greens 67; composition - men 490, women 219, percent of women 30.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 30.5%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Frank-Walter STEINMEIER (since 19 March 2017)" @@ -534,17 +545,6 @@ "text": "Frank-Walter STEINMEIER elected president; Federal Convention vote count - Frank-Walter STEINMEIER (SPD) 931, Christopher BUTTERWEGGE (The Left) 128, Albrecht GLASER (Alternative for Germany AfD) 42, Alexander HOLD (BVB/FW) 25, Engelbert SONNEBORN (Pirates) 10; Angela MERKEL (CDU) reelected chancellor; Federal Parliament vote - 364 to 315" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:
Federal Council or Bundesrat (69 seats; members appointed by each of the 16 state governments)
Federal Diet or Bundestag (709 seats - total seats can vary each electoral term; approximately one-half of members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and approximately one-half directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Bundesrat - none; composition is determined by the composition of the state-level governments; the composition of the Bundesrat has the potential to change any time one of the 16 states holds an election
Bundestag - last held on 24 September 2017 (next to be held in 2021 at the latest); most postwar German governments have been coalitions" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Bundesrat - composition - men 50, women 19, percent of women 27.5%
Bundestag - percent of vote by party - CDU/CSU 33%, SPD 20.5%, AfD 12.6%, FDP 10.7%, The Left 9.2%, Alliance '90/Greens 8.9%, other 5%; seats by party - CDU/CSU 246, SPD 152, AfD 91, FDP 80, The Left 69, Alliance '90/Greens 67; composition - men 490, women 219, percent of women 30.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 30.5%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Federal Court of Justice (court consists of 127 judges, including the court president, vice presidents, presiding judges, other judges and organized into 25 Senates subdivided into 12 civil panels, 5 criminal panels, and 8 special panels); Federal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht (consists of 2 Senates each subdivided into 3 chambers, each with a chairman and 8 members)" @@ -590,11 +590,14 @@ "text": "Clayallee 170, 14191 Berlin" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Clayallee 170, 14191 Berlin" + "text": "5090 Berlin Place, Washington DC  20521-5090" }, "FAX": { "text": "[49] (30) 8305-1215" }, + "email address": { + "text": "BerlinPCO@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Dusseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich" } diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index c426d1d8..dee3257b 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Greek (official) 99%, other (includes English and French) 1%" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -522,6 +522,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "17 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Hellenic Parliament or Vouli ton Ellinon (300 seats; 280 members in multi-seat constituencies and 12 members in a single nationwide constituency directly elected by open party-list proportional representation vote; 8 members in single-seat constituencies elected by simple majority vote; members serve up to 4 years);  note - only parties surpassing a 3% threshold are entitled to parliamentary seats; parties need 10 seats to become formal parliamentary groups but can retain that status if the party participated in the last election and received the minimum 3% threshold" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 7 July 2019 (next to be held by July 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - ND 39.9%, SYRIZA 31.5%, KINAL 8.1%, KKE 5.3%, Greek Solution 3.7%, MeRA25 3.4%, other 8.1%; seats by party - ND 158, SYRIZA 86, KINAL 22, KKE 15, Greek Solution 10, MeRA25 9; composition - men 244, women 56, percent of women 18.7%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Ekaterini SAKELLAROPOULOU (since 13 March 2020)" @@ -539,17 +550,6 @@ "text": "Katerina SAKELLAROPOULOU (independent) elected president by Parliament - 261 of 300 votes; note - SAKELLAROPOULOU is Greece's first woman president" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Hellenic Parliament or Vouli ton Ellinon (300 seats; 280 members in multi-seat constituencies and 12 members in a single nationwide constituency directly elected by open party-list proportional representation vote; 8 members in single-seat constituencies elected by simple majority vote; members serve up to 4 years);  note - only parties surpassing a 3% threshold are entitled to parliamentary seats; parties need 10 seats to become formal parliamentary groups but can retain that status if the party participated in the last election and received the minimum 3% threshold" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 7 July 2019 (next to be held by July 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - ND 39.9%, SYRIZA 31.5%, KINAL 8.1%, KKE 5.3%, Greek Solution 3.7%, MeRA25 3.4%, other 8.1%; seats by party - ND 158, SYRIZA 86, KINAL 22, KKE 15, Greek Solution 10, MeRA25 9; composition - men 244, women 56, percent of women 18.7%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Civil and Criminal Court or Areios Pagos (consists of 56 judges, including the court presidents); Council of State (supreme administrative court) (consists of the president, 7 vice presidents, 42 privy councilors, 48 associate councilors and 50 reporting judges, organized into six 5- and 7-member chambers; Court of Audit (government audit and enforcement) consists of the president, 5 vice presidents, 20 councilors, and 90 associate and reporting judges" @@ -598,11 +598,14 @@ "text": "91 Vasillisis Sophias Avenue, 10160 Athens" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PSC 108, APO AE 09842-0108" + "text": "7100 Athens Place, Washington DC  20521-7100" }, "FAX": { "text": "[30] (210) 645-6282" }, + "email address": { + "text": "athensamericancitizenservices@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Thessaloniki" } @@ -1180,7 +1183,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "5,557 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 1,208,833 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16" + "note": "note: 1,208,843 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime" diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index 66c12a67..02adb70e 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Croatian (official) 95.6%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3% (including Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and Albanian), unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, nužan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Croatian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -537,6 +537,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Assembly or Hrvatski Sabor (151 seats; 140 members in 10 multi-seat constituencies and 3 members in a single constituency for Croatian diaspora directly elected by proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method with a 5% threshold; an additional 8 members elected from a nationwide constituency by simple majority by voters belonging to minorities recognized by Croatia; the Serb minority elects 3 Assembly members, the Hungarian and Italian minorities elect 1 each, the Czech and Slovak minorities elect 1 jointly, and all other minorities elect 2; all members serve 4-year terms" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "early election held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held by 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - HDZ-led coalition 37.3%, Restart coalition 24.9%, DPMS-led coalition 10.9%, MOST 7.4%, Green-Left coalition 7%, P-F-SSIP 4%, HNS-LD 1.3%, People's Party - Reformists 1%, other 6.2%; number of seats by coalition/party - HDZ-led coalition 66, Restart coalition 41, DPMS-led coalition 16, MOST 8, Green-Left coalition 7, P-F-SSIP 3, HNS-LD 1, People's Party - Reformists - 1, national minorities 8; composition - men 116, women 35, percent of women 23.2%" + }, + "note": "note: seats by party as of March 2021 - HDZ 62, SDP 33, DP 9, Most 6, Croatian Sovereignists 4, We Can! 4, IDS 3, SDSS 3, HSS 2, HSLS 2, BZH 1, Center 1, FOKUS 1, GLAS 1, HDS 1, HSU 1, NL 1, Reformists 1, SSIP 1, WF 1, independent 12" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Zoran MILANOVIC (since 18 February 2020)" @@ -554,18 +566,6 @@ "text": "Zoran MILANOVIC elected president in second round; percent of vote - Zoran MILANOVIC (SDP) 52.7%, Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC (HDZ) 47.3%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Assembly or Hrvatski Sabor (151 seats; 140 members in 10 multi-seat constituencies and 3 members in a single constituency for Croatian diaspora directly elected by proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method with a 5% threshold; an additional 8 members elected from a nationwide constituency by simple majority by voters belonging to minorities recognized by Croatia; the Serb minority elects 3 Assembly members, the Hungarian and Italian minorities elect 1 each, the Czech and Slovak minorities elect 1 jointly, and all other minorities elect 2; all members serve 4-year terms" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "early election held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held by 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - HDZ-led coalition 37.3%, Restart coalition 24.9%, DPMS-led coalition 10.9%, MOST 7.4%, Green-Left coalition 7%, P-F-SSIP 4%, HNS-LD 1.3%, People's Party - Reformists 1%, other 6.2%; number of seats by coalition/party - HDZ-led coalition 66, Restart coalition 41, DPMS-led coalition 16, MOST 8, Green-Left coalition 7, P-F-SSIP 3, HNS-LD 1, People's Party - Reformists - 1, national minorities 8; composition - men 116, women 35, percent of women 23.2%" - }, - "note": "note: seats by party as of March 2021 - HDZ 62, SDP 33, DP 9, Most 6, Croatian Sovereignists 4, We Can! 4, IDS 3, SDSS 3, HSS 2, HSLS 2, BZH 1, Center 1, FOKUS 1, GLAS 1, HDS 1, HSU 1, NL 1, Reformists 1, SSIP 1, WF 1, independent 12" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the court president and vice president, 25 civil department justices, and 16 criminal department justices)" @@ -612,10 +612,13 @@ "text": "2 Thomas Jefferson Street, 10010 Zagreb" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "5080 Zagreb Place, Washington DC  20521-5080" }, "FAX": { "text": "[385] (1) 661-2373" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ZagrebACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index 3ccd271c..e2377202 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Hungarian (official) 99.6%, English 16%, German 11.2%, Russian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, French 1.2%, other 4.2%; note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; Hungarian is the mother tongue of 98.9% of Hungarian speakers (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
A World Factbook nélkülözhetetlen forrása az alapvető információnak.  (Hungarian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -527,6 +527,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age, 16 if married and marriage is registered in Hungary; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Orszaggyules (199 seats; 106 members directly elected in single-member constituencies by simple majority vote and 93 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by party list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 8 April 2018 (next to be held in April 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party list - Fidesz-KDNP 49.3%, Jobbik 19.1%, MSZP-PM 11.9%, LMP 7.1%, DK 5.4%, Momentum Movement 3.1%, Together 0.7%, LdU 0.5%, other 2.9%; seats by party - Fidesz 117, Jobbik 26, KDNP 16, MSZP 15,  DK 9, LMP 8, PM 5, Together 1, LdU 1, independent 1; composition - men 174, women 25, percent of women 12.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Janos ADER (since 10 May 2012) " @@ -544,17 +555,6 @@ "text": "Janos ADER (Fidesz) reelected president; National Assembly vote - 131 to 39; Viktor ORBAN (Fidesz) reelected prime minister; National Assembly vote - 134 to 28" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Orszaggyules (199 seats; 106 members directly elected in single-member constituencies by simple majority vote and 93 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by party list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 8 April 2018 (next to be held in April 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party list - Fidesz-KDNP 49.3%, Jobbik 19.1%, MSZP-PM 11.9%, LMP 7.1%, DK 5.4%, Momentum Movement 3.1%, Together 0.7%, LdU 0.5%, other 2.9%; seats by party - Fidesz 117, Jobbik 26, KDNP 16, MSZP 15,  DK 9, LMP 8, PM 5, Together 1, LdU 1, independent 1; composition - men 174, women 25, percent of women 12.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Curia or Supreme Judicial Court (consists of the president, vice president, department heads, and approximately 91 judges and is organized into civil, criminal, and administrative-labor departments; Constitutional Court (consists of 15 judges, including the court president and vice president)" @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "  Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Marc DILLARD (since 30 October 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Marc DILLARD (since 30 October 2020)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[36] (1) 475-4400" @@ -600,10 +600,13 @@ "text": "Szabadsag ter 12, H-1054 Budapest" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "pouch: American Embassy Budapest, 5270 Budapest Place, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-5270" + "text": "5270 Budapest Place, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-5270" }, "FAX": { "text": "[36] (1) 475-4248" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "acs.budapest@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index 877f96da..0571fcbb 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -496,6 +496,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Althingi or Parliament (63 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 28 October 2017 (next to be held in 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - IP 25.2%, LGM 16.9%, SDA 12.1%, CP 10.9%, PP 10.7%, Pirate Party 9.2%, People's Party 6.9%, Reform Party 6.7%. other 1.5%; seats by party - IP 16, LGM 11, SDA 7, CP 7, PP 8, Pirate Party 6, Reform Party 4, People's Party 4" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON (since 1 August 2016)" @@ -513,17 +524,6 @@ "text": "Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON reelected president; percent of vote - Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON (independent) 92.2%, Gudmundur Franklin JONSSON (independent) 7.8%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Althingi or Parliament (63 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 28 October 2017 (next to be held in 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - IP 25.2%, LGM 16.9%, SDA 12.1%, CP 10.9%, PP 10.7%, Pirate Party 9.2%, People's Party 6.9%, Reform Party 6.7%. other 1.5%; seats by party - IP 16, LGM 11, SDA 7, CP 7, PP 8, Pirate Party 6, Reform Party 4, People's Party 4" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Haestirettur (consists of 9 judges)" @@ -569,10 +569,13 @@ "text": "Laufasvegur 21, 101 Reykjavik" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "US Department of State, 5640 Reykjavik Place, Washington, D.C. 20521-5640" + "text": "5640 Reykjavik Place, Washington, D.C. 20521-5640" }, "FAX": { "text": "[354] 562-9118" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "reykjavikconsular@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/im.json b/europe/im.json index 87263252..67ef61ba 100644 --- a/europe/im.json +++ b/europe/im.json @@ -364,6 +364,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "16 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Tynwald or the High Court of Tynwald consists of:
Legislative Council (11 seats; includes the President of Tynwald, 2 ex-officio members - the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man and the attorney general (non-voting) - and 8 members indirectly elected by the House of Keys with renewal of 4 members every 2 years; elected members serve 4-year terms)
House of Keys (24 seats; 2 members directly elected by simple majority vote from 12 constituencies to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Legislative Council - last held 28 February 2018 (next to be held 12 March 2020)
House of Keys - last held on 22 September 2016 (next to be held on 23 September 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": " 
Legislative Council - composition - men 6, women 5, percent of women 45.5%
House of Keys - percent of vote by party - Liberal Vannin 6.4%, independent 92.3%, other 1.3%; seats by party - Liberal Vannin 3, independent 21; composition - men 19, women 5, percent of women 20.8%; note - total Tynwald percent of women 28.6%" + }, + "note": "note: as of January 2019, seats by party - Liberal Vannin 2, independent 22" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Lieutenant Governor Sir Richard GOZNEY (since 27 May 2016)" @@ -381,18 +393,6 @@ "text": "Howard QUAYLE (independent) elected chief minister; Tynwald vote - 21 of 33" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Tynwald or the High Court of Tynwald consists of:
Legislative Council (11 seats; includes the President of Tynwald, 2 ex-officio members - the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man and the attorney general (non-voting) - and 8 members indirectly elected by the House of Keys with renewal of 4 members every 2 years; elected members serve 4-year terms)
House of Keys (24 seats; 2 members directly elected by simple majority vote from 12 constituencies to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Legislative Council - last held 28 February 2018 (next to be held 12 March 2020)
House of Keys - last held on 22 September 2016 (next to be held on 23 September 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": " 
Legislative Council - composition - men 6, women 5, percent of women 45.5%
House of Keys - percent of vote by party - Liberal Vannin 6.4%, independent 92.3%, other 1.3%; seats by party - Liberal Vannin 3, independent 21; composition - men 19, women 5, percent of women 20.8%; note - total Tynwald percent of women 28.6%" - }, - "note": "note: as of January 2019, seats by party - Liberal Vannin 2, independent 22" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Isle of Man High Court of Justice (consists of 3 permanent judges or \"deemsters\" and 1 judge of appeal; organized into the Staff of Government Division or Court of Appeal and the Civil Division); the Court of General Gaol Delivery is not formally part of the High Court but is administered as though part of the High Court and deals with serious criminal cases; note - appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index 68e966cc..675bd1eb 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -533,6 +533,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal except in senatorial elections, where minimum age is 25" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlamento consists of:
Senate or Senato della Repubblica (321 seats; 116 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 193 members in multi-seat constituencies and 6 members in multi-seat constituencies abroad directly elected by party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms and 6 ex-officio members appointed by the president of the Republic to serve for life)
Chamber of Deputies or Camera dei Deputati (630 seats; 629 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 1 member from Valle d'Aosta elected by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 4 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2023)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 4 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - center-right coalition 37.5% (L 17.6%, FI 14.4%, FdI 4.3%, UdC 1.2%), M5S 32.2%, center-left coalition (PD 19.1%, +E 2.3%, I 0.5%, CP 0.5%, SVP-PATT 0.4%), LeU 3.3%; seats by party - center-right coalition 77(L 37, FI 33, FdI 7), M5S 68, center-left coalition 44(PD 43, SVP-PATT 1), LeU 4; composition - men 208, women 113, percent of women 35.2%

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - center-right coalition 37% (L 17.4%, FI 14%, FdI 4.4%, UdC 1.3%), M5S 33%, center-left coalition 22.9% (PD 18.8%, E+ 2.6%, I 0.6%, CP 0.5%, SVP-PATT 0.4%); seats by party - center-right coalition 151 (L73, FI 59, FdI 19), M5S 133, center-left coalition 88 (PD 86, SVP 2), LeU 14; composition - men 405, women 225, percent of women 35.7%; note - total Parliament percent of women 35.5%" + }, + "note": "Note: in October 2019, Italy's Parliament voted to reduce the number of Senate seats from 315 to 200 and the number of Chamber of Deputies seats from 630 to 400; a referendum to reduce the membership of Parliament held on 20-21 September 2020 was approved, effective for the 2023 election" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Sergio MATTARELLA (since 3 February 2015)" @@ -550,18 +562,6 @@ "text": "Sergio MATTARELLA (independent) elected president; electoral college vote count in fourth round - 665 out of 1,009 (505-vote threshold)" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlamento consists of:
Senate or Senato della Repubblica (321 seats; 116 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 193 members in multi-seat constituencies and 6 members in multi-seat constituencies abroad directly elected by party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms and 6 ex-officio members appointed by the president of the Republic to serve for life)
Chamber of Deputies or Camera dei Deputati (630 seats; 629 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 1 member from Valle d'Aosta elected by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 4 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2023)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 4 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - center-right coalition 37.5% (L 17.6%, FI 14.4%, FdI 4.3%, UdC 1.2%), M5S 32.2%, center-left coalition (PD 19.1%, +E 2.3%, I 0.5%, CP 0.5%, SVP-PATT 0.4%), LeU 3.3%; seats by party - center-right coalition 77(L 37, FI 33, FdI 7), M5S 68, center-left coalition 44(PD 43, SVP-PATT 1), LeU 4; composition - men 208, women 113, percent of women 35.2%

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - center-right coalition 37% (L 17.4%, FI 14%, FdI 4.4%, UdC 1.3%), M5S 33%, center-left coalition 22.9% (PD 18.8%, E+ 2.6%, I 0.6%, CP 0.5%, SVP-PATT 0.4%); seats by party - center-right coalition 151 (L73, FI 59, FdI 19), M5S 133, center-left coalition 88 (PD 86, SVP 2), LeU 14; composition - men 405, women 225, percent of women 35.7%; note - total Parliament percent of women 35.5%" - }, - "note": "Note: in October 2019, Italy's Parliament voted to reduce the number of Senate seats from 315 to 200 and the number of Chamber of Deputies seats from 630 to 400; a referendum to reduce the membership of Parliament held on 20-21 September 2020 was approved, effective for the 2023 election" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Cassation or Corte Suprema di Cassazione (consists of the first president (chief justice), deputy president, 54 justices presiding over 6 civil and 7 criminal divisions, and 288 judges; an additional 30 judges of lower courts serve as supporting judges; cases normally heard by 5-judge panels; more complex cases heard by 9-judge panels); Constitutional Court or Corte Costituzionale (consists of the court president and 14 judges)" @@ -610,11 +610,14 @@ "text": "Via Vittorio Veneto 121, 00187-Rome" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PSC 59, Box 100, APO AE 09624" + "text": "9500 Rome Place, Washington DC  20521-9500" }, "FAX": { "text": "[39] 06-488-2672" }, + "email address": { + "text": "uscitizenrome@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Florence, Milan, Naples" } @@ -1199,7 +1202,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "3,000 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 551,476 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021)" + "note": "note: 553,966 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "important gateway for and consumer of Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin entering the European market; money laundering by organized crime and from smuggling" diff --git a/europe/je.json b/europe/je.json index e1c4ab56..31eb66a2 100644 --- a/europe/je.json +++ b/europe/je.json @@ -375,6 +375,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "16 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Assembly of the States of Jersey (49 elected members; 8 senators to serve 4-year terms, and 29 deputies and 12 connetables, or heads of parishes, to serve 4-year terms; 5 non-voting members appointed by the monarch include the bailiff, lieutenant governor, dean of Jersey, attorney general, and the solicitor general)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 16 May 2018 (next to be held on 16 May 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 49; composition - men 36, women 13, percent of 26.5%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Lieutenant Governor Sir Stephen DALTON (since 13 March 2017)" @@ -389,17 +400,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; Council of Ministers, including the chief minister, indirectly elected by the Assembly of States; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Assembly of the States of Jersey (49 elected members; 8 senators to serve 4-year terms, and 29 deputies and 12 connetables, or heads of parishes, to serve 4-year terms; 5 non-voting members appointed by the monarch include the bailiff, lieutenant governor, dean of Jersey, attorney general, and the solicitor general)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 16 May 2018 (next to be held on 16 May 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 49; composition - men 36, women 13, percent of 26.5%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Jersey Court of Appeal (consists of the bailiff, deputy bailiff, and 12 judges); Royal Court (consists of the bailiff, deputy bailiff, 6 commissioners and lay people referred to as jurats, and is organized into Heritage, Family, Probate, and Samedi Divisions); appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" diff --git a/europe/kv.json b/europe/kv.json index e65a5fe0..ce5e7aa3 100644 --- a/europe/kv.json +++ b/europe/kv.json @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1%; note - in municipalities where a community's mother tongue is not one of Kosovo's official languages, the language of that community may be given official status according to the 2006 Law on the Use of Languages (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Libri i Fakteve Boterore, burimi vital per informacione elementare. (Albanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -365,23 +365,6 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, - "Executive branch": { - "chief of state": { - "text": "Vjosa OSMANI (since 4 April 2021); note: President Hashim THACI (since 7 April 2016) resigned 5 November 2020" - }, - "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Albin KURTI (since 22 February 2021)" - }, - "cabinet": { - "text": "Cabinet elected by the Assembly" - }, - "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president indirectly elected by at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly for a 5-year term; if a candidate does not attain a two-thirds threshold in the first two ballots, the candidate winning a simple majority vote in the third ballot is elected (eligible for a second term); election last held on 26 February 2016 (next to be held in 2021); prime minister indirectly elected by the Assembly" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Vjosa OSMANI elected president in the third ballot; Assembly vote - Vjosa OSMANI (VV) 71 votes; Albin KURTI (VV) elected prime minister; Assembly vote - 67-30" - } - }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { "text": "unicameral Assembly or Kuvendi i Kosoves/Skupstina Kosova (120 seats; 100 members directly elected by open-list proportional representation vote with 20 seats reserved for ethnic minorities - 10 for Serbs and 10 for other ethnic minorities; members serve 4-year terms)" @@ -393,6 +376,23 @@ "text": "percent of vote by party - VV 50%, PDK 16.9%, LDK 12.7%, AAK 7.1%, Serb List 5.1%, other 8.2%; seats by party - VV 58, PDK 19, LDK 15, Serb List 10, AAK 8, other 10; composition - NA" } }, + "Executive branch": { + "chief of state": { + "text": "President Vjosa OSMANI (since 4 April 2021); note: President Hashim THACI (since 7 April 2016) resigned 5 November 2020" + }, + "head of government": { + "text": "Prime Minister Albin KURTI (since 22 February 2021)" + }, + "cabinet": { + "text": "Cabinet elected by the Assembly" + }, + "elections/appointments": { + "text": "president indirectly elected by at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly for a 5-year term; if a candidate does not attain a two-thirds threshold in the first two ballots, the candidate winning a simple majority vote in the third ballot is elected (eligible for a second term); election last held on 3-4 April 2021 (next to be held in 2026); prime minister indirectly elected by the Assembly" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Vjosa OSMANI elected president in the third ballot; Assembly vote - Vjosa OSMANI (VV) 71 votes; Albin KURTI (VV) elected prime minister; Assembly vote - 67-30" + } + }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 18 judges and organized into Appeals Panel of the Kosovo Property Agency and Special Chamber); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and 7 judges)" @@ -442,10 +442,13 @@ "text": "Arberia/Dragodan, Nazim Hikmet 30, Pristina" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "9520 Pristina Place, Washington DC  20521-9520" }, "FAX": { "text": "[383] 38 549 890" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "PristinaACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index 537158b1..e8afcf29 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Latvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian), unspecified 9.4%; note - data represent language usually spoken at home (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
World Factbook, neaizstājams avots pamata informāciju. (Latvian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -538,6 +538,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament or Saeima (100 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 6 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - SDPS 19.8%, KPV LV 14.3%, JKP 13.6%, AP! 12%, NA 11%, ZZS 9.9%, V 6.7%, other 12.7%; seats by party - SDPS 23, KPV LV 16, JKP 16, AP! 13, NA 13, ZZS 11, V 8; composition - men 69, women 31, percent of women 31%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Egils LEVITS (since 8 July 2019)" @@ -555,17 +566,6 @@ "text": "Egils LEVITS elected president; Parliament vote - Egils LEVITS 61 votes, Didzis SMITS 24, Juris JANSONS 8; Krisjanis KARINS confirmed prime minister 61-39" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament or Saeima (100 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 6 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - SDPS 19.8%, KPV LV 14.3%, JKP 13.6%, AP! 12%, NA 11%, ZZS 9.9%, V 6.7%, other 12.7%; seats by party - SDPS 23, KPV LV 16, JKP 16, AP! 13, NA 13, ZZS 11, V 8; composition - men 69, women 31, percent of women 31%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the Senate with 36 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 7 judges)" @@ -608,10 +608,13 @@ "text": "1 Samnera Velsa St, Riga LV-1510" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Embassy of the United States of America, 1 Samnera Velsa St, Riga, LV-1510" + "text": "4520 Riga Place, Washington DC  20521-4520" }, "FAX": { "text": "[371] 6710-7050" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "askconsular-riga@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index 7294d262..c7ba4b72 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other 0.9%, unspecified 3.5% (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Pasaulio enciklopedija – naudingas bendrosios informacijos šaltinis. (Lithuanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -531,6 +531,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament or Seimas (141 seats; 71 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote and 70 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 11 and 25 October 2020 (next to be held in October 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - TS-LKD 50, LVZS 32, LSDP 13, LRLS 13, Freedom 11, DP 10, AWPL 3, LSDDP 3, LT 1, Greens 1, independent 4; composition - men 103, women 38, percent of women 27%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Gitanas NAUSEDA (since 12 July 2019)" @@ -548,17 +559,6 @@ "text": "Gitanas NAUSEDA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Gitanas NAUSEDA (independent) 66.7%, Ingrida SIMONYTE (independent) 33.3%; Saulius SKVERNELIS (LVZS) approved as prime minister by Parliament vote - 62 to 10" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament or Seimas (141 seats; 71 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote and 70 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 11 and 25 October 2020 (next to be held in October 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - TS-LKD 50, LVZS 32, LSDP 13, LRLS 13, Freedom 11, DP 10, AWPL 3, LSDDP 3, LT 1, Greens 1, independent 4; composition - men 103, women 38, percent of women 27%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 37 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)" @@ -601,13 +601,16 @@ "text": "[370] (5) 266-5500" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Akmenu gatve 6, Vilnius, LT-03106" + "text": "4510 Vilnius Place, Washington DC  20521-4510" }, "mailing address": { "text": "American Embassy, Akmenu Gatve 6, Vilnius LT-03106" }, "FAX": { "text": "[370] (5) 266-5510" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "consec@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index 11a7605a..c5b958b9 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Slovak (official) 78.6%, Hungarian 9.4%, Roma 2.3%, Ruthenian 1%, other or unspecified 8.8% (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Svetova Kniha Faktov, nenahraditelny zdroj zakladnej informacie. (Slovak)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -497,6 +497,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Council or Narodna Rada (150 seats; members directly elected in a single- and multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 29 February 2020 (next to be held March 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - OLaNO-NOVA 25%, Smer-SD 18.3%, Sme-Rodina 8.2%, LSNS 8%, PS-SPOLU 7%, SaS 6.2%, Za Ludi 5.8%, other 21.5%; seats by party - OLaNO-NOVA 53, Smer-SD 38, Sme-Rodina 17, LSNS 17, SaS 13, Za Ludi 12, PS-SPOLU 0; composition - men 120, women 30, percent of women 20%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Zuzana CAPUTOVA (since 15 June 2019)" @@ -514,17 +525,6 @@ "text": "Zuzana CAPUTOVA reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Zuzana CAPUTOVA (PS) 58.4%, Maros SEFCOVIC (independent) 41.6%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Council or Narodna Rada (150 seats; members directly elected in a single- and multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 29 February 2020 (next to be held March 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - OLaNO-NOVA 25%, Smer-SD 18.3%, Sme-Rodina 8.2%, LSNS 8%, PS-SPOLU 7%, SaS 6.2%, Za Ludi 5.8%, other 21.5%; seats by party - OLaNO-NOVA 53, Smer-SD 38, Sme-Rodina 17, LSNS 17, SaS 13, Za Ludi 12, PS-SPOLU 0; composition - men 120, women 30, percent of women 20%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic (consists of the court president, vice president, and approximately 80 judges organized into criminal, civil, commercial, and administrative divisions with 3- and 5-judge panels); Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic (consists of 13 judges organized into 3-judge panels)" @@ -570,10 +570,13 @@ "text": "P.O. Box 309, 814 99 Bratislava" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 309, 814 99 Bratislava" + "text": "5840 Bratislava Place, Washington DC  20521-5840" }, "FAX": { "text": "[421] (2) 5441-5148" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "consulbratislava@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/ls.json b/europe/ls.json index b5704801..8c3cdc74 100644 --- a/europe/ls.json +++ b/europe/ls.json @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "German 91.5% (official) (Alemannic is the main dialect), Italian 1.5%, Turkish 1.3%, Portuguese 1.1%, other 4.6% (2015 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -417,6 +417,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament or Landtag (25 seats; members directly elected in 2 multi-seat constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 7 February 2021 (next to be held in February 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - FBP 35.9%, VU 35.9%, FL 12.9%, DpL 11.1%, independent 4.2%; seats by party - FBP 10, VU 10, FL 3, DpL 2; composition - men 18, women 7, percent of women 28%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Prince HANS-ADAM II (since 13 November 1989, assumed executive powers on 26 August 1984); Heir Apparent and Regent of Liechtenstein Prince ALOIS (son of the monarch, born 11 June 1968); note - 15 August 2004, HANS-ADAM II transferred the official duties of the ruling prince to ALOIS, but HANS-ADAM II retains status of chief of state" @@ -431,17 +442,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party in the Parliament usually appointed the head of government by the monarch, and the leader of the largest minority party in the Landtag usually appointed the deputy head of government by the monarch if there is a coalition government" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament or Landtag (25 seats; members directly elected in 2 multi-seat constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 7 February 2021 (next to be held in February 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - FBP 35.9%, VU 35.9%, FL 12.9%, DpL 11.1%, independent 4.2%; seats by party - FBP 10, VU 10, FL 3, DpL 2; composition - men 18, women 7, percent of women 28%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Oberster Gerichtshof (consists of 5 judges); Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgericht (consists of 5 judges and 5 alternates)" diff --git a/europe/lu.json b/europe/lu.json index 315ec903..d27dba36 100644 --- a/europe/lu.json +++ b/europe/lu.json @@ -492,6 +492,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes (60 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - a 21-member Council of State appointed by the Grand Duke on the advice of the prime minister serves as an advisory body to the Chamber of Deputies" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 14 October 2018 (next to be held by October 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - CSV 28.3%, LSAP 17.6%, DP 16.9%, Green Party 15.1%, ADR 8.3%, Pirate Party 6.4%, The Left 5.5%, other 1.9%; seats by party - CSV 21, DP 12, LSAP 10, Green Party 9, ADR 4, Pirate Party 2, The Left 2; composition - men 46, women 14, percent of women 23.3%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Grand Duke HENRI (since 7 October 2000); Heir Apparent Prince GUILLAUME (son of the monarch, born 11 November 1981)" @@ -506,17 +517,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; following elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch; deputy prime minister appointed by the monarch; prime minister and deputy prime minister are responsible to the Chamber of Deputies" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes (60 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - a 21-member Council of State appointed by the Grand Duke on the advice of the prime minister serves as an advisory body to the Chamber of Deputies" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 14 October 2018 (next to be held by October 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - CSV 28.3%, LSAP 17.6%, DP 16.9%, Green Party 15.1%, ADR 8.3%, Pirate Party 6.4%, The Left 5.5%, other 1.9%; seats by party - CSV 21, DP 12, LSAP 10, Green Party 9, ADR 4, Pirate Party 2, The Left 2; composition - men 46, women 14, percent of women 23.3%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice includes Court of Appeal and Court of Cassation (consists of 27 judges on 9 benches); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members)" @@ -562,10 +562,13 @@ "text": "22 Boulevard Emmanuel Servais, L-2535 Luxembourg City" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 3560, APO AE 09126-3560 (official mail)" + "text": "5380 Luxembourg Place, Washington DC  20521-5380" }, "FAX": { "text": "[352] 46-14-01" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "LuxembourgConsular@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index 0c8c8008..a53a4258 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Moldovan/Romanian 80.2% (official) (56.7% identify their mother tongue as Moldovan, which is virtually the same as Romanian; 23.5% identify Romanian as their mother tongue), Russian 9.7%, Gagauz 4.2% (a Turkish language), Ukrainian 3.9%, Bulgarian 1.5%, Romani 0.3%, other 0.2% (2014 est.); note - data represent mother tongue" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Cartea informativa a lumii, sursa indispensabila pentru informatii de baza. (Moldovan/Romanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -519,23 +519,6 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, - "Executive branch": { - "chief of state": { - "text": "President Maia SANDU (since 24 December 2020)" - }, - "head of government": { - "text": "prime minister (vacant); Acting Prime Minister Aureliu CIOCOI (since 1 January 2021); note - Prime Minister Ion CHICU resigned on 23 December 2020" - }, - "cabinet": { - "text": "Cabinet proposed by the prime minister-designate, nominated by the president, approved through a vote of confidence in Parliament" - }, - "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president directly elected for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 15 November 2020 (next to be held in fall 2024); prime minister designated by the president upon consultation with Parliament; within 15 days from designation, the prime minister-designate must request a vote of confidence for his/her proposed work program from the Parliament" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Maia SANDU elected president; percent of vote (second round results) - Maia SANDU (PAS) 57.7%, Igor DODON (PSRM) 42.3%" - } - }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { "text": "unicameral Parliament (101 seats; 51 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 50 members directly elected in a single, nationwide constituency by closed party-list proportional representation vote; all members serve 4-year terms" @@ -547,6 +530,23 @@ "text": "

percent of vote by party - PAS 52.8%, BECS (PSRM+PCRM) 27.1%, SOR 5.7%; seats by party - PAS 63, BECS 32, SOR 6

" } }, + "Executive branch": { + "chief of state": { + "text": "President Maia SANDU (since 24 December 2020)" + }, + "head of government": { + "text": "Prime Minister Natalia GAVRILITA (since 6 August 2021)" + }, + "cabinet": { + "text": "Cabinet proposed by the prime minister-designate, nominated by the president, approved through a vote of confidence in Parliament" + }, + "elections/appointments": { + "text": "president directly elected for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 15 November 2020 (next to be held in fall 2024); prime minister designated by the president upon consultation with Parliament; within 15 days from designation, the prime minister-designate must request a vote of confidence for his/her proposed work program from the Parliament" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Maia SANDU elected president; percent of vote (second round results) - Maia SANDU (PAS) 57.7%, Igor DODON (PSRM) 42.3%" + } + }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the chief judge, 3 deputy-chief judges, 45 judges, and 7 assistant judges); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president and 6 judges); note - the Constitutional Court is autonomous to the other branches of government; the Court interprets the Constitution and reviews the constitutionality of parliamentary laws and decisions, decrees of the president, and acts of the government" @@ -589,10 +589,13 @@ "text": "103 Mateevici Street, Chisinau MD-2009" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "7080 Chisinau Place, Washington DC  20521-7080" }, "FAX": { "text": "[373] (22) 23-3044" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ChisinauACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/mj.json b/europe/mj.json index cdc4c73e..c9e03e6f 100644 --- a/europe/mj.json +++ b/europe/mj.json @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Serbian 42.9%, Montenegrin (official) 37%, Bosnian 5.3%, Albanian 5.3%, Serbo-Croat 2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 4% (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian) 

Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Montenegrin/Bosnian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -545,6 +545,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Assembly or Skupstina (81 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 30 August 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - DPS 35.1%, ZBCG 32.6%, MNIM 12.5%, URA 5.5%, SD 4.1%, BS 3.9%, SDP 3.1%, AL 1.6%, AK 1.1%, other 0.4%; seats by party/coalition - DPS 30, ZBCG 27, MNIM 10, URA 4, BS 3, SD 3, SDP 2, AL 1, AK 1.; composition - men 57, women 24, percent of women 29.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Milo DJUKANOVIC (since 20 May 2018)" @@ -562,17 +573,6 @@ "text": "Milo DJUKANOVIC elected president in the first round; percent of vote - Milo DJUKANOVIC (DPS) 53.9%, Mladen BOJANIC (independent) 33.4%, Draginja VUKSANOVIC (SDP) 8.2%, Marko MILACIC (PRAVA) 2.8%, other 1.7%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Assembly or Skupstina (81 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 30 August 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - DPS 35.1%, ZBCG 32.6%, MNIM 12.5%, URA 5.5%, SD 4.1%, BS 3.9%, SDP 3.1%, AL 1.6%, AK 1.1%, other 0.4%; seats by party/coalition - DPS 30, ZBCG 27, MNIM 10, URA 4, BS 3, SD 3, SDP 2, AL 1, AK 1.; composition - men 57, women 24, percent of women 29.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Vrhovni Sud (consists of the court president, deputy president, and 15 judges); Constitutional Court or Ustavni Sud (consists of the court president and 7 judges)" @@ -618,10 +618,13 @@ "text": "Dzona Dzeksona 2, 81000 Podgorica" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "5570 Podgorica Place, Washington DC  20521-5570" }, "FAX": { "text": "[382]  20-241-358" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "PodgoricaACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1151,7 +1154,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "472 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 19,353 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021)" + "note": "note: 19,434 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index 3cbbd529..b018b68a 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Macedonian (official) 66.5%, Albanian (official) 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Romani 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other (includes Aromanian (Vlach) and Bosnian) 1.8% (2002 est.); note - minority languages are co-official with Macedonian in municipalities where they are spoken by at least 20% of the population; Albanian is co-official in Tetovo, Brvenica, Vrapciste, and other municipalities; Turkish is co-official in Centar Zupa and Plasnica; Romani is co-official in Suto Orizari; Aromanian is co-official in Krusevo; Serbian is co-official in Cucer Sandevo" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Книга на Светски Факти, неопходен извор на основни информации. (Macedonian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -520,6 +520,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Assembly - Sobraine in Macedonian, Kuvend in Albanian (between 120 and 140 seats, currently 120; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote; possibility of 3 directly elected in diaspora constituencies by simple majority vote provided there is sufficient voter turnout; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last election was to be held on 12 April 2020 but was postponed until 15 July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - We Can 35.9%, Renewal 34.6%, BDI 11.5%, AfA-Alternative 9%, The Left 4.1%, PDSh 1.5%, other 3.4%; seats by party/coalition - We Can 46, Renewal 44, BDI 15, AfA-Alternative 12, The Left 2, PDSh 1" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Stevo PENDAROVSKI (since 12 May 2019)" @@ -537,17 +548,6 @@ "text": "Stevo PENDAROVSKI elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Stevo PENDAROVSKI (SDSM) 44.8%, Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA (VMRO-DPMNE) 44.2%, Blenim REKA (independent) 11.1%; percent of vote in second round - Stevo PENDAROVSKI 53.6%, Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA 46.4%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Assembly - Sobraine in Macedonian, Kuvend in Albanian (between 120 and 140 seats, currently 120; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote; possibility of 3 directly elected in diaspora constituencies by simple majority vote provided there is sufficient voter turnout; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last election was to be held on 12 April 2020 but was postponed until 15 July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - We Can 35.9%, Renewal 34.6%, BDI 11.5%, AfA-Alternative 9%, The Left 4.1%, PDSh 1.5%, other 3.4%; seats by party/coalition - We Can 46, Renewal 44, BDI 15, AfA-Alternative 12, The Left 2, PDSh 1" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 22 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)" @@ -593,10 +593,13 @@ "text": "Str. Samoilova, Nr. 21, 1000 Skopje" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "American Embassy Skopje, US Department of State, 7120 Skopje Place, Washington, DC 20521-7120 (pouch)" + "text": "7120 Skopje Place, Washington, DC 20521-7120" }, "FAX": { "text": "[389] (2) 310-2499" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "SkopjeACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/mn.json b/europe/mn.json index 201219c3..3489fb38 100644 --- a/europe/mn.json +++ b/europe/mn.json @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -442,6 +442,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Council or Conseil National (24 seats; 16 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 8 directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 11 February 2018 (next to be held in February 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - Priorite Monaco 57.7%, Horizon Monaco 26.1%, Union Monegasque 16.2%; seats by party - Priorite Monaco 21, Horizon Monaco 2, Union Monegasque 1; composition - men 16, women 8, percent of women 33.3%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Prince ALBERT II (since 6 April 2005)" @@ -456,17 +467,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; minister of state appointed by the monarch from a list of three French national candidates presented by the French Government" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Council or Conseil National (24 seats; 16 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 8 directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 11 February 2018 (next to be held in February 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - Priorite Monaco 57.7%, Horizon Monaco 26.1%, Union Monegasque 16.2%; seats by party - Priorite Monaco 21, Horizon Monaco 2, Union Monegasque 1; composition - men 16, women 8, percent of women 33.3%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 5 permanent members and 2 substitutes)" diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index 27439e85..375bda9e 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -511,6 +511,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age (16 in local council elections); universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral House of Representatives or Il-Kamra Tad-Deputati, a component of the Parliament of Malta (normally 65 seats but can include at-large members; members directly elected in 5 multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - the parliament elected in 2013 had 69 seats; an additional two seats were added in 2016 by the Constitutional Court to correct for mistakes made in the 2013 vote-counting process" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 3 June 2017 (next to be held in 2022); note - Prime Minister MUSCAT called for early elections amid corruption allegations" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - PL 55%, PN 43.7%, other 1.3%; seats by party - PL 37 PN 30; note - PN was awarded two additional seats for a total of 30 in accordance with the proportionality provisions specified in the constitution; PD candidates ran under the PN list; composition - men 57, women 10, percent of women 14.9%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President George VELLA (since 4 April 2019) " @@ -528,17 +539,6 @@ "text": "George VELLA (PL) elected president; House of Representatives vote - unanimous; Joseph MUSCAT (PL) reappointed prime minister" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of Representatives or Il-Kamra Tad-Deputati, a component of the Parliament of Malta (normally 65 seats but can include at-large members; members directly elected in 5 multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - the parliament elected in 2013 had 69 seats; an additional two seats were added in 2016 by the Constitutional Court to correct for mistakes made in the 2013 vote-counting process" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 3 June 2017 (next to be held in 2022); note - Prime Minister MUSCAT called for early elections amid corruption allegations" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - PL 55%, PN 43.7%, other 1.3%; seats by party - PL 37 PN 30; note - PN was awarded two additional seats for a total of 30 in accordance with the proportionality provisions specified in the constitution; PD candidates ran under the PN list; composition - men 57, women 10, percent of women 14.9%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of either 1 or 3 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 3 judges); Court of Criminal Appeal (consists of either 1 or 3 judges)" @@ -581,10 +581,13 @@ "text": "Ta' Qali National Park, Attard, ATD 4000" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "5800 Valletta Place, Dulles, VA 20189" + "text": "5800 Valletta Place, Washington DC  20521-5800" }, "FAX": { "text": "[356] 2561-4183" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularMalta@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index 331ed574..12f5ccff 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Dutch (official); note - Frisian is an official language in Fryslan province; Frisian, Low Saxon, Limburgish, Romani, and Yiddish have protected status under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; Dutch is the official language of the three special municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands; English is a recognized regional language on Sint Eustatius and Saba; Papiamento is a recognized regional language on Bonaire" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Het Wereld Feitenboek, een omnisbare bron van informatie. (Dutch)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -518,6 +518,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral States General or Staten Generaal consists of:
First Chamber or Eerste Kamer (75 seats; members indirectly elected by the country's 12 provincial council members by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)
Second Chamber or Tweede Kamer (150 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve up to 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
First Chamber - last held on 27 May 2019 (next to be held on NA May 2023)
Second Chamber - last held on 15 March 2017 (next to be held on 17 March 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
First Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FvD 12, VVD 12, CDA 9, GL 8, D66 7, MvdA 6, PVV 5, SP 4, CU 4, other 8; composition - men 49, women 26, percent of women 34.7%
Second Chamber - percent of vote by party - VVD 21.3%, PVV 13.1%, CDA 12.4%, D66 12.2%, GL 9.1%, SP 9.1%, PvdA 5.7%, CU 3.4%, PvdD 3.2%, 50 Plus 3.1%, other 7.4%; seats by party - VVD 33, PVV 20, CDA 19, D66 19, GL 14, SP 14, PvdA 9, CU 5, PvdD 5, 50 Plus 4, other 8; composition - men 96, women 54, percent of women 36%; note - total States General percent of women 35.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King WILLEM-ALEXANDER (since 30 April 2013); Heir Apparent Princess Catharina-Amalia (daughter of King WILLEM-ALEXANDER, born 7 December 2003)" @@ -532,17 +543,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; following Second Chamber elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the monarch; deputy prime ministers are appointed by the monarch" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral States General or Staten Generaal consists of:
First Chamber or Eerste Kamer (75 seats; members indirectly elected by the country's 12 provincial council members by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)
Second Chamber or Tweede Kamer (150 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve up to 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
First Chamber - last held on 27 May 2019 (next to be held on NA May 2023)
Second Chamber - last held on 15 March 2017 (next to be held on 17 March 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
First Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FvD 12, VVD 12, CDA 9, GL 8, D66 7, MvdA 6, PVV 5, SP 4, CU 4, other 8; composition - men 49, women 26, percent of women 34.7%
Second Chamber - percent of vote by party - VVD 21.3%, PVV 13.1%, CDA 12.4%, D66 12.2%, GL 9.1%, SP 9.1%, PvdA 5.7%, CU 3.4%, PvdD 3.2%, 50 Plus 3.1%, other 7.4%; seats by party - VVD 33, PVV 20, CDA 19, D66 19, GL 14, SP 14, PvdA 9, CU 5, PvdD 5, 50 Plus 4, other 8; composition - men 96, women 54, percent of women 36%; note - total States General percent of women 35.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (consists of 41 judges: the president, 6 vice presidents, 31 justices or raadsheren, and 3 justices in exceptional service, referred to as buitengewone dienst); the court is divided into criminal, civil, tax, and ombuds chambers" @@ -588,11 +588,14 @@ "text": "John Adams Park 1, 2244 BZ Wassenaar" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PSC 71, Box 1000, APO AE 09715" + "text": "5780 Amsterdam Place, Washington DC  20521-5780" }, "FAX": { "text": "[31] (70) 310-2207" }, + "email address": { + "text": "AmsterdamUSC@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Amsterdam" } diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index ab301753..ff625f1e 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -515,6 +515,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament or Storting (169 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 11 September 2017 (next to be held on 13 September 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - Ap 27.4%, H 25%, FrP 15.2%, SP 10.3%, SV 6%, V 4.4%, KrF 4.2%, MDG 3.2%, R 2.4%, other/invalid 1.9%; seats by party - Ap 49, H 45, FrP 27, SP 19, SV 11, V 8, KrF 8, MDG 1, R 1; composition - men 99, women 70, percent of women 41.4%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King HARALD V (since 17 January 1991); Heir Apparent Crown Prince HAAKON MAGNUS (son of the monarch, born 20 July 1973)" @@ -529,17 +540,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; following parliamentary elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch with the approval of the parliament" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament or Storting (169 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 11 September 2017 (next to be held on 13 September 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - Ap 27.4%, H 25%, FrP 15.2%, SP 10.3%, SV 6%, V 4.4%, KrF 4.2%, MDG 3.2%, R 2.4%, other/invalid 1.9%; seats by party - Ap 49, H 45, FrP 27, SP 19, SV 11, V 8, KrF 8, MDG 1, R 1; composition - men 99, women 70, percent of women 41.4%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Hoyesterett (consists of the chief justice and 18 associate justices)" @@ -585,10 +585,13 @@ "text": "Morgedalsvegen 36, 0378 Oslo" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PO Box 4075 AMB 0244 Oslo" + "text": "5460 Oslo Place,  Washington DC  20521-5460" }, "FAX": { "text": "[47] 22-44-33-63, 22-56-27-51" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "osloacs@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1117,8 +1120,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the Norwegian Armed Forces have approximately 23,000 active personnel (8,500 Army; 3,500 Navy; 3,500 Air Force; 7,500 other, including special operations, cyber, joint staff, intelligence, logistics support, active Home Guard, etc.); 40,000 Home Guard (2021)", - "note": "note: the Home Guard has approximately 40,000 total personnel" + "text": "the Norwegian Armed Forces have approximately 23,000 active personnel (8,500 Army; 3,500 Navy; 3,500 Air Force; 7,500 other, including special operations, cyber, joint staff, intelligence, logistics support, active Home Guard, etc.); 40,000 Home Guard (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the Norwegian Armed Forces inventory includes mostly imported European and US weapons systems, as well as a limited mix of domestically-produced equipment, particularly small naval craft; since 2010, the US is the leading supplier of weapons systems to Norway, followed by a variety of other countries, including France, Italy, South Korea, and Spain (2020)" diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index 235f2a54..9eba48a4 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Polish (official) 98.2%, Silesian 1.4%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.3%; note - data represent the language spoken at home; shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; Poland ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 2009 recognizing Kashub as a regional language, Czech, Hebrew, Yiddish, Belarusian, Lithuanian, German, Armenian, Russian, Slovak, and Ukrainian as national minority languages, and Karaim, Lemko, Romani (Polska Roma and Bergitka Roma), and Tatar as ethnic minority languages (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Księga Faktów Świata, niezbędne źródło podstawowych informacji. (Polish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -541,6 +541,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral legislature consists of:
Senate or Senat (100 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)
Sejm (460 seats; members elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote with 5% threshold of total votes needed for parties and 8% for coalitions to gain seats; minorities exempt from threshold; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 13 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)
Sejm - last held on 13 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PiS 48, KO 43, PSL 3, SLD 2, independent 4; composition - men 87, women 13, percent of women 13%
Sejm - percent of vote by party - PiS 43.6%, KO 27.4%, SLD 12.6%, PSL 8.5% Confederation 6.8%, other 1.1%; seats by party - PiS 235, KO 134, SLD 49, PSL 30, KWiN 11, MN 1; men 334, women 126, percent of women 27.4%; note - total legislature percent of women 24.8%" + }, + "note": "note: the designation National Assembly or Zgromadzenie Narodowe is only used on those rare occasions when the 2 houses meet jointly" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": " President Andrzej DUDA (since 6 August 2015)" @@ -558,18 +570,6 @@ "text": "Andrzej DUDA reelected president in runoff; percent of vote - Andrzej DUDA (independent) 51%, Rafal TRZASKOWSKI (KO) 49%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral legislature consists of:
Senate or Senat (100 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)
Sejm (460 seats; members elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote with 5% threshold of total votes needed for parties and 8% for coalitions to gain seats; minorities exempt from threshold; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 13 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)
Sejm - last held on 13 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PiS 48, KO 43, PSL 3, SLD 2, independent 4; composition - men 87, women 13, percent of women 13%
Sejm - percent of vote by party - PiS 43.6%, KO 27.4%, SLD 12.6%, PSL 8.5% Confederation 6.8%, other 1.1%; seats by party - PiS 235, KO 134, SLD 49, PSL 30, KWiN 11, MN 1; men 334, women 126, percent of women 27.4%; note - total legislature percent of women 24.8%" - }, - "note": "note: the designation National Assembly or Zgromadzenie Narodowe is only used on those rare occasions when the 2 houses meet jointly" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Sad Najwyzszy (consists of the first president of the Supreme Court and 120 justices organized in criminal, civil, labor and social insurance, and extraordinary appeals and public affairs and disciplinary chambers); Constitutional Tribunal (consists of 15 judges, including the court president and vice president)" @@ -615,11 +615,14 @@ "text": "Aleje Ujazdowskie 29/31 00-540 Warsaw" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "American Embassy Warsaw, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-5010 (pouch)" + "text": "5010 Warsaw Place, Washington, DC 20521-5010" }, "FAX": { "text": "[48] (22) 504-2226" }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSWarsaw@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Krakow" } @@ -1192,6 +1195,12 @@ "text": "Poland joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997, and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance" } }, + "Terrorism": { + "Terrorist group(s)": { + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)", + "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" + } + }, "Transnational Issues": { "Disputes - international": { "text": "

as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Poland has implemented the strict Schengen border rules to restrict illegal immigration and trade along its eastern borders with Belarus and Ukraine

" diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index d48505d9..bfc93df7 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -524,6 +524,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (230 seats; 226 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote and 4 members - 2 each in 2 constituencies representing Portuguese living abroad - directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 6 October 2019 (next to be held 2023) (e.g. 2019)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - PS 36.4%, PSD 27.8%, B.E. 9.5%, CDU 6.5%, other 20.8%; seats by party - PS 108, PSD 79,  B.E. 19, CDU 12, other 12; composition - men 158, women 72, percent of women 31.3% (e.g. 2019)" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA (since 9 March 2016)" @@ -542,17 +553,6 @@ }, "note": "note: there is also a Council of State that acts as a consultative body to the president" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (230 seats; 226 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote and 4 members - 2 each in 2 constituencies representing Portuguese living abroad - directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 6 October 2019 (next to be held 2023) (e.g. 2019)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - PS 36.4%, PSD 27.8%, B.E. 9.5%, CDU 6.5%, other 20.8%; seats by party - PS 108, PSD 79,  B.E. 19, CDU 12, other 12; composition - men 158, women 72, percent of women 31.3% (e.g. 2019)" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (consists of 12 justices); Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucional (consists of 13 judges)" @@ -601,11 +601,14 @@ "text": "Avenida das Forcas Armadas, 1600-081 Lisbon" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Apartado 43033, 1601-301 Lisboa; PSC 83, APO AE 09726" + "text": "5320 Lisbon Place, Washington DC  20521-5320" }, "FAX": { "text": "[351] (21) 726-9109" }, + "email address": { + "text": "conslisbon@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s)": { "text": "Ponta Delgada (Azores)" } diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index 4f69911e..22fb9dcb 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Serbian (official) 88.1%, Hungarian 3.4%, Bosnian 1.9%, Romani 1.4%, other 3.4%, undeclared or unknown 1.8%; note - Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, and Ruthenian (Rusyn) are official in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina; most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -545,6 +545,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Narodna Skupstina (250 seats; members directly elected by party list proportional representation vote in a single nationwide constituency to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 21 June 2020 (originally scheduled for 26 April 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic) (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - For Our Children 60.7%, SPS-JS 10.4%, SPAS 3.8%, SVM 2.2%, Straight Ahead 1%, Albanian Democratic Alternative .8%, SDA .8%, other 20.3%; seats by party/coalition For Our Children 188, SPS-JS 32, SPAS 11, SVM 9, Straight Ahead 4, Albanian Democratic Alternative 3, SDA 3; composition (preliminary) -  men 165, women 85, percent of women 30%" + }, + "note": "note: seats by party as of May 2019  - SNS 91, SRS 22, SPS 20, DS 13, SDPS 10, PUPS 9, Dveri 6, JS 6, LDP 4, SDS 4, SVM 4, other 36, independent 25; composition - men 157, women 93, percent of women 37.2%" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Aleksandar VUCIC (since 31 May 2017)" @@ -562,18 +574,6 @@ "text": "Aleksandar VUCIC elected president in the first round; percent of vote - Aleksandar VUCIC (SNS) 55.1%, Sasa JANKOVIC (independent) 16.4%, Luka MAKSIMOVIC (independent) 9.4%, Vuk JEREMIC (independent) 5.7%, Vojislav SESELJ (SRS) 4.5%, Bosko OBRADOVIC (Dveri) 2.3%, other 5.0%, invalid/blank 1.6%; Prime Minister Ana BRNABIC reelected by the National Assembly on 5 October 2020" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Narodna Skupstina (250 seats; members directly elected by party list proportional representation vote in a single nationwide constituency to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 21 June 2020 (originally scheduled for 26 April 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic) (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - For Our Children 60.7%, SPS-JS 10.4%, SPAS 3.8%, SVM 2.2%, Straight Ahead 1%, Albanian Democratic Alternative .8%, SDA .8%, other 20.3%; seats by party/coalition For Our Children 188, SPS-JS 32, SPAS 11, SVM 9, Straight Ahead 4, Albanian Democratic Alternative 3, SDA 3; composition (preliminary) -  men 165, women 85, percent of women 30%" - }, - "note": "note: seats by party as of May 2019  - SNS 91, SRS 22, SPS 20, DS 13, SDPS 10, PUPS 9, Dveri 6, JS 6, LDP 4, SDS 4, SVM 4, other 36, independent 25; composition - men 157, women 93, percent of women 37.2%" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Cassation (consists of 36 judges, including the court president); Constitutional Court (consists of 15 judges, including the court president and vice president)" @@ -624,6 +624,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[381] (11) 706-4005" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "belgradeacs@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1168,7 +1171,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "2,144 (includes stateless persons in Kosovo) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 776,834 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 6,165 migrants and refugees as of April 2021" + "note": "note: 778,038 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 6,165 migrants and refugees as of April 2021" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin moving to Western Europe on the Balkan route; economy vulnerable to money laundering" diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index 76e39fd4..ca20a9bb 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Romanian (official) 85.4%, Hungarian 6.3%, Romani 1.2%, other 1%, unspecified 6.1% (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Cartea informativa a lumii, sursa indispensabila pentru informatii de baza. (Romanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -527,6 +527,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:
Senate or Senat (136 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies - including 2 seats for diaspora - by party-list, proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)
Chamber of Deputies or Camera Deputatilor (330 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies - including 4 seats for diaspora - by party-list, proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 6 December 2020 (next to be held in 2024)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 6 December 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - PSD 29.3%, PNL 25.6%, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 15.9%, AUR 9.2%, UDMR 5.9%, other 14.1%; seats by party - PSD 47, PNL 41, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 25, AUR 14, UDMR 9; composition - men NA, women NA, percent of women NA%

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PSD 28.9%, PNL 25.2%, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 15.4%, AUR 9.1%, UDMR 5.7%, other 15.7%; seats by party - PSD 110, PNL 93, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 55, AUR 33, UDMR 21, other 18; composition men NA, women NA, percent of women NA; note - total Parliament percent of women NA%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Klaus Werner IOHANNIS (since 21 December 2014)" @@ -544,17 +555,6 @@ "text": "Klaus IOHANNIS reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Klaus IOHANNIS (PNL) 66.1%, Viorica DANCILA (PSD) 33.9%; Ludovic ORBAN approved as prime minister with 240 votes" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:
Senate or Senat (136 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies - including 2 seats for diaspora - by party-list, proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)
Chamber of Deputies or Camera Deputatilor (330 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies - including 4 seats for diaspora - by party-list, proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 6 December 2020 (next to be held in 2024)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 6 December 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - PSD 29.3%, PNL 25.6%, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 15.9%, AUR 9.2%, UDMR 5.9%, other 14.1%; seats by party - PSD 47, PNL 41, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 25, AUR 14, UDMR 9; composition - men NA, women NA, percent of women NA%

Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PSD 28.9%, PNL 25.2%, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 15.4%, AUR 9.1%, UDMR 5.7%, other 15.7%; seats by party - PSD 110, PNL 93, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 55, AUR 33, UDMR 21, other 18; composition men NA, women NA, percent of women NA; note - total Parliament percent of women NA%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "High Court of Cassation and Justice (consists of 111 judges organized into civil, penal, commercial, contentious administrative and fiscal business, and joint sections); Supreme Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members)" @@ -600,10 +600,13 @@ "text": "4-6, Dr. Liviu Librescu Blvd., District 1, Bucharest, 015118" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "American Embassy Bucharest, US Department of State, 5260 Bucharest Place, Washington, DC 20521-5260 (pouch)" + "text": "5260 Bucharest Place, Washington, DC  20521-5260 " }, "FAX": { "text": "[40] (21) 200-3442" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSBucharest@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1162,6 +1165,12 @@ "text": "Romania officially became a member of NATO in 2004" } }, + "Terrorism": { + "Terrorist group(s)": { + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)", + "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" + } + }, "Transnational Issues": { "Disputes - international": { "text": "

the ICJ ruled largely in favor of Romania in its dispute submitted in 2004 over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy/Serpilor (Snake) Island and Black Sea maritime boundary delimitation; Romania opposes Ukraine's reopening of a navigation canal from the Danube border through Ukraine to the Black Sea

" diff --git a/europe/si.json b/europe/si.json index 5e0af595..11988385 100644 --- a/europe/si.json +++ b/europe/si.json @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Slovene (official) 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4%, Italian (official, only in municipalities where Italian national communities reside), Hungarian (official, only in municipalities where Hungarian national communities reside) (2002 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Svetovni informativni zvezek - neobhoden vir osnovnih informacij. (Slovene)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -516,6 +516,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
National Council or Drzavni Svet (40 seats; members indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 5-year terms); note - the Council is primarily an advisory body with limited legislative powers
National Assembly or Drzavni Zbor (90 seats; 88 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 2 directly elected in special constituencies for Italian and Hungarian minorities by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
National Council - last held on 22 November 2017 (next to be held in 2022)
National Assembly - last held on 3 June 2018 (next to be held no later than 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
National Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 36, women 4, percent of women 10%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - SDS 24.9%, LMS 12.7%, SD 9.9%, SMC 9.8%, Levica 9.3%, NSi 7.1%, Stranka AB 5.1%, DeSUS 4.9%, SNS 4.2%, other 12.1%; seats by party - SDS 25, LMS 13, SD 10, SMC 10, Levica 9, NSi 7, Stranka AB 5, DeSUS 5, SNS 4, Italian and Hungarian minorities 2; composition - men 68, women 22, percent of women 24.4%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": " President Borut PAHOR (since 22 December 2012)" @@ -533,17 +544,6 @@ "text": "Borut PAHOR is reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Borut PAHOR (independent) 47.1%, Marjan SAREC (Marjan Sarec List) 25%, Romana TOMC (SDS) 13.7%, Ljudmila NOVAK (NSi) 7.2%, other 7%; percent of vote in second round - Borut PAHOR 52.9%, Marjan SAREC 47.1%; Janez JANSA (SDS) elected prime minister on 3 March 2020, National Assembly vote - 52-31" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
National Council or Drzavni Svet (40 seats; members indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 5-year terms); note - the Council is primarily an advisory body with limited legislative powers
National Assembly or Drzavni Zbor (90 seats; 88 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 2 directly elected in special constituencies for Italian and Hungarian minorities by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
National Council - last held on 22 November 2017 (next to be held in 2022)
National Assembly - last held on 3 June 2018 (next to be held no later than 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
National Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 36, women 4, percent of women 10%
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - SDS 24.9%, LMS 12.7%, SD 9.9%, SMC 9.8%, Levica 9.3%, NSi 7.1%, Stranka AB 5.1%, DeSUS 4.9%, SNS 4.2%, other 12.1%; seats by party - SDS 25, LMS 13, SD 10, SMC 10, Levica 9, NSi 7, Stranka AB 5, DeSUS 5, SNS 4, Italian and Hungarian minorities 2; composition - men 68, women 22, percent of women 24.4%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 37 judges organized into civil, criminal, commercial, labor and social security, administrative, and registry departments); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and 7 judges)" @@ -589,10 +589,13 @@ "text": "Presernova 31, 1000 Ljubljana" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "American Embassy Ljubljana, US Department of State, 7140 Ljubljana Place, Washington, DC 20521-7140" + "text": "7140 Ljubljana Place, Washington, DC 20521-7140" }, "FAX": { "text": "[386] (1) 200-5555" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "LjubljanaACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index 37a1d1c9..16aa79bc 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Italian" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -432,6 +432,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Grand and General Council or Consiglio Grande e Generale (60 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 8 December 2019 (next to be held by December 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - PDCS 33.3%, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 24.7% (RETE Movement 18.2%, Domani Motus Liberi 6.2%, other 0.3%), Free San Marino 16.5%, We for the Republic 13.1%, Future Republic 10.3%, I Elect for a New Republic 2%; seats by coalition/party - PDCS 21, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 15 (RETE Movement 11, Domani Motus Liberi 4), Free San Marino 10, We for the Republic 8, Future Republic 6; composition - men 42, women 18, percent of women 30%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "co-chiefs of state Captain Regent Alessandro CARDELLI and Captain Regent Mirko DOLCINI (for the period 1 October 2020 - 31 March 2021)" @@ -450,17 +461,6 @@ }, "note": "note: the captains regent preside over meetings of the Grand and General Council and its cabinet (Congress of State), which has 7 other members who are selected by the Grand and General Council; assisting the captains regent are 7 secretaries of state; the secretary of state for Foreign Affairs has some prime ministerial roles" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Grand and General Council or Consiglio Grande e Generale (60 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 8 December 2019 (next to be held by December 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - PDCS 33.3%, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 24.7% (RETE Movement 18.2%, Domani Motus Liberi 6.2%, other 0.3%), Free San Marino 16.5%, We for the Republic 13.1%, Future Republic 10.3%, I Elect for a New Republic 2%; seats by coalition/party - PDCS 21, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 15 (RETE Movement 11, Domani Motus Liberi 4), Free San Marino 10, We for the Republic 8, Future Republic 6; composition - men 42, women 18, percent of women 30%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII (consists of 12 members); note - the College of Guarantors for the Constitutionality and General Norms functions as San Marino's constitutional court" diff --git a/europe/sp.json b/europe/sp.json index 0be7831c..f169ccd6 100644 --- a/europe/sp.json +++ b/europe/sp.json @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Castilian Spanish (official nationwide) 74%, Catalan (official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community (where it is known as Valencian)) 17%, Galician (official in Galicia) 7%, Basque (official in the Basque Country and in the Basque-speaking area of Navarre) 2%, Aranese (official in the northwest corner of Catalonia (Vall d'Aran) along with Catalan, <5,000 speakers); note - Aragonese, Aranese Asturian, Basque, Calo, Catalan, Galician, and Valencian are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -542,6 +542,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral General Courts or Las Cortes Generales consists of:
Senate or Senado (266 seats; 208 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 58 members indirectly elected by the legislatures of the autonomous communities; members serve 4-year terms)
Congress of Deputies or Congreso de los Diputados (350 seats; 348 members directly elected in 50 multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote, with a 3% threshold needed to gain a seat, and 2 directly elected from the North African Ceuta and Melilla enclaves by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms or until the government is dissolved)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 10 November 2019 (next to be held no later than November 2023)
Congress of Deputies - last held on 10 November 2019 (next to be held no later than November 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PSOE 113, PP 97, ERC 15, EAJ/PNV 10, C's 9, other 22; composition - men 163, women 103; percent of women 39%
Congress of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PSOE 28.7%, PP 20.8%,Vox 15.1%, Unidos Podemos 12.8%, C's 6.8%, ERC 3.6%, other 12.8%; seats by party - PSOE 120, PP 88, Vox 52,  Unidos Podemos 35, C's 10, ERC 13, other 23; composition - men 184, women 166; percent of women 47.4%; note - total  General Courts percent of women 43.7%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King FELIPE VI (since 19 June 2014); Heir Apparent Princess LEONOR, Princess of Asturias (daughter of the monarch, born 31 October 2005)" @@ -560,17 +571,6 @@ }, "note": "note: there is also a Council of State that is the supreme consultative organ of the government, but its recommendations are non-binding" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral General Courts or Las Cortes Generales consists of:
Senate or Senado (266 seats; 208 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 58 members indirectly elected by the legislatures of the autonomous communities; members serve 4-year terms)
Congress of Deputies or Congreso de los Diputados (350 seats; 348 members directly elected in 50 multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote, with a 3% threshold needed to gain a seat, and 2 directly elected from the North African Ceuta and Melilla enclaves by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms or until the government is dissolved)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 10 November 2019 (next to be held no later than November 2023)
Congress of Deputies - last held on 10 November 2019 (next to be held no later than November 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PSOE 113, PP 97, ERC 15, EAJ/PNV 10, C's 9, other 22; composition - men 163, women 103; percent of women 39%
Congress of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PSOE 28.7%, PP 20.8%,Vox 15.1%, Unidos Podemos 12.8%, C's 6.8%, ERC 3.6%, other 12.8%; seats by party - PSOE 120, PP 88, Vox 52,  Unidos Podemos 35, C's 10, ERC 13, other 23; composition - men 184, women 166; percent of women 47.4%; note - total  General Courts percent of women 43.7%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo (consists of the court president and organized into the Civil Room, with a president and 9 judges; the Penal Room, with a president and 14 judges; the Administrative Room, with a president and 32 judges; the Social Room, with a president and 12 judges; and the Military Room, with a president and 7 judges); Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucional de Espana (consists of 12 judges)" @@ -619,11 +619,14 @@ "text": "Calle de Serrano 75, 28006 Madrid" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PSC 61, APO AE 09642" + "text": "8500 Madrid Place, Washington DC  20521-8500" }, "FAX": { "text": "[34] (91) 587-2303" }, + "email address": { + "text": "askacs@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Barcelona" } @@ -1205,7 +1208,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "5,914 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 223,570 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021)" + "note": "note: 223,820 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "despite rigorous law enforcement efforts, North African, Latin American, Galician, and other European traffickers take advantage of Spain's long coastline to land large shipments of cocaine and hashish for distribution to the European market; consumer for Latin American cocaine and North African hashish; destination and minor transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin; money-laundering site for Colombian narcotics trafficking organizations and organized crime" diff --git a/europe/sv.json b/europe/sv.json index 818c4834..16fc8613 100644 --- a/europe/sv.json +++ b/europe/sv.json @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Norwegian, Russian" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -207,17 +207,6 @@ "Citizenship": { "text": "see Norway" }, - "Executive branch": { - "chief of state": { - "text": "King HARALD V of Norway (since 17 January 1991); Heir Apparent Crown Prince Haakon MAGNUS (son of the king, born 20 July 1973)" - }, - "head of government": { - "text": "Governor Kjerstin ASKHOLT (since 1 October 2015); Assistant Governor Berit SAGFOSSEN (since 1 April 2016)" - }, - "elections/appointments": { - "text": "none; the monarchy is hereditary; governor and assistant governor responsible to the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice" - } - }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { "text": "unicameral Longyearbyen Community Council (15 seats; members directly elected by majority vote to serve 4-year-terms); note - the Council acts very much like a Norwegian municipality, responsible for infrastructure and utilities, including power, land-use and community planning, education, and child welfare; however, healthcare services are provided by the state" @@ -229,6 +218,17 @@ "text": "seats by party - Conservatives 5, Labor Party 5, Liberals 3, Green Party 2" } }, + "Executive branch": { + "chief of state": { + "text": "King HARALD V of Norway (since 17 January 1991); Heir Apparent Crown Prince Haakon MAGNUS (son of the king, born 20 July 1973)" + }, + "head of government": { + "text": "Governor Kjerstin ASKHOLT (since 1 October 2015); Assistant Governor Berit SAGFOSSEN (since 1 April 2016)" + }, + "elections/appointments": { + "text": "none; the monarchy is hereditary; governor and assistant governor responsible to the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice" + } + }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "none; note - Svalbard is subordinate to Norway's Nord-Troms District Court and Halogaland Court of Appeal, both located in Tromso" diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index 2a901bba..92686887 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Swedish (official)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, den obestridliga källan för grundläggande information. (Swedish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." }, "note": "note: Finnish, Sami, Romani, Yiddish, and Meankieli are official minority languages" @@ -511,6 +511,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament or Riksdag (349 seats; 310 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote and 39 members in \"at-large\" seats directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 9 September 2018 (next to be held in 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - SAP 28.3%, M 19.8%, SD 17.5%, C 8.6%, V 8%, KD 6.3%, L 5.5%, MP 4.4%, other 1.6%; seats by party - SAP 100, M 70, SD 62, C 31, V 28, KD 22, L 20, MP 16; composition - men 188, women 161, percent of women 46.1%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King CARL XVI GUSTAF (since 15 September 1973); Heir Apparent Princess VICTORIA Ingrid Alice Desiree (daughter of the monarch, born 14 July 1977)" @@ -525,17 +536,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually becomes the prime minister" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament or Riksdag (349 seats; 310 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote and 39 members in \"at-large\" seats directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 9 September 2018 (next to be held in 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - SAP 28.3%, M 19.8%, SD 17.5%, C 8.6%, V 8%, KD 6.3%, L 5.5%, MP 4.4%, other 1.6%; seats by party - SAP 100, M 70, SD 62, C 31, V 28, KD 22, L 20, MP 16; composition - men 188, women 161, percent of women 46.1%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Sweden (consists of 16 justices, including the court chairman); Supreme Administrative Court (consists of 18 justices, including the court president)" @@ -581,10 +581,13 @@ "text": "Dag Hammarskjolds Vag 31, SE-11589 Stockholm" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "American Embassy Stockholm, US Department of State, 5750 Stockholm Place, Washington, DC 20521-5750" + "text": "5750 Stockholm Place, Washington, DC  20521-5750" }, "FAX": { "text": "[46] (08) 661 19 64" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "stkacsinfo@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index 156f8556..fa085356 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.1%, French (official) 22.8%, Italian (official) 8%, English 5.7%, Portuguese 3.5%, Albanian 3.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.3%, Spanish 2.3%, Romansh (official) 0.5%, other 7.9%; note - German, French, Italian, and Romansh are all national and official languages; shares sum to more than 100% because respondents could indicate more than one main language (2019 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)

The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -507,6 +507,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "description: bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung (in German), Assemblée Fédérale (in French), Assemblea Federale (in Italian) consists of:
Council of States or Ständerat (in German), Conseil des États (in French), Consiglio degli Stati (in Italian) (46 seats; members in multi-seat constituencies representing cantons and single-seat constituencies representing half cantons directly elected by simple majority vote except Jura and Neuchatel cantons which use proportional representation vote; member term governed by cantonal law)
National Council or Nationalrat (in German), Conseil National (in French), Consiglio Nazionale (in Italian) (200 seats; 195 members in cantons directly elected by proportional representation vote and 6 in half cantons directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Council of States - last held in most cantons on 20 October 2019 (each canton determines when the next election will be held)
National Council - last held on 20 October 2019 (next to be held in 2023) (e.g. 2019)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CVP 13, FDP 12, SDP 9, Green Party 5, other 1; composition - NA
National Council - percent of vote by party - SVP 25.6%, SP 16.8%, FDP 15.1%, Green Party 13.2%, CVP 11.4%, GLP 7.8%, other 10.1%; seats by party - SVP 53, SP 39, FDP 29, Green Party 28, CVP 25, GLP 16, other 10; composition - men 116, women 84, percent of women 42% (e.g. 2019)" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "

President of the Swiss Confederation Guy PARMELIN (since 1 January 2021); Vice President  Ignazio CASSIS (since 1 January 2021); note - the Federal Council, which is comprised of 7 federal councillors, constitutes the federal government of Switzerland; council members rotate the 1-year term of federal president

" @@ -524,17 +535,6 @@ "text": "Guy PARMELIN elected president; Federal Assembly vote - 192 of 205; Ignazio CASSIS elected vice president; Federal Assembly vote - 162 of 199" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "description: bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung (in German), Assemblée Fédérale (in French), Assemblea Federale (in Italian) consists of:
Council of States or Ständerat (in German), Conseil des États (in French), Consiglio degli Stati (in Italian) (46 seats; members in multi-seat constituencies representing cantons and single-seat constituencies representing half cantons directly elected by simple majority vote except Jura and Neuchatel cantons which use proportional representation vote; member term governed by cantonal law)
National Council or Nationalrat (in German), Conseil National (in French), Consiglio Nazionale (in Italian) (200 seats; 195 members in cantons directly elected by proportional representation vote and 6 in half cantons directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Council of States - last held in most cantons on 20 October 2019 (each canton determines when the next election will be held)
National Council - last held on 20 October 2019 (next to be held in 2023) (e.g. 2019)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CVP 13, FDP 12, SDP 9, Green Party 5, other 1; composition - NA
National Council - percent of vote by party - SVP 25.6%, SP 16.8%, FDP 15.1%, Green Party 13.2%, CVP 11.4%, GLP 7.8%, other 10.1%; seats by party - SVP 53, SP 39, FDP 29, Green Party 28, CVP 25, GLP 16, other 10; composition - men 116, women 84, percent of women 42% (e.g. 2019)" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Federal Supreme Court (consists of 38 justices and 19 deputy justices organized into 7 divisions)" @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ "text": "Sulgeneckstrasse 19, CH-3007 Bern" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "5110 Bern Place, Washington DC  20521-5110" }, "FAX": { "text": "[41] (031) 357-73-20" diff --git a/europe/uk.json b/europe/uk.json index 1a4adf3f..9f1577de 100644 --- a/europe/uk.json +++ b/europe/uk.json @@ -519,6 +519,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
House of Lords (membership not fixed; as of December 2019, 796 lords were eligible to participate in the work of the House of Lords - 679 life peers, 91 hereditary peers, and 26 clergy; members are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister and non-party political members recommended by the House of Lords Appointments Commission); note - House of Lords total does not include ineligible members or members on leave of absence
House of Commons (650 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority popular vote to serve 5-year terms unless the House is dissolved earlier)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
House of Lords - no elections; note - in 1999, as provided by the House of Lords Act, elections were held in the House of Lords to determine the 92 hereditary peers who would remain; elections held only as vacancies in the hereditary peerage arise)
House of Commons - last held on 12 December 2019 (next to be held by 2 May 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
House of Lords - composition - men 579, women 217, percent of women 27.3%
House of Commons - percent of vote by party - Conservative 43.6%, Labor 32.1%, Lib Dems 11.6%, SNP 3.9%, Greens 2.7%, Brexit Party 2.0%, other 4.1%; seats by party - Conservative 365, Labor 202, SNP 48, Lib Dems 11, DUP 8, Sinn Fein 7, Plaid Cymru 4, other 9; composition - men 430, women 220, percent of women 34%; total Parliament percent of women 30.2%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); Heir Apparent Prince CHARLES (son of the queen, born 14 November 1948)" @@ -534,17 +545,6 @@ }, "note": "note: in addition to serving as the UK head of state, the British sovereign is the constitutional monarch for 15 additional Commonwealth countries (these 16 states are each referred to as a Commonwealth realm)" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
House of Lords (membership not fixed; as of December 2019, 796 lords were eligible to participate in the work of the House of Lords - 679 life peers, 91 hereditary peers, and 26 clergy; members are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister and non-party political members recommended by the House of Lords Appointments Commission); note - House of Lords total does not include ineligible members or members on leave of absence
House of Commons (650 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority popular vote to serve 5-year terms unless the House is dissolved earlier)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
House of Lords - no elections; note - in 1999, as provided by the House of Lords Act, elections were held in the House of Lords to determine the 92 hereditary peers who would remain; elections held only as vacancies in the hereditary peerage arise)
House of Commons - last held on 12 December 2019 (next to be held by 2 May 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
House of Lords - composition - men 579, women 217, percent of women 27.3%
House of Commons - percent of vote by party - Conservative 43.6%, Labor 32.1%, Lib Dems 11.6%, SNP 3.9%, Greens 2.7%, Brexit Party 2.0%, other 4.1%; seats by party - Conservative 365, Labor 202, SNP 48, Lib Dems 11, DUP 8, Sinn Fein 7, Plaid Cymru 4, other 9; composition - men 430, women 220, percent of women 34%; total Parliament percent of women 30.2%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 12 justices, including the court president and deputy president); note - the Supreme Court was established by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and implemented in 2009, replacing the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords as the highest court in the United Kingdom" @@ -593,11 +593,14 @@ "text": "33 Nine Elms Lane, London, SW11 7US or SW8 5DB (driving/GPS postcode)" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PSC 801, Box 40, FPO AE 09498-4040" + "text": "8400 London Place, Washington DC  20521-8400" }, "FAX": { "text": "[44] 20-7891-3151" }, + "email address": { + "text": "SCSLondon@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Belfast, Edinburgh" } @@ -1135,7 +1138,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "British Army, Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines), Royal Air Force (2021)", - "note": "note: on 1 April 2021, the UK formed a Space Command as a joint command staffed by Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel, as well as civilians and key members of the commercial sector to manage space operations, training, and capabilities; in 2019, the UK formed the Strategic Command (formerly Joint Forces Command) to develop and manage the British military's medical services, training and education, intelligence, and information systems across the land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains; it also manages joint overseas operations" + "note": "note: in 2021 the UK formed a Space Command as a joint command staffed by Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel, as well as civilians and key members of the commercial sector to manage space operations, training, and capabilities; in 2019, the UK formed the Strategic Command (formerly Joint Forces Command) to develop and manage the British military's medical services, training and education, intelligence, and information systems across the land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains; it also manages joint overseas operations" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/europe/up.json b/europe/up.json index 545ca1a3..44cd44c1 100644 --- a/europe/up.json +++ b/europe/up.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.); note - in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of \"regional language\" - allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions - was unconstitutional, thus making the law invalid; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide language" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Свiтова Книга Фактiв – найкраще джерело базової інформації. (Ukrainian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -528,6 +528,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats; 225 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 225 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 21 July 2019 (next to be held in July 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - Servant of the People 43.2%, Opposition Platform-For Life 13.1%, Batkivshchyna 8.2%, European Solidarity 8.1%, Voice 5.8%, other 21.6%; seats by party (preliminary) - Servant of the People 254, Oposition Platform for Life 43, Batkivshchyna 26, European Solidarity 25, Voice 20, Opposition Bloc 6, Samopomich 1, Svoboda 1, other parties 2, independent 46; note - voting not held in Crimea and parts of two Russian-occupied eastern oblasts leaving 26 seats vacant; although this brings the total to 424 elected members (of 450 potential), article 83 of the constitution mandates that a parliamentary majority consists of 226 seats" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Volodymyr ZELENSKYY (since 20 May 2019)" @@ -546,17 +557,6 @@ }, "note": "note: there is also a National Security and Defense Council or NSDC originally created in 1992 as the National Security Council; the NSDC staff is tasked with developing national security policy on domestic and international matters and advising the president; a presidential administration helps draft presidential edicts and provides policy support to the president" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats; 225 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 225 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 21 July 2019 (next to be held in July 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - Servant of the People 43.2%, Opposition Platform-For Life 13.1%, Batkivshchyna 8.2%, European Solidarity 8.1%, Voice 5.8%, other 21.6%; seats by party (preliminary) - Servant of the People 254, Oposition Platform for Life 43, Batkivshchyna 26, European Solidarity 25, Voice 20, Opposition Bloc 6, Samopomich 1, Svoboda 1, other parties 2, independent 46; note - voting not held in Crimea and parts of two Russian-occupied eastern oblasts leaving 26 seats vacant; although this brings the total to 424 elected members (of 450 potential), article 83 of the constitution mandates that a parliamentary majority consists of 226 seats" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Ukraine or SCU (consists of 100 judges, organized into civil, criminal, commercial and administrative chambers, and a grand chamber); Constitutional Court (consists of 18 justices); High Anti-Corruption Court (consists of 39 judges, including 12 in the Appeals Chamber)" @@ -607,6 +607,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[380] (44) 521-5155" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "Kyivacs@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/vt.json b/europe/vt.json index 929c6c2d..df675713 100644 --- a/europe/vt.json +++ b/europe/vt.json @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Italian, Latin, French, various other languages" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -251,6 +251,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "election of the pope is limited to cardinals less than 80 years old" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State or Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Citta del Vaticano (7 seats; members appointed by the pope to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 11 July 2018" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "composition - men 7, women 0" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Pope FRANCIS (since 13 March 2013)" @@ -268,17 +279,6 @@ "text": "Jorge Mario BERGOGLIO, former Archbishop of Buenos Aires, elected Pope FRANCIS" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State or Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Citta del Vaticano (7 seats; members appointed by the pope to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 11 July 2018" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "composition - men 7, women 0" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (consists of the cardinal prefect, who serves as ex-officio president of the court, and 2 other cardinals of the Prefect Signatura); note - judicial duties were established by the Motu Proprio, papal directive, of Pope PIUS XII on 1 May 1946; most Vatican City criminal matters are handled by the Republic of Italy courts" @@ -321,10 +321,10 @@ "text": "American Embassy to the Holy See, Via Sallustiana, 49, 00187 Rome" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 5660, Box 66, DPO AE 09624-0066" + "text": "5660 Holy See Place, Washington DC  20521-5660" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[39] (06) 4674-3412" + "text": "[39] (06) 4674-3411" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/ae.json b/middle-east/ae.json index b2dadd23..64c91f27 100644 --- a/middle-east/ae.json +++ b/middle-east/ae.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), English, Hindi, Malayam, Urdu, Pashto, Tagalog, Persian" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -505,6 +505,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "limited; note - rulers of the seven emirates each select a proportion of voters for the Federal National Council (FNC) that together account for about 12 percent of Emirati citizens" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Federal National Council (FNC) or Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani (40 seats; 20 members indirectly elected using single non-transferable vote by an electoral college whose members are selected by each emirate ruler proportional to its FNC membership, and 20 members appointed by the rulers of the 7 constituent states; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held for indirectly elected members on 5 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "all candidates ran as independents; seats by emirate - Abu Dhabi 4, Dubai 4, Sharjah 3, Ras al-Khaimah 3, Ajman 2, Fujairah 2, Umm al-Quwain 2; composition (preliminary) - 13 men, 7 women, percent of elected women 35%; note - to attain overall FNC gender parity, 13 women and 7 men will be appointed; overall FNC percent of women 50%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President KHALIFA bin Zayid Al-Nuhayyan (since 2 November 2004), ruler of Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) (since 4 November 2004); Vice President and Prime Minister MUHAMMAD BIN RASHID Al-Maktum (since 5 January 2006)" @@ -523,17 +534,6 @@ }, "note": "note: there is also a Federal Supreme Council (FSC) composed of the 7 emirate rulers; the FSC is the highest constitutional authority in the UAE; establishes general policies and sanctions federal legislation; meets 4 times a year; Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) and Dubayy (Dubai) rulers have effective veto power" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Federal National Council (FNC) or Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani (40 seats; 20 members indirectly elected using single non-transferable vote by an electoral college whose members are selected by each emirate ruler proportional to its FNC membership, and 20 members appointed by the rulers of the 7 constituent states; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held for indirectly elected members on 5 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "all candidates ran as independents; seats by emirate - Abu Dhabi 4, Dubai 4, Sharjah 3, Ras al-Khaimah 3, Ajman 2, Fujairah 2, Umm al-Quwain 2; composition (preliminary) - 13 men, 7 women, percent of elected women 35%; note - to attain overall FNC gender parity, 13 women and 7 men will be appointed; overall FNC percent of women 50%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Federal Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 4 judges; jurisdiction limited to federal cases)" @@ -579,11 +579,14 @@ "text": "Embassies District, Plot 38, Sector W59-02, Street No. 4, Abu Dhabi" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 4009, Abu Dhabi" + "text": "6010 Abu Dhabi Place, Washington DC 20521-6010" }, "FAX": { "text": "[971] (2) 414-2603" }, + "email address": { + "text": "abudhabiacs@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Dubai" } @@ -1112,8 +1115,7 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2013": { "text": "6.1% of GDP (2013)" - }, - "note": "no public data available for 2015 or after 2016" + } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { "text": "the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces have approximately 65,000 total active personnel (45,000 Land Forces; 3,000 Navy; 5,000 Air Force; 12,000 Presidential Guard) (2021)" @@ -1122,7 +1124,7 @@ "text": "the UAE Armed Forces inventory is comprised of wide variety of mostly modern imported equipment; since 2010, the UAE has acquired military equipment from more than 20 countries with the US as the leading supplier by far, followed by France and Russia (2020)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "est. a few thousand Yemen (2021)" + "text": "estimates vary; reportedly a few thousand remain in Yemen (2021)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-30 years of age for compulsory military service for men; 17 years of age for male volunteers with parental approval; 24-month general service obligation, 16 months for secondary school graduates; women can volunteer to serve for 9 months regardless of education (2019)" diff --git a/middle-east/aj.json b/middle-east/aj.json index bc0d198f..c046910a 100644 --- a/middle-east/aj.json +++ b/middle-east/aj.json @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 92.5%, Russian 1.4%, Armenian 1.4%, other 4.7% (2009 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Dünya fakt kitabı, əsas məlumatlar üçün əvəz olunmaz mənbədir (Azerbaijani)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." }, "note": "note: Russian is widely spoken" @@ -519,6 +519,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Milli Mejlis (125 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held early on 9 February 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - YAP 70, CSP 3, AVP 1, CUP 1, Democratic Enlightenment 1, PDR 1, Great Order 1, VP 1, Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front 1, independent 41, vacant 4; composition - men 103, women 22, percent of women 17.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Ilham ALIYEV (since 31 October 2003); First Vice President Mehriban ALIYEVA (since 21 February 2017)" @@ -537,17 +548,6 @@ }, "note": "note: OSCE observers noted shortcomings in the election, including a restrictive political environment, limits on fundamental freedoms, a lack of genuine competition, and ballot box stuffing" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Milli Mejlis (125 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held early on 9 February 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - YAP 70, CSP 3, AVP 1, CUP 1, Democratic Enlightenment 1, PDR 1, Great Order 1, VP 1, Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front 1, independent 41, vacant 4; composition - men 103, women 22, percent of women 17.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chairman, vice chairman, and 23 judges in plenum sessions and organized into civil, economic affairs, criminal, and rights violations chambers); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)" @@ -584,19 +584,22 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Mario MESQUITA (since 12 July 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador Lee LITZENBERGER (since 12 March 2019)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[994] (12) 488-3300" }, "embassy": { - "text": "111 Azadliq Avenue, AZ1007 Baku" + "text": "111 Azadlig Avenue, AZ1007 Baku" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "American Embassy Baku, US Department of State, 7050 Baku Place, Washington, DC 20521-7050" + "text": "7050 Baku Place, Washington, DC 20521-7050" }, "FAX": { "text": "[994] (12) 488-3330" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "BakuACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1126,7 +1129,7 @@ "text": "18-35 years of age for compulsory military service; service obligation 18 months or 12 months for university graduates; 17 years of age for voluntary service; 17 year olds are considered to be on active service at cadet military schools (2020)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "since November 2020, Russia has deployed about 2,000 peacekeeping troops to the area in and around Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a cease-fire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan; fighting erupted between the two countries over the Nagorno-Karabakh region in September of 2020; Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces (the \"Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army\") backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994; six weeks of fighting resulted in about 6,000 deaths and ended after Armenia ceded swathes of Nagorno-Karabakh territory" + "text": "since November 2020, Russia has deployed about 2,000 peacekeeping troops to the area in and around Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a cease-fire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan; fighting erupted between the two countries over the Nagorno-Karabakh region in September of 2020; Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces (the \"Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army\") backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994; six weeks of fighting resulted in about 6,000 deaths and ended after Armenia ceded swathes of Nagorno-Karabakh territory; tensions remain high, and Armenia has accused Azerbaijani forces of a series of border intrusions and of seizing pockets of territory including along a lake shared by the two countries since the fighting ended" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/middle-east/am.json b/middle-east/am.json index 2774542c..a967d63a 100644 --- a/middle-east/am.json +++ b/middle-east/am.json @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Armenian (official) 97.9%, Kurdish (spoken by Yezidi minority) 1%, other 1%; note - Russian is widely spoken (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Աշխարհի Փաստագիրք, Անփոխարինելի Աղբյւր Հիմնական Տեղեկատվւթյան. (Armenian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -510,12 +510,23 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly (Parliament) or Azgayin Zhoghov (minimum 101 seats, current - 132; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote; the quota for the proportion of women MPs on each party list must be at least one of three candidates; political parties must meet a 5% threshold and alliances a 7% threshold to win seats; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held early on 20 June 2021 (next to be held in June 2026)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - Civil Contract 53.9%, Armenia Alliance 21.0%, I Have Honour Alliance 5.2%; seats by party - Civil Contract 72 of 105 seats, Armenia Alliance 27, I Have Honour Alliance 6; composition - men 101, women 31, percent of women 23.5%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Armen SARKISSIAN (since 9 April 2018)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister (vacant); Deputy Prime Ministers Mher GRIGORYAN and Tigran AVINYAN (since 16 January 2019); note - Prime Minister Nikol PASHINYAN resigned on 25 April 2021" + "text": "Prime Minister Nikol PASHINYAN (since 2 August 2021); Deputy Prime Ministers Mher GRIGORYAN and Tigran AVINYAN (since 16 January 2019); note - Prime Minister Nikol PASHINYAN resigned on 25 April 2021; he was reappointed by the President on 02 August 2021" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister" @@ -528,17 +539,6 @@ }, "note": "note: After initially winning election on 8 May 2018, Nikol PASHINYAN resigned his post (but stayed on as acting prime minister) on 16 October 2018 to force a snap election (held on 9 December 2018) in which his bloc won more than 70% of the vote; PASHINYAN was reappointed prime minister on 14 January 2019" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly (Parliament) or Azgayin Zhoghov (minimum 101 seats, current - 132; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote; the quota for the proportion of women MPs on each party list must be at least one of three candidates; political parties must meet a 5% threshold and alliances a 7% threshold to win seats; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held early on 20 June 2021 (next to be held in June 2026)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - Civil Contract 53.9%, Armenia Alliance 21.0%, I Have Honour Alliance 5.2%; seats by party - Civil Contract 72 of 105 seats, Armenia Alliance 27, I Have Honour Alliance 6; composition - men 101, women 31, percent of women 23.5%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Cassation (consists of the Criminal Chamber with a chairman and 5 judges and the Civil and Administrative Chamber with a chairman and 10 judges – with both civil and administrative specializations); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)" @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Varuzhan NERSESSYAN (since 11 January 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant since late July 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2225 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -578,16 +578,19 @@ "text": "Ambassador Lynne M. TRACEY (since 5 March 2019)" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[374](10) 464-700" + "text": "[374] (10) 464-700" }, "embassy": { "text": "

1 American Ave., Yerevan 0082

" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "American Embassy Yerevan, US Department of State, 7020 Yerevan Place, Washington, DC 20521-7020" + "text": "7020 Yerevan Place, Washington, DC  20521-7020" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[374](10) 464-742" + "text": "[374] (10) 464-742" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "acsyerevan@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1084,7 +1087,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the Armenian Armed Forces have approximately 45,000 active troops (42,000 ground; 3,000 air/defense) (2020)" + "text": "the Armenian Armed Forces have approximately 45,000 active troops (42,000 ground; 3,000 air/defense) (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the inventory of the Armenian Armed Forces includes mostly Russian and Soviet-era equipment; since 2010, almost all of Armenia's weapons imports have come from Russia (2020)" @@ -1096,7 +1099,7 @@ "text": "18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation, which can be served as an officer upon deferment for university studies if enrolled in officer-producing program; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "since November 2020, Russia has deployed about 2,000 peacekeeping troops to the area in and around Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a cease-fire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan; fighting erupted between the two countries over the Nagorno-Karabakh region in September of 2020; Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces (the \"Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army\") backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994; six weeks of fighting resulted in about 6,000 deaths and ended after Armenia ceded swathes of Nagorno-Karabakh territory" + "text": "since November 2020, Russia has deployed about 2,000 peacekeeping troops to the area in and around Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a cease-fire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan; fighting erupted between the two countries over the Nagorno-Karabakh region in September of 2020; Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces (the \"Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army\") backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994; six weeks of fighting resulted in about 6,000 deaths and ended after Armenia ceded swathes of Nagorno-Karabakh territory; tensions remain high, and Armenia has accused Azerbaijani forces of a series of border intrusions and of seizing pockets of territory including along a lake shared by the two countries since the fighting ended" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/middle-east/ba.json b/middle-east/ba.json index fd0cfda6..0af3a43f 100644 --- a/middle-east/ba.json +++ b/middle-east/ba.json @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), English, Farsi, Urdu" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -487,6 +487,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "20 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:
Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura (40 seats; members appointed by the king)
Council of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwab (40 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year renewable terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Consultative Council - last appointments on 12 December 2018 (next NA)
Council of Representatives - first round for 9 members held on 24 November 2018; second round for remaining 31 members held on 1 December 2018 (next to be held in 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Consultative Council - composition - men 31, women 9, percent of women 22.5%

Council of Representatives (for 2018 election)  - percent of vote by society - NA; seats by society - Islamic Al-Asalah (Sunni Salafi) 3, Minbar al-Taqadumi (Communist) 2, National Unity Gathering (Sunni progovernment) 1, National Islamic Minbar (Sunni Muslim Brotherhood) 1, independent 33; composition - men 34, women 6, percent of women 15%; note - total National Assembly percent of women 19%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King HAMAD bin Isa Al-Khalifa (since 6 March 1999)" @@ -501,17 +512,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; prime minister appointed by the monarch" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:
Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura (40 seats; members appointed by the king)
Council of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwab (40 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year renewable terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Consultative Council - last appointments on 12 December 2018 (next NA)
Council of Representatives - first round for 9 members held on 24 November 2018; second round for remaining 31 members held on 1 December 2018 (next to be held in 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Consultative Council - composition - men 31, women 9, percent of women 22.5%

Council of Representatives (for 2018 election)  - percent of vote by society - NA; seats by society - Islamic Al-Asalah (Sunni Salafi) 3, Minbar al-Taqadumi (Communist) 2, National Unity Gathering (Sunni progovernment) 1, National Islamic Minbar (Sunni Muslim Brotherhood) 1, independent 33; composition - men 34, women 6, percent of women 15%; note - total National Assembly percent of women 19%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Cassation (consists of the chairman and 3 judges); Supreme Court of Appeal (consists of the chairman and 3 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of the president and 6 members); High Sharia Court of Appeal (court sittings include the president and at least one judge)" @@ -552,16 +552,19 @@ "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Maggie NARDI (since August 2019)" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[973] 1724-2700" + "text": "[973] 17 242700" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Building #979, Road 3119 (next to Al-Ahli Sports Club), Block 331, Zinj District, P.O. Box 26431, Manama" + "text": "Building 979, Road 3119 (next to Al-Ahli Sports Club), Block 331, Zinj District, P.O. Box 26431, Manama" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PSC 451, Box 660, FPO AE 09834-5100
international mail: American Embassy, Box 26431, Manama" + "text": "6210 Manama Place, Washington DC  20521-6210" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[973] 1727-2594" + "text": "[973] 17 272594" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ManamaConsular@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/gg.json b/middle-east/gg.json index 9f02fd35..2d82608b 100644 --- a/middle-east/gg.json +++ b/middle-east/gg.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Georgian (official) 87.6%, Azeri 6.2%, Armenian 3.9%, Russian 1.2%, other 1%; note - Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia (2014 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
მსოფლიო ფაქტების წიგნი, ძირითადი ინფორმაციის აუცილებელი წყარო. (Georgian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -520,6 +520,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament or Sakartvelos Parlamenti (150 seats; 120 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed, party-list proportional representation vote and 30 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by at least 50% majority vote, with a runoff if needed; no party earning less than 40% of total votes may claim a majority; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 31 October and 21 November 2020 (next to be held in October 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - Georgian Dream 48.2%, UNM 27.2%, European Georgia 3.8%, Lelo 3.2%, Strategy 3.2%, Alliance of Patriots 3.1%, Girchi 2.9%, Citizens 1.3%, Labor 1%; seats by party - Georgian Dream 90, UNM 36, European Georgia 5, Lelo 4, Strategy 4, Alliance of Patriots 4, Girchi 4, Citizens 2, Labor 1" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Salome ZOURABICHVILI (since 16 December 2018)" @@ -537,17 +548,6 @@ "text": "Salome ZOURABICHVILI elected president in runoff; percent of vote - Salome ZOURABICHVILI (independent, backed by Georgian Dream) 59.5%, Grigol VASHADZE (UNM) 40.5%; Irakli GARIBASHVILI approved as prime minister by Parliamentary vote 89-2" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament or Sakartvelos Parlamenti (150 seats; 120 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed, party-list proportional representation vote and 30 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by at least 50% majority vote, with a runoff if needed; no party earning less than 40% of total votes may claim a majority; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 31 October and 21 November 2020 (next to be held in October 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - Georgian Dream 48.2%, UNM 27.2%, European Georgia 3.8%, Lelo 3.2%, Strategy 3.2%, Alliance of Patriots 3.1%, Girchi 2.9%, Citizens 1.3%, Labor 1%; seats by party - Georgian Dream 90, UNM 36, European Georgia 5, Lelo 4, Strategy 4, Alliance of Patriots 4, Girchi 4, Citizens 2, Labor 1" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 28 judges organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges); note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts" @@ -593,10 +593,13 @@ "text": "11 George Balanchine Street, Tbilisi, 0131" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "7060 T'bilisi Place, Washington, DC 20521-7060" + "text": "7060 Tbilisi Place, Washington, DC  20521-7060" }, "FAX": { "text": "[995] (32) 253-23-10" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "askconsultbilisi@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/gz.json b/middle-east/gz.json index 27d584c3..2a0164d8 100644 --- a/middle-east/gz.json +++ b/middle-east/gz.json @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index 9e16acd6..58bc22ed 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
چکیده نامه جهان، منبعی ضروری برای کسب اطلاعات کلی جهان (Persian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -551,6 +551,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly or Majles-e Shura-ye Eslami or Majles (290 seats; 285 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by 2-round vote, and 1 seat each for Zoroastrians, Jews, Assyrian and Chaldean Christians, Armenians in the north of the country and Armenians in the south; members serve 4-year terms); note - all candidates to the Majles must be approved by the Council of Guardians, a 12-member group of which 6 are appointed by the supreme leader and 6 are jurists nominated by the judiciary and elected by the Majles" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "first round held on 21 February 2020 and second round for 11 remaining seats held on 11 September 2020 (next full Majles election to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by coalition (first round) - NA; seats by coalition (first round) - conservatives 219, reformists 20, independents 35, religious minorities 5; remaining 11 seats to be decided in April 2020" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI (since 4 June 1989)" @@ -569,17 +580,6 @@ }, "note": "note: 3 oversight bodies are also considered part of the executive branch of government" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly or Majles-e Shura-ye Eslami or Majles (290 seats; 285 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by 2-round vote, and 1 seat each for Zoroastrians, Jews, Assyrian and Chaldean Christians, Armenians in the north of the country and Armenians in the south; members serve 4-year terms); note - all candidates to the Majles must be approved by the Council of Guardians, a 12-member group of which 6 are appointed by the supreme leader and 6 are jurists nominated by the judiciary and elected by the Majles" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "first round held on 21 February 2020 and second round for 11 remaining seats held on 11 September 2020 (next full Majles election to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by coalition (first round) - NA; seats by coalition (first round) - conservatives 219, reformists 20, independents 35, religious minorities 5; remaining 11 seats to be decided in April 2020" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and organized into 42 two-bench branches, each with a justice and a judge)" diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index 92513b0e..7b35b506 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "text": "8,787,045 (includes populations of the Golan Heights or Golan Sub-District and also East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after 1967) (July 2021 est.)", - "note": "note: approximately 22,900 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2018); approximately 215,900 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2017)" + "note": "note: approximately 23,400 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2019); approximately 227,100 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2019)" }, "Nationality": { "noun": { @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Hebrew (official), Arabic (special status under Israeli law), English (most commonly used foreign language)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
ספר עובדות העולם, המקור החיוני למידע בסיסי (Hebrew)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -517,6 +517,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal; 17 years of age for municipal elections" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Knesset (120 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list proportional representation vote, with a 3.25% vote threshold to gain representation; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 23 March 2021 (next to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent by party - Likud 24.2%, Yesh Atid 13.9%, Shas 7.2%, Blue and White 6.6%, Yamina 6.2%, Labor 6.1%, UTJ 5.6%, Yisrael Beiteinu 5.6%, Religious Zionist Party 5.1%, Joint List 4.8%, New Hope 4.7%, Meretz 4.6%, Ra'am 3.8%, other 0.5%; seats by party - Likud 30, Yesh Atid 17, Shas 9, Blue and White 8, Yamina 7, Labor 7, UTJ 7, Yisrael Beiteinu 7, Religious Zionist Party 6, Joint List 6, New Hope 6, Meretz 6, Ra'am 4 - NA" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Issac HERZOG (since 7 July 2021)" @@ -534,17 +545,6 @@ "text": "Issac HERZOG elected president; Knesset vote - Issac HERZOG (independent) 87, Miriam PERETZ (independent) 26, invalid/blank 7" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Knesset (120 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list proportional representation vote, with a 3.25% vote threshold to gain representation; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 23 March 2021 (next to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent by party - Likud 24.2%, Yesh Atid 13.9%, Shas 7.2%, Blue and White 6.6%, Yamina 6.2%, Labor 6.1%, UTJ 5.6%, Yisrael Beiteinu 5.6%, Religious Zionist Party 5.1%, Joint List 4.8%, New Hope 4.7%, Meretz 4.6%, Ra'am 3.8%, other 0.5%; seats by party - Likud 30, Yesh Atid 17, Shas 9, Blue and White 8, Yamina 7, Labor 7, UTJ 7, Yisrael Beiteinu 7, Religious Zionist Party 6, Joint List 6, New Hope 6, Meretz 6, Ra'am 4 - NA" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the president, deputy president, 13 justices, and 2 registrars) and normally sits in panels of 3 justices; in special cases, the panel is expanded with an uneven number of justices" @@ -589,8 +589,14 @@ "embassy": { "text": "David Flusser St.14, Jerusalem, 9378322" }, + "mailing address": { + "text": "6350 Jerusalem Place, Washington DC  20521-6350" + }, "FAX": { - "text": "NA" + "text": "[972] (2) 630-4070" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "JerusalemACS@state.gov" }, "note": "note: on 14 May 2018, the US Embassy relocated to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv; on 4 March 2019, Consulate General Jerusalem merged into US Embassy Jerusalem to form a single diplomatic mission" }, diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index f72b1f1b..606bfe19 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect), Syriac (Neo-Aramaic), and Armenian are official in areas where native speakers of these languages constitute a majority of the population" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، أحسن مصدر للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -526,6 +526,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Council of Representatives or Majlis an-Nuwwab al-Iraqiyy (329 seats; 320 members directly elected in 83 multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 9 seats at the national level reserved for minorities - 5 for Christians, 1 each for Sabaean-Mandaeans, Yazidis, Shabaks, Fayli Kurds; 25% of seats allocated to women; members serve 4-year terms); note - in early November 2020, the president ratified a new electoral law - approved by the Council of Representatives in late October - that eliminates the proportional representation electoral system" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 12 May 2018 (next to be held on 10 October 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - NA; seats by party/coalition - Sa'irun Alliance 54, Al Fatah Alliance 48, Al Nasr Alliance 42, KDP 25, State of Law Coalition 25, Wataniyah 21, National Wisdom Trend 19, PUK 18, Iraqi Decision Alliance 14, Anbar Our Identity 6, Goran Movement 5, New Generation 4, other 48; composition - men 245, women 84, percent of women 25.5%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Barham SALIH (since 2 October 2018); vice presidents (vacant)" @@ -543,17 +554,6 @@ "text": "

COR vote in first round - Barham SALIH (PUK) 165, Fuad HUSAYN (KDP) 90; Barham SALIH elected president in second round - Barham SALIH 219, Fuad HUSAYN 22; note - the COR vote on 1 October 2018 failed due to a lack of quorum, and a new session was held on 2 October

" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Council of Representatives or Majlis an-Nuwwab al-Iraqiyy (329 seats; 320 members directly elected in 83 multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 9 seats at the national level reserved for minorities - 5 for Christians, 1 each for Sabaean-Mandaeans, Yazidis, Shabaks, Fayli Kurds; 25% of seats allocated to women; members serve 4-year terms); note - in early November 2020, the president ratified a new electoral law - approved by the Council of Representatives in late October - that eliminates the proportional representation electoral system" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 12 May 2018 (next to be held on 10 October 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - NA; seats by party/coalition - Sa'irun Alliance 54, Al Fatah Alliance 48, Al Nasr Alliance 42, KDP 25, State of Law Coalition 25, Wataniyah 21, National Wisdom Trend 19, PUK 18, Iraqi Decision Alliance 14, Anbar Our Identity 6, Goran Movement 5, New Generation 4, other 48; composition - men 245, women 84, percent of women 25.5%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Federal Supreme Court or FSC (consists of 9 judges); note - court jurisdiction limited to constitutional issues and disputes between regions or governorates and the central government; Court of Cassation (consists of a court president, 5 vice presidents, and at least 24 judges)" @@ -599,10 +599,13 @@ "text": "Al-Kindi Street, International Zone, Baghdad; note - consulate in Al Basrah closed as of 28 September 2018" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "APO AE 09316" + "text": "6060 Baghdad Place, Washington DC  20521-6060" }, "FAX": { "text": "NA" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "baghdadacs@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index 7f449f0b..8711557b 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -530,6 +530,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-'Umma consists of:
Senate or the House of Notables or Majlis al-Ayan (65 seats; members appointed by the monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Chamber of Deputies or House of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwaab (130 seats; 115 members directly elected in 23 multi-seat constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote and 15 seats for women; 12 of the 115 seats reserved for Christian, Chechen, and Circassian candidates; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 10 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Chamber of Deputies - note - tribal, centrist, and pro-government candidates dominated in the 130-seat election; the Islamic Action Front, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, garnered only 10 seats, down from 15 in the previous election; women, who are guaranteed 15 seats by Jordan’s legislative quota system, only won the requisite number, down from the 20 seats won in the previous election

 

" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King ABDALLAH II (since 7 February 1999); Heir Apparent Crown Prince HUSSEIN (eldest son of the monarch, born on 28 June 1994)" @@ -544,17 +555,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; prime minister appointed by the monarch" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-'Umma consists of:
Senate or the House of Notables or Majlis al-Ayan (65 seats; members appointed by the monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Chamber of Deputies or House of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwaab (130 seats; 115 members directly elected in 23 multi-seat constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote and 15 seats for women; 12 of the 115 seats reserved for Christian, Chechen, and Circassian candidates; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 10 November 2020 (next to be held in November 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Chamber of Deputies - note - tribal, centrist, and pro-government candidates dominated in the 130-seat election; the Islamic Action Front, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, garnered only 10 seats, down from 15 in the previous election; women, who are guaranteed 15 seats by Jordan’s legislative quota system, only won the requisite number, down from the 20 seats won in the previous election

 

" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Cassation or Supreme Court (consists of 15 members, including the chief justice); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members)" @@ -597,10 +597,13 @@ "text": "Abdoun, Al-Umawyeen St., Amman" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 354, Amman 11118 Jordan; Unit 70200, Box 5, DPO AE 09892-0200" + "text": "6050 Amman Place, Washington DC  20521-6050" }, "FAX": { "text": "[962] (6) 592-0163" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "Amman-ACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1132,6 +1135,11 @@ "text": "17 years of age for voluntary male military service; initial service term 2 years, with option to reenlist for 18 years; conscription at age 18 suspended in 1999; women are not conscripted, but can volunteer to serve in noncombat military positions in the Royal Jordanian Arab Army Women's Corps and RJAF (2013)" } }, + "Terrorism": { + "Terrorist group(s)": { + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)" + } + }, "Transnational Issues": { "Disputes - international": { "text": "

2004 Agreement settles border dispute with Syria pending demarcation

" diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index 01665ad7..693ec1bf 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), English widely spoken" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -481,6 +481,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "21 years of age and at least 20-year citizenship" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Umma (65 seats; 50 members directly elected from 5 multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 15 ex-officio members (cabinet ministers) appointed by the amir; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 5 December 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "all candidates ran as independents, though nearly half were oppositionists; composition - men 50, women 0, percent of women 0%" + }, + "note": "note: seats as of May 2019 -  oppositionists and independents, including populists, Islamists, and liberals 25, pro-government loyalists 25; composition as of May 2019 for elected members only - men 49, women 1, percent of women 2% " + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Amir NAWAF al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (since 30 September 2020); Crown Prince Sheikh MESHAAL Al Ahmad Al Sabah, born in 1940, is the brother of Amir NAWAF al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah" @@ -495,18 +507,6 @@ "text": "amir chosen from within the ruling family, confirmed by the National Assembly; prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the amir; crown prince appointed by the amir and approved by the National Assembly" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Umma (65 seats; 50 members directly elected from 5 multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 15 ex-officio members (cabinet ministers) appointed by the amir; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 5 December 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "all candidates ran as independents, though nearly half were oppositionists; composition - men 50, women 0, percent of women 0%" - }, - "note": "note: seats as of May 2019 -  oppositionists and independents, including populists, Islamists, and liberals 25, pro-government loyalists 25; composition as of May 2019 for elected members only - men 49, women 1, percent of women 2% " - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Constitutional Court (consists of 5 judges); Supreme Court or Court of Cassation (organized into several circuits, each with 5 judges)" @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Alina L. Romanowski (since 6 January 2020)" + "text": "Alina L. ROMANOWSKI (since 6 January 2020)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[965] 2259-1001" @@ -555,10 +555,13 @@ "text": "P.O. Box 77, Safat 13001" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 77 Safat 13001 Kuwait; or PSC 1280 APO AE 09880-9000" + "text": "6200 Kuwait Place, Washington DC  20521-6200" }, "FAX": { "text": "[965] 2538-6562" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "KuwaitACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 6caed32d..5d7b88d9 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -501,9 +501,21 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "21 years of age; authorized for all men and women regardless of religion; excludes persons convicted of felonies and other crimes or those imprisoned; excludes all military and security service personnel regardless of rank" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Nuwab in Arabic or Assemblee Nationale in French (128 seats; members directly elected by listed-based proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms); prior to 2017, the electoral system was by majoritarian vote" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 6 May 2018 (next to be held in 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by coalition - NA; seats by coalition – Strong Lebanon Bloc (Free Patriotic Movement-led) 25; Future Bloc (Future Movement-led) 20; Development and Liberation Bloc (Amal Movement-led) 16; Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc (Hizballah-led) 15; Strong Republic Bloc (Lebanese Forces-led) 15; Democratic Gathering (Progressive Socialist Party-led) 9; Independent Centre Bloc 4; National Bloc (Marada Movement-led) 3; Syrian Social Nationalist Party 3; Tashnaq 3; Kata’ib 3; other 8; independent 4;  composition - men 122, women 6, percent of women 4.6%" + }, + "note": "note: Lebanon’s constitution states the National Assembly cannot conduct regular business until it elects a president when the position is vacant" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Michel AWN (since 21 January 2021)" + "text": "President Michel AWN (since 31 October 2016)" }, "head of government": { "text": "Prime Minister Hassan DIAB (since 22 October 2020); note - the Lebanese Government is in \"caretaker\" status" @@ -518,18 +530,6 @@ "text": "Michel AWN elected president in second round; National Assembly vote - Michel AWN (FPM) 83 votes; note - in the initial election held on 23 April 2014, no candidate received the required two-thirds vote, and subsequent attempts failed because the Assembly lacked the necessary quorum to hold a vote; the president was finally elected in its 46th attempt on 31 October 2016" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Nuwab in Arabic or Assemblee Nationale in French (128 seats; members directly elected by listed-based proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms); prior to 2017, the electoral system was by majoritarian vote" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 6 May 2018 (next to be held in 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by coalition - NA; seats by coalition – Strong Lebanon Bloc (Free Patriotic Movement-led) 25; Future Bloc (Future Movement-led) 20; Development and Liberation Bloc (Amal Movement-led) 16; Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc (Hizballah-led) 15; Strong Republic Bloc (Lebanese Forces-led) 15; Democratic Gathering (Progressive Socialist Party-led) 9; Independent Centre Bloc 4; National Bloc (Marada Movement-led) 3; Syrian Social Nationalist Party 3; Tashnaq 3; Kata’ib 3; other 8; independent 4;  composition - men 122, women 6, percent of women 4.6%" - }, - "note": "note: Lebanon’s constitution states the National Assembly cannot conduct regular business until it elects a president when the position is vacant" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Cassation or Supreme Court (organized into 8 chambers, each with a presiding judge and 2 associate judges); Constitutional Council (consists of 10 members)" @@ -575,10 +575,13 @@ "text": "Awkar-Facing the Municipality, Main Street, Beirut" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 70-840, Antelias, Lebanon; from US: US Embassy Beirut, 6070 Beirut Place, Washington, DC 20521-6070" + "text": "6070 Beirut Place, Washington DC  20521-6070" }, "FAX": { "text": "[961] (4) 544136" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "BeirutACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index 193363bd..d538c398 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Swahili, Urdu, Indian dialects" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -517,6 +517,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "21 years of age; universal; note - members of the military and security forces by law cannot vote" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Council of Oman or Majlis Oman consists of:
Council of State or Majlis al-Dawla (85 seats including the chairman; members appointed by the sultan from among former government officials and prominent educators, businessmen, and citizens)
Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura (86 seats; members directly elected in single- and 2-seat constituencies by simple majority popular vote to serve renewable 4-year terms); note - since political reforms in 2011, legislation from the Consultative Council is submitted to the Council of State for review by the Royal Court" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Council of State - last appointments on 11 July 2019 (next - NA)
Consultative Assembly - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Council of State - composition - men 70, women 15, percent of women 17.6%
Consultative Council percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA (organized political parties in Oman are legally banned); composition men 84, women 2, percent of women 2.3%; note - total Council of Oman percent of women 9.9%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Sultan and Prime Minister HAYTHAM bin Tariq bin Taimur Al-Said (since 11 January 2020); note - the monarch is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -531,17 +542,6 @@ "text": "members of the Ruling Family Council determine a successor from the sultan's extended family; if the Council cannot form a consensus within 3 days of the sultan's death or incapacitation, the Defense Council will relay a predetermined heir as chosen by the sultan" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Council of Oman or Majlis Oman consists of:
Council of State or Majlis al-Dawla (85 seats including the chairman; members appointed by the sultan from among former government officials and prominent educators, businessmen, and citizens)
Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura (86 seats; members directly elected in single- and 2-seat constituencies by simple majority popular vote to serve renewable 4-year terms); note - since political reforms in 2011, legislation from the Consultative Council is submitted to the Council of State for review by the Royal Court" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Council of State - last appointments on 11 July 2019 (next - NA)
Consultative Assembly - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Council of State - composition - men 70, women 15, percent of women 17.6%
Consultative Council percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA (organized political parties in Oman are legally banned); composition men 84, women 2, percent of women 2.3%; note - total Council of Oman percent of women 9.9%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 5 judges)" @@ -584,10 +584,13 @@ "text": "P.C. 115, Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos, Muscat" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P.O. Box 202, P.C. 115, Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos, Muscat" + "text": "6220 Muscat Place, Washington DC  20521" }, "FAX": { "text": "[968] 24-643-740" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularMuscat@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index a3dfb535..46316d36 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -492,6 +492,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (45 seats; 30 members directly elected by popular vote for 4-year re-electable terms; 15 members appointed by the monarch to serve until resignation or until relieved; note - legislative drafting authority rests with the Council of Ministers and is reviewed by the Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last on 17 June 2016 (next in 2019); note - in late 2019, the amir announced the formation of a committee to oversee preparations for the first elected council, although Doha has not selected a date for elections" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "NA; composition - men 41, women 4, percent of women 8.9%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Amir TAMIM bin Hamad Al Thani (since 25 June 2013)" @@ -506,17 +517,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; prime minister and deputy prime minister appointed by the amir" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (45 seats; 30 members directly elected by popular vote for 4-year re-electable terms; 15 members appointed by the monarch to serve until resignation or until relieved; note - legislative drafting authority rests with the Council of Ministers and is reviewed by the Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last on 17 June 2016 (next in 2019); note - in late 2019, the amir announced the formation of a committee to oversee preparations for the first elected council, although Doha has not selected a date for elections" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "NA; composition - men 41, women 4, percent of women 8.9%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Court of Cassation (consists of the court president and several judges); Supreme Constitutional Court (consists of the chief justice and 6 members)" @@ -562,10 +562,13 @@ "text": "22 February Street, Al Luqta District, P. O. Box 2399, Doha" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 2399, Doha" + "text": "6130 Doha Place, Washington DC  20521-6130" }, "FAX": { "text": "[974] 4488-4298" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSDoha@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 1f412184..e113cc59 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -493,6 +493,12 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; restricted to males; universal for municipal elections" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura (150 seats; members appointed by the monarch to serve 4-year terms); note - in early 2013, the monarch granted women 30 seats on the Council" + }, + "note": "note: composition as of 2013 - men 121, women 30, percent of women 19.9%" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King and Prime Minister SALMAN bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (since 23 January 2015); Crown Prince MUHAMMAD BIN SALMAN bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (born 31 August 1985); note - the monarch is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -507,12 +513,6 @@ "text": "none; the monarchy is hereditary; an Allegiance Council created by royal decree in October 2006 established a committee of Saudi princes for a voice in selecting future Saudi kings" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura (150 seats; members appointed by the monarch to serve 4-year terms); note - in early 2013, the monarch granted women 30 seats on the Council" - }, - "note": "note: composition as of 2013 - men 121, women 30, percent of women 19.9%" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "High Court (consists of the court chief and organized into circuits with 3-judge panels, except for the criminal circuit, which has a 5-judge panel for cases involving major punishments)" @@ -558,11 +558,14 @@ "text": "P.O. Box 94309, Riyadh 11693" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "American Embassy, Unit 61307, APO AE 09803-1307; International Mail: P. O. Box 94309, Riyadh 11693" + "text": "6300 Riyadh Place, Washington DC  20521-6300" }, "FAX": { "text": "[966] (11) 488-7360" }, + "email address": { + "text": "RiyadhACS@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Dhahran, Jiddah (Jeddah)" } diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index 58d71ecb..3bd667c8 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French, English" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -512,6 +512,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral People's Assembly or Majlis al-Shaab (250 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority preferential vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 19 July 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NPF 80%, other 20%; seats by party - NPF 200, other 50; composition - men 217, women 33, percent of women 13.2%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Bashar al-ASAD (since 17 July 2000); Vice President Najah al-ATTAR (since 23 March 2006)" @@ -529,17 +540,6 @@ "text": "Bashar al-ASAD elected president; percent of vote - Bashar al-ASAD (Ba'th Party)95.2%, Mahmoud Ahmad MAREI (Democratic Arab Socialist Union) 3.3%, Abdullah Sallum ABDULLAH (Socialist Unionist Party) 1.5%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral People's Assembly or Majlis al-Shaab (250 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority preferential vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 19 July 2020 (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NPF 80%, other 20%; seats by party - NPF 200, other 50; composition - men 217, women 33, percent of women 13.2%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Cassation (organized into civil, criminal, religious, and military divisions, each with 3 judges); Supreme Constitutional Court (consists of 7 members)" @@ -583,10 +583,13 @@ "text": "Abou Roumaneh, 2 Al Mansour Street, Damascus" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 29, Damascus" + "text": "6110 Damascus Place, Washington DC  20521-6110" }, "FAX": { "text": "[963] (11) 3391-3999" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "AmmanACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index 1f6d7b48..92532e5d 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, temel bilgi edinmek için vazgeçilmez bir kaynak. (Turkish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -525,6 +525,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey or Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi (600 seats - increased from 550 seats beginning with June 2018 election; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms - increased from 4 to 5 years beginning with June 2018 election)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 24 June 2018 (next to be held in June 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - People's Alliance 53.7% (AKP 42.6%, MHP 11.1%), Nation Alliance 33.9% (CHP 22.6%, IYI 10%, SP 1.3%), HDP 11.7%, other 0.7%; seats by party - People's Alliance 344 (AKP 295, MHP 49), National Alliance 189 (CHP 146, IYI 43), HDP 67; composition - men 496, women 104, percent of women 17.3%; note - only parties surpassing a 10% threshold can win parliamentary seats" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (chief of state since 28 August 2014; head of government since 9 July 2019); Vice President Fuat OKTAY (since 9 July 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -542,17 +553,6 @@ "text": "Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN reelected president in the first round; Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (AKP) 52.6%, Muharrem INCE (CHP) 30.6%, Selahattin DEMIRTAS (HDP) 8.4%, Meral AKSENER (IYI) 7.3%, other 1.1%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey or Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi (600 seats - increased from 550 seats beginning with June 2018 election; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms - increased from 4 to 5 years beginning with June 2018 election)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 24 June 2018 (next to be held in June 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - People's Alliance 53.7% (AKP 42.6%, MHP 11.1%), Nation Alliance 33.9% (CHP 22.6%, IYI 10%, SP 1.3%), HDP 11.7%, other 0.7%; seats by party - People's Alliance 344 (AKP 295, MHP 49), National Alliance 189 (CHP 146, IYI 43), HDP 67; composition - men 496, women 104, percent of women 17.3%; note - only parties surpassing a 10% threshold can win parliamentary seats" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Constitutional Court or Anayasa Mahkemesi (consists of the president, 2 vice presidents, and 12 judges); Court of Cassation (consists of about 390 judges and is organized into civil and penal chambers); Council of State (organized into 15 divisions - 14 judicial and 1 consultative - each with a division head and at least 5 members)" @@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ "text": "110 Ataturk Boulevard, Kavaklidere, 06100 Ankara" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "PSC 93, Box 5000, APO AE 09823" + "text": "7000 Ankara Place, Washington  DC 20512-7000" }, "FAX": { "text": "[90] (312) 467-0019" @@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "3,688,093 (Syria) (2021); 173,250 (Iraq) (asylum seekers), 116,400 (Afghanistan) (asylum seekers), 27,000 (Iran) (asylum seekers) (2020)" + "text": "3,692,837 (Syria) (2021); 173,250 (Iraq) (asylum seekers), 116,400 (Afghanistan) (asylum seekers), 27,000 (Iran) (asylum seekers) (2020)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1.099 million (displaced from 1984-2005 because of fighting between the Kurdish PKK and Turkish military; most IDPs are Kurds from eastern and southeastern provinces; no information available on persons displaced by development projects) (2020)" diff --git a/middle-east/we.json b/middle-east/we.json index 95db2eaa..bb9f58f4 100644 --- a/middle-east/we.json +++ b/middle-east/we.json @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ "People and Society": { "Population": { "text": "2,949,246 (July 2021 est.)", - "note": "note: approximately 418,600 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2018); approximately 215,900 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2017)" + "note": "note: approximately 432,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2019); approximately 227,100 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2019)" }, "Nationality": { "noun": { @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, diff --git a/middle-east/ym.json b/middle-east/ym.json index d71940bc..3c9eb82d 100644 --- a/middle-east/ym.json +++ b/middle-east/ym.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Arabic (official); note - a distinct Socotri language is widely used on Socotra Island and Archipelago; Mahri is still fairly widely spoken in eastern Yemen" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -562,6 +562,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Majlis consists of:
Shura Council or Majlis Alshoora (111 seats; members appointed by the president; member tenure NA)
House of Representatives or Majlis al Nuwaab (301 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
House of Representatives - last held on 27 April 2003 (next scheduled for April 2009 but postponed indefinitely)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
percent of vote by party - GPC 58.0%, Islah 22.6%, YSP 3.8%, Unionist Party 1.9%, other 13.7%; seats by party - GPC 238, Islah 46, YSP 8, Nasserist Unionist Party 3, National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 2, independent 4" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Abd Rabuh Mansur HADI (since 21 February 2012); Vice President ALI MUHSIN al-Ahmar, Lt. Gen. (since 3 April 2016)" @@ -579,17 +590,6 @@ "text": "Abd Rabuh Mansur HADI (GPC) elected as a consensus president with about 50% popular participation; no other candidates" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Majlis consists of:
Shura Council or Majlis Alshoora (111 seats; members appointed by the president; member tenure NA)
House of Representatives or Majlis al Nuwaab (301 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
House of Representatives - last held on 27 April 2003 (next scheduled for April 2009 but postponed indefinitely)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
percent of vote by party - GPC 58.0%, Islah 22.6%, YSP 3.8%, Unionist Party 1.9%, other 13.7%; seats by party - GPC 238, Islah 46, YSP 8, Nasserist Unionist Party 3, National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 2, independent 4" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the court president, 2 deputies, and nearly 50 judges; court organized into constitutional, civil, commercial, family, administrative, criminal, military, and appeals scrutiny divisions)" @@ -633,10 +633,13 @@ "text": "previously - Sa'awan Street, Sanaa" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "US Embassy Riyadh
previously - US Embassy in Sana'a
Address: Sa’awan Street
P.O. Box 22347" + "text": "6330 Sanaa Place, Washington DC  20521-6330" }, "FAX": { "text": "US Embassy Riyadh [966] 11-488-7360" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "YemenEmergencyUSC@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/north-america/bd.json b/north-america/bd.json index b1372782..16b8fa56 100644 --- a/north-america/bd.json +++ b/north-america/bd.json @@ -405,6 +405,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (11 seats; 3 members appointed by the governor, 5 by the premier, and 3 by the opposition party; members serve 5-year terms) and the House of Assembly (36 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve up to 5-year terms)
House of Assembly (36 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve up to 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last appointments in August 2017 (next appointments in 2022)
House of Assembly - last held on 1 October 2020 (next to be held not later than 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - composition - men 7, women 4, percent of women 36.4%
House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - PLP 62.1%, OBA 32.3%, other 5.4%, independent 0.2%; seats by party - PLP 30, OBA 6; composition - NA" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Rena LALGIE (since 14 December 2020)" @@ -419,17 +430,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed premier by the governor" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (11 seats; 3 members appointed by the governor, 5 by the premier, and 3 by the opposition party; members serve 5-year terms) and the House of Assembly (36 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve up to 5-year terms)
House of Assembly (36 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve up to 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last appointments in August 2017 (next appointments in 2022)
House of Assembly - last held on 1 October 2020 (next to be held not later than 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - composition - men 7, women 4, percent of women 36.4%
House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - PLP 62.1%, OBA 32.3%, other 5.4%, independent 0.2%; seats by party - PLP 30, OBA 6; composition - NA" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and at least 2 justices); Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice, 4 puisne judges, and 1 associate justice); note - the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) is the court of final appeal" @@ -457,17 +457,17 @@ "telephone": { "text": "(441) 295-1342" }, - "embassy": { - "text": "16 Middle Road Devonshire, DV 03" - }, "mailing address": { "text": "P. O. Box HM325, Hamilton HMBX; American Consulate General Hamilton, US Department of State, 5300 Hamilton Place, Washington, DC 20520-5300" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (441) 295-1592, 296-9233" + "text": "(441) 295-1592" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "HamiltonConsulate@state.gov" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Crown Hill, 16 Middle Road, Devonshire DVO3" + "text": "16 Middle Road, Devonshire DV O3" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ "text": "Jamaica 49.1%, Luxembourg 36.1%, US 4.9% (2017)" }, "Exports - commodities": { - "text": "reexports of pharmaceuticals" + "text": "re-exports of pharmaceuticals" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2017": { diff --git a/north-america/ca.json b/north-america/ca.json index 6e9e625a..0a4b1c71 100644 --- a/north-america/ca.json +++ b/north-america/ca.json @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "English (official) 58.7%, French (official) 22%, Punjabi 1.4%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, German 1.3%, Cantonese 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2%, Arabic 1.1%, other 10.5% (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)

The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)" } }, @@ -504,6 +504,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate or Senat (105 seats; members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister and can serve until age 75)
House of Commons or Chambre des Communes (338 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote with terms up to 4 years)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Senate - appointed; latest appointments in December 2018
House of Commons - last held on 21 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - composition as of December 2018 - men 51, women 54, percent of women 51.4%

House of Commons - percent of vote by party - CPC 34.4%, Liberal Party 33.1%, NDP 15.9%, Bloc Quebecois 7.7%, Greens 6.5%, other 2.4%; seats by party - Liberal Party 157, CPC 121, NDP 24, Bloc Quebecois 32, Greens 4; composition - men 240, women 98, percent of women 29%; note - total Parliament percent of women 34.3%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Mary SIMON (since 6 July 2021)" @@ -519,17 +530,6 @@ }, "note": "note: the governor general position is largely ceremonial; Julie PAYETTE, Canada's fourth female governor general, resigned on 21 January 2021; Richard WAGNER, chief justice of the Supreme Court, will be Acting Governor General in the interim" }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:
Senate or Senat (105 seats; members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister and can serve until age 75)
House of Commons or Chambre des Communes (338 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote with terms up to 4 years)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Senate - appointed; latest appointments in December 2018
House of Commons - last held on 21 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - composition as of December 2018 - men 51, women 54, percent of women 51.4%

House of Commons - percent of vote by party - CPC 34.4%, Liberal Party 33.1%, NDP 15.9%, Bloc Quebecois 7.7%, Greens 6.5%, other 2.4%; seats by party - Liberal Party 157, CPC 121, NDP 24, Bloc Quebecois 32, Greens 4; composition - men 240, women 98, percent of women 29%; note - total Parliament percent of women 34.3%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Canada (consists of the chief justice and 8 judges); note - in 1949, Canada abolished all appeals beyond its Supreme Court, which prior to that time, were heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" @@ -572,17 +572,20 @@ "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Arnold CHACON (since 28 May 2021)" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (613) 688-5335" + "text": "[1] (613) 238-5335" }, "embassy": { "text": "490 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 1G8" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 5000, Ogdensburg, NY 13669-0430; P.O. Box 866, Station B, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5T1" + "text": "5480 Ottawa Place, Washington DC  20521-5480" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (613) 241-7845" }, + "email address": { + "text": "OttawaACS@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg" }, diff --git a/north-america/gl.json b/north-america/gl.json index bb59b686..cc0ac93a 100644 --- a/north-america/gl.json +++ b/north-america/gl.json @@ -411,6 +411,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament or Inatsisartut (31 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote  - using the d'Hondt method - to serve 4-year terms)
Greenland elects 2 members to the Danish Parliament to serve 4-year terms" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Greenland Parliament - last held on 6 April 2021 (next to be held in 2025)
Greenland members to Danish Parliament - last held on 5 June 2019 (next to be held by 4 June 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Greenland Parliament percent of vote by party - IA 37.4%, S 30.1%, PN 12.3%, D 9.3%, A 7.1%, other 3.8%; seats by party - IA 12, S 10, PN 4, D 3, A 2; composition - men 21, women 10, percent of women 32.2%

Greenland members in Danish Parliament - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - IA 1, S 1; composition - 2 women" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen MARGRETHE II of Denmark (since 14 January 1972), represented by High Commissioner Mikaela ENGELL (since April 2011)" @@ -428,17 +439,6 @@ "text": "Kim KIELSEN elected premier; Parliament vote - Kim KIELSEN (S) 27.2%, Sara OLSVIG (IA) 25.5%, Randi Vestergaard EVALDSEN (D) 19.5%, other 27.8%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament or Inatsisartut (31 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote  - using the d'Hondt method - to serve 4-year terms)
Greenland elects 2 members to the Danish Parliament to serve 4-year terms" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Greenland Parliament - last held on 6 April 2021 (next to be held in 2025)
Greenland members to Danish Parliament - last held on 5 June 2019 (next to be held by 4 June 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Greenland Parliament percent of vote by party - IA 37.4%, S 30.1%, PN 12.3%, D 9.3%, A 7.1%, other 3.8%; seats by party - IA 12, S 10, PN 4, D 3, A 2; composition - men 21, women 10, percent of women 32.2%

Greenland members in Danish Parliament - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - IA 1, S 1; composition - 2 women" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "High Court of Greenland (consists of the presiding professional judge and 2 lay assessors); note - appeals beyond the High Court of Greenland can be heard by the Supreme Court (in Copenhagen)" diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index a3f6cd9e..dd359b40 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8%; note -indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages (2005 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -553,6 +553,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Union consists of:
Senate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats; 96 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 32 directly elected in a single, nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms)
Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (500 seats; 300 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 200 directly elected in a single, nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 3-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 1 July 2018 (next to be held in July 2024)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 6 June 2021 (next to be held in July 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MORENA 58, PAN 22, PRI 14, PRD 9, MC 7, PT 7, PES 5, PVEM 5, PNA/PANAL 1; composition - men 65, women 63, percent of women 49.3%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MORENA 197, PAN 111, PRI 69, PVEM 44, PT 38, MC 25, PRD 16" + }, + "note": "note: as of the 2018 election, senators will be eligible for a second term and deputies up to 4 consecutive terms" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR (since 1 December 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -570,18 +582,6 @@ "text": "
2018: Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR elected president; percent of vote - Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR (MORENA) 53.2%, Ricardo ANAYA (PAN) 22.3%, Jose Antonio MEADE Kuribrena (PRI) 16.4%, Jaime RODRIGUEZ Calderon 5.2% (independent), other 2.9%

2012: Enrique PENA NIETO elected president; percent of vote - Enrique PENA NIETO (PRI) 38.2%, Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR (PRD) 31.6%, Josefina Eugenia VAZQUEZ Mota (PAN) 25.4%, other 4.8%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Union consists of:
Senate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats; 96 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 32 directly elected in a single, nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms)
Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (500 seats; 300 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 200 directly elected in a single, nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 3-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 1 July 2018 (next to be held on 1 July 2024)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 1 July 2018 (next to be held on 6 June 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MORENA 58, PAN 22, PRI 14, PRD 9, MC 7, PT 7, PES 5, PVEM 5, PNA/PANAL 1; composition - men 65, women 63, percent of women 49.3%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MORENA 193, PAN 79, PT 61, PES 58, PRI 42, MC 26, PRD 23, PVEM 17, PNA/PANAL 1; composition - men 259, women 241, percent of women 48.2%; note - total National Congress percent of women 48.4%; note - 6 June 2021 election results pending" - }, - "note": "note: as of the 2018 election, senators will be eligible for a second term and deputies up to 4 consecutive terms" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president, and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)" @@ -632,11 +632,14 @@ "text": "Paseo de la Reforma 305, Colonia Cuauhtemoc, 06500 Mexico, Distrito Federal" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 9000, Brownsville, TX 78520-9000" + "text": "8700 Mexico City Place, Washington DC  20521-8700" }, "FAX": { "text": "(011) 52-55-5080-2005" }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSMexicoCity@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Matamoros, Merida, Monterrey, Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Tijuana" } diff --git a/north-america/sb.json b/north-america/sb.json index 1515335c..98e2308c 100644 --- a/north-america/sb.json +++ b/north-america/sb.json @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "French (official)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -345,6 +345,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Territorial Council or Conseil Territorial (19 seats - Saint Pierre 15, Miquelon 4; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 6-year terms);
Saint Pierre and Miquelon indirectly elects 1 senator to the French Senate by an electoral college to serve a 6-year term and directly elects 1 deputy to the French National Assembly by absolute majority vote to serve a 5-year term" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Territorial Council - last held on 19 March 2017 (next to be held in March 2023)
French Senate - last held on 24 September 2017 (next to be held no later than September 2020)
French National Assembly - last held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (next to be held by June 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Territorial Council - percent of vote by party - AD 70.2%, Cap sur l'Avenir 29.8%; seats by party - AD 17, Cap sur l'Avenir 2; composition - men 10, women 9, percent of women 47.4%
French Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PS 1 (affiliated with UMP)
French National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Ensemble pour l'Avenir 1 (affiliated with PRG); the Republicans (LR) 1" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017); represented by Prefect Christian POUGET (since 6 January 2021)" @@ -359,17 +370,6 @@ "text": "French president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 23 April and 6 May 2017 (next to be held in 2022); prefect appointed by French president on the advice of French Ministry of Interior" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Territorial Council or Conseil Territorial (19 seats - Saint Pierre 15, Miquelon 4; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 6-year terms);
Saint Pierre and Miquelon indirectly elects 1 senator to the French Senate by an electoral college to serve a 6-year term and directly elects 1 deputy to the French National Assembly by absolute majority vote to serve a 5-year term" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Territorial Council - last held on 19 March 2017 (next to be held in March 2023)
French Senate - last held on 24 September 2017 (next to be held no later than September 2020)
French National Assembly - last held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (next to be held by June 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Territorial Council - percent of vote by party - AD 70.2%, Cap sur l'Avenir 29.8%; seats by party - AD 17, Cap sur l'Avenir 2; composition - men 10, women 9, percent of women 47.4%
French Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PS 1 (affiliated with UMP)
French National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Ensemble pour l'Avenir 1 (affiliated with PRG); the Republicans (LR) 1" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Superior Tribunal of Appeals or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel (composition NA)" diff --git a/north-america/us.json b/north-america/us.json index d9075583..b5233fc4 100644 --- a/north-america/us.json +++ b/north-america/us.json @@ -515,6 +515,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Congress consists of:
Senate (100 seats; 2 members directly elected in each of the 50 state constituencies by simple majority vote except in Georgia and Louisiana which require an absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of membership renewed every 2 years)
House of Representatives (435 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote except in Georgia which requires an absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 2-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held on 8 November 2022)
House of Representatives - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held on 8 November 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Republican Party 50, Democratic Party 50; composition - men 76, women 24, percent of women 24%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 221, Republican Party 211, 3 seats vacant; composition - men 312, women 120, percent of women 27.8%; note - total US Congress percent of women 27.1%" + }, + "note": "note: in addition to the regular members of the House of Representatives there are 6 non-voting delegates elected from the District of Columbia and the US territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands; these are single seat constituencies directly elected by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term (except for the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico who serves a 4-year term); the delegate can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the Committee of the Whole House, but not when legislation is submitted for a “full floor” House vote; election of delegates last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held on 8 November 2022)" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. (since 20 January 2021); Vice President Kamala D. HARRIS (since 20 January 2021); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -532,18 +544,6 @@ "text": "Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. elected president; electoral vote - Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. (Democratic Party) 306, Donald J. TRUMP (Republican Party) 232; percent of direct popular vote - Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. 51.3%, Donald J. TRUMP 46.9%, other 1.8%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Congress consists of:
Senate (100 seats; 2 members directly elected in each of the 50 state constituencies by simple majority vote except in Georgia and Louisiana which require an absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of membership renewed every 2 years)
House of Representatives (435 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote except in Georgia which requires an absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 2-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held on 8 November 2022)
House of Representatives - last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held on 8 November 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Republican Party 50, Democratic Party 50; composition - men 76, women 24, percent of women 24%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 221, Republican Party 211, 3 seats vacant; composition - men 312, women 120, percent of women 27.8%; note - total US Congress percent of women 27.1%" - }, - "note": "note: in addition to the regular members of the House of Representatives there are 6 non-voting delegates elected from the District of Columbia and the US territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands; these are single seat constituencies directly elected by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term (except for the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico who serves a 4-year term); the delegate can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the Committee of the Whole House, but not when legislation is submitted for a “full floor” House vote; election of delegates last held on 3 November 2020 (next to be held on 8 November 2022)" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "US Supreme Court (consists of 9 justices - the chief justice and 8 associate justices)" diff --git a/south-america/ar.json b/south-america/ar.json index 1a05e534..ccf8f7e6 100644 --- a/south-america/ar.json +++ b/south-america/ar.json @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -520,6 +520,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18-70 years of age; universal and compulsory; 16-17 years of age - optional for national elections" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Senate (72 seats; members directly elected on a provincial basis with 2 seats awarded to the party with the most votes and 1 seat to the party with the second highest number of votes; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)
Chamber of Deputies (257 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method; members serve 4-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 2 years)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held on 24 October 2021)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held on 24 October 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Senate - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA; seats by bloc or party - TODOS 13, Cambiemos 8, FCS 2, JSRN 1;
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA; seats by bloc or party - TODOS 64, Cambiemos 56, CF 3, FCS 3, JSRN 1, other 3" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Alberto Angel FERNANDEZ (since 10 December 2019); Vice President Cristina FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER (since 10 December 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government (2019)" @@ -537,17 +548,6 @@ "text": "
2019: Alberto Angel FERNANDEZ elected president; percent of vote - Alberto Angel FERNANDEZ (TODOS) 48.1%, Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 40.4%, Roberto LAVAGNA (independent) 6.2%, other 5.3%

2015: Mauricio MACRI elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Daniel SCIOLI (PJ) 37.1%, Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 34.2%, Sergio MASSA (FR/PJ) 21.4%, other 7.3%; percent of vote in second round - Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 51.4%, Daniel SCIOLI (PJ) 48.6%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Senate (72 seats; members directly elected on a provincial basis with 2 seats awarded to the party with the most votes and 1 seat to the party with the second highest number of votes; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)
Chamber of Deputies (257 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method; members serve 4-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 2 years)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held on 24 October 2021)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held on 24 October 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA; seats by bloc or party - TODOS 13, Cambiemos 8, FCS 2, JSRN 1;
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA; seats by bloc or party - TODOS 64, Cambiemos 56, CF 3, FCS 3, JSRN 1, other 3" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (consists of the court president, vice president, and 5 justices)" @@ -590,13 +590,16 @@ "text": "[54] (11) 5777-4533" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Avenida Colombia 4300, C1425GMN Buenos Aires" + "text": "3130 Buenos Aires Place, Washington DC  20521-3130" }, "mailing address": { "text": "international mail: use embassy street address; APO address: US Embassy Buenos Aires, Unit 4334, APO AA 34034" }, "FAX": { "text": "[54] (11) 5777-4240" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "buenosaires-acs@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index 0791319c..e1cb92cf 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, Guarani (official) 0.6%, other native languages 0.4%, foreign languages 2.4%, none 0.1%; note - Bolivia's 2009 constitution designates Spanish and all indigenous languages as official; 36 indigenous languages are specified, including a few that are extinct (2001 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -529,6 +529,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Plurinational Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional consists of:
Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (36 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)
Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (130 seats; 70 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 53 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote, and 7 (apportioned to non-contiguous, rural areas in 7 of the 9 states) directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Chamber of Senators - last held on 18 October 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 18 October 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 21, ACC 11, Creemos 4;
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 75, ACC 39, Creemos 16" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Luis Alberto ARCE Catacora (since 8 November 2020); Vice President David CHOQUEHUANCA Cespedes (since 8 November 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -546,17 +557,6 @@ "text": "
2020: Luis Alberto ARCE Catacora elected president; percent of vote - Luis Alberto ARCE Catacora (MAS) 55.1%; Carlos Diego MESA Gisbert (CC) 28.8%; Luis Fernando CAMACHO Vaca (Creemos) 14%; other 2.1%

2018: Juan Evo MORALES Ayma reelected president; percent of vote - Juan Evo MORALES Ayma (MAS) 61%; Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana (UN) 24.5%; Jorge QUIROGA Ramirez (POC) 9.1%; other 5.4%; note - MORALES resigned from office on 10 November 2019 over alleged election rigging; resignations of all his constitutionally designated successors followed, including the Vice President, President of the Senate, President of the Chamber of Deputies, and First Vice President of the Senate, leaving the Second Vice President of the Senate, Jeanine ANEZ Chavez, the highest-ranking official still in office; her appointment to the presidency was endorsed by Bolivia's Constitutional Court, and she served as interim president until the inauguration of Luis Alberto ARCE Catacora, winner of the 18 October 2020 presidential election" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Plurinational Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional consists of:
Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (36 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)
Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (130 seats; 70 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 53 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote, and 7 (apportioned to non-contiguous, rural areas in 7 of the 9 states) directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Chamber of Senators - last held on 18 October 2020 (next to be held in 2025)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 18 October 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 21, ACC 11, Creemos 4;
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 75, ACC 39, Creemos 16" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (consists of 12 judges or ministros organized into civil, penal, social, and administrative chambers); Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (consists of 7 primary and 7 alternate magistrates); Plurinational Electoral Organ (consists of 7 members and 6 alternates); National Agro-Environment Court (consists of 5 primary and 5 alternate judges; Council of the Judiciary (consists of 3 primary and 3 alternate judges)" @@ -604,11 +604,14 @@ "text": "Avenida Arce 2780, Casilla 425, La Paz" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "3220 La Paz Place, Dulles, VA, 20189-3220" + "text": "3220 La Paz Place, Washington DC  20512-3220" }, "FAX": { "text": "[591] (2) 216-8111" }, + "email address": { + "text": "ConsularLaPazACS@state.gov" + }, "note": "note: in September 2008, the Bolivian Government expelled the US Ambassador to Bolivia, Philip GOLDBERG, and both countries have yet to reinstate their ambassadors" }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index 4da294ce..4625f223 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note - less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
O Livro de Fatos Mundiais, a fonte indispensável para informação básica. (Brazilian Portuguese)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -553,6 +553,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "voluntary between 16 to 18 years of age, over 70, and if illiterate; compulsory between 18 to 70 years of age; note - military conscripts by law cannot vote" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congresso Nacional consists of:
Federal Senate or Senado Federal (81 seats; 3 members each from 26 states and 3 from the federal district directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 8-year terms, with one-third and two-thirds of the membership elected alternately every 4 years)
Chamber of Deputies or Camara dos Deputados (513 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Federal Senate - last held on 7 October 2018 for two-thirds of the Senate (next to be held in October 2022 for one-third of the Senate)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 7 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Federal Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PMDB 7, PP 5, REDE 5, DEM 4, PSDB 4, PSDC 4, PSL 4, PT 4, PDT 2, PHS 2, PPS 2, PSB 2, PTB 2, Podemos 1, PR 1, PRB 1, PROS 1, PRP 1, PSC 1, SD 1; composition - men 70, women 11, percent of women 13.6%    
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PT 56, PSL 52, PP 37, PMDB 34, PSDC 34, PR 33, PSB 32, PRB 30, DEM 29, PSDB 29, PDT 28, SD 13, Podemos 11, PSOL 10, PTB 10, PCdoB 9, NOVO 8, PPS 8, PROS 8, PSC 8, Avante 7, PHS 6, Patriota 5, PRP 4, PV 4, PMN 3, PTC 2, DC 1, PPL 1, REDE 1; composition - men 462, women 51, percent of women 9.9%; total National Congress percent of women 10.4%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Jair BOLSONARO (since 1 January 2019); Vice President Antonio Hamilton Martins MOURAO (since 1 January 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -570,17 +581,6 @@ "text": "
2018:  Jair BOLSONARO elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Jair BOLSONARO (PSL) 46%, Fernando HADDAD (PT) 29.3%, Ciro GOMEZ (PDT) 12.5%, Geraldo ALCKMIN (PSDB) 4.8%, other 7.4%; percent of vote in second round - Jair BOLSONARO (PSL) 55.1%, Fernando HADDAD (PT) 44.9%

2014:  Dilma ROUSSEFF reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Dilma ROUSSEFF (PT) 51.6%, Aecio NEVES (PSDB) 48.4%; note - on 12 May 2016, Brazil's Senate voted to hold an impeachment trial of President Dilma ROUSSEFF, who was then suspended from her executive duties; Vice President Michel TEMER took over as acting president; on 31 August 2016 the Senate voted 61-20 in favor of conviction and her removal from office; TEMER served as president for the remainder of ROUSSEFF's term, which ended 1 January 2019" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congresso Nacional consists of:
Federal Senate or Senado Federal (81 seats; 3 members each from 26 states and 3 from the federal district directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 8-year terms, with one-third and two-thirds of the membership elected alternately every 4 years)
Chamber of Deputies or Camara dos Deputados (513 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Federal Senate - last held on 7 October 2018 for two-thirds of the Senate (next to be held in October 2022 for one-third of the Senate)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 7 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Federal Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PMDB 7, PP 5, REDE 5, DEM 4, PSDB 4, PSDC 4, PSL 4, PT 4, PDT 2, PHS 2, PPS 2, PSB 2, PTB 2, Podemos 1, PR 1, PRB 1, PROS 1, PRP 1, PSC 1, SD 1; composition - men 70, women 11, percent of women 13.6%    
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PT 56, PSL 52, PP 37, PMDB 34, PSDC 34, PR 33, PSB 32, PRB 30, DEM 29, PSDB 29, PDT 28, SD 13, Podemos 11, PSOL 10, PTB 10, PCdoB 9, NOVO 8, PPS 8, PROS 8, PSC 8, Avante 7, PHS 6, Patriota 5, PRP 4, PV 4, PMN 3, PTC 2, DC 1, PPL 1, REDE 1; composition - men 462, women 51, percent of women 9.9%; total National Congress percent of women 10.4%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Federal Court or Supremo Tribunal Federal (consists of 11 justices)" @@ -623,14 +623,17 @@ "text": "[55] (61) 3312-7000" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Avenida das Nacoes, Quadra 801, Lote 3, Distrito Federal Cep 70403-900, Brasilia" + "text": "SES - Avenida das Nacoes, Quadra 801, Lote 3, 70403-900 - Brasilia, DF" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 7500, DPO AA 34030" + "text": "7500 Brasilia Place, Washington DC  20521-7500" }, "FAX": { "text": "[55] (61) 3225-9136" }, + "email address": { + "text": "BrasilliaACS@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Belo Horizonte, Recife, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo" } diff --git a/south-america/ci.json b/south-america/ci.json index c9f156a9..bfbcbd2b 100644 --- a/south-america/ci.json +++ b/south-america/ci.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%; note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -529,6 +529,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Senate or Senado (43 seats; increases to 50 for 2021 election); members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open party-list proportional representation vote to serve 8-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 4 years)
Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (155 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open party-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - last held on 19 November 2017 (next to be held on 21 November 2021)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 19 November 2017 (next to be held on 21 November 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - New Majority Coalition (formerly known as Concertacion) 19 (PDC 6, PS 6, PPD 6, MAS 1), Let's Go Chile Coalition (formerly known as the Coalition for Change and the Alianza coalition) 15 (RN 6, UDI 8, Amplitude Party 1), independent 4; composition - men 33, women 10, percent of women 23.3%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - New Majority 68 (PDC 21, PS 16, PPD 14, PC 6, PRSD 6, Citizen Left 1, independent 4), Coalition for Change 47 (UDI 29, RN 14, independent 3, EP 1), Liberal Party 1, independent 4; composition -men 120, women 35, percent of women 22.6%; note - total National Congress percent of women 22.7%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Sebastian PINERA Echenique (since 11 March 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -546,17 +557,6 @@ "text": "
2017: Sebastian PINERA Echenique elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Sebastian PINERA Echenique (independent) 36.6%; Alejandro GUILLIER (independent) 22.7%; Beatriz SANCHEZ (independent) 20.3%; Jose Antonio KAST (independent) 7.9%; Carolina GOIC (PDC) 5.9%; Marco ENRIQUEZ-OMINAMI (PRO) 5.7%; other 0.9%; percent of vote in second round - Sebastian PINERA Echenique 54.6%, Alejandro GUILLIER 45.4%

2013: Michelle BACHELET Jeria elected president in runoff; percent of vote - Michelle BACHELET Jeria (PS/New Majority) 62.2%; Evelyn Rose MATTHEI Fornet (UDI/Let's Go Chile Coalition) 37.8%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Senate or Senado (43 seats; increases to 50 for 2021 election); members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open party-list proportional representation vote to serve 8-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 4 years)
Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (155 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open party-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 19 November 2017 (next to be held on 21 November 2021)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 19 November 2017 (next to be held on 21 November 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - New Majority Coalition (formerly known as Concertacion) 19 (PDC 6, PS 6, PPD 6, MAS 1), Let's Go Chile Coalition (formerly known as the Coalition for Change and the Alianza coalition) 15 (RN 6, UDI 8, Amplitude Party 1), independent 4; composition - men 33, women 10, percent of women 23.3%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - New Majority 68 (PDC 21, PS 16, PPD 14, PC 6, PRSD 6, Citizen Left 1, independent 4), Coalition for Change 47 (UDI 29, RN 14, independent 3, EP 1), Liberal Party 1, independent 4; composition -men 120, women 35, percent of women 22.6%; note - total National Congress percent of women 22.7%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (consists of a court president and 20 members or ministros); Constitutional Court (consists of 10 members); Elections Qualifying Court (consists of 5 members)" @@ -602,10 +602,13 @@ "text": "Avenida Andres Bello 2800, Las Condes, Santiago" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "APO AA 34033" + "text": "3460 Santiago Place, Washington DC  20521-3460" }, "FAX": { "text": "[56] (2) 2330-3710, 2330-3160" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "Santiagousa@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-america/co.json b/south-america/co.json index 0e27bd85..bbcf20a9 100644 --- a/south-america/co.json +++ b/south-america/co.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -550,6 +550,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Congress or Congreso consists of:
Senate or Senado (108 seats; 100 members elected in a single nationwide constituency by party-list proportional representation vote, 2 members elected in a special nationwide constituency for indigenous communities, 5 members of the People's Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC) political party for the 2018 and 2022 elections only as per the 2016 peace accord, and 1 seat reserved for the runner-up presidential candidate in the recent election; all members serve 4-year terms)
Chamber of Representatives or Camara de Representantes (172 seats; 165 members elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote, 5 members of the FARC for the 2018 and 2022 elections only as per the 2016 peace accord, and 1 seat reserved for the runner-up vice presidential candidate in the recent election; all members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": " 
Senate - last held on 11 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2022)
Chamber of Representatives - last held on 11 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2022)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CD 19, CR 16, PC 15, PL 14, U Party 14, Green Alliance 10, PDA 5, other 9; composition - men 77, women 31, percent of women 28.7%
Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PL 35, CD 32, CR 30, U Party 25, PC 21, Green Alliance 9, other 13; composition - men 147, women 25, percent of women 14.5%; total Congress percent of women 20%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Ivan DUQUE Marquez (since 7 August 2018); Vice President Marta Lucia RAMIREZ Blanco (since 7 August 2018); the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -567,17 +578,6 @@ "text": "2018: Ivan DUQUE Marquez elected president in second round; percent of vote - Ivan DUQUE Marquez (CD) 54%, Gustavo PETRO (Humane Colombia) 41.8%, other/blank/invalid 4.2%

2014: Juan Manuel SANTOS Calderon reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Juan Manuel SANTOS Calderon (U Party) 51.0%, Oscar Ivan ZULUAGA (CD) 45.0%, other 4.0%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Congress or Congreso consists of:
Senate or Senado (108 seats; 100 members elected in a single nationwide constituency by party-list proportional representation vote, 2 members elected in a special nationwide constituency for indigenous communities, 5 members of the People's Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC) political party for the 2018 and 2022 elections only as per the 2016 peace accord, and 1 seat reserved for the runner-up presidential candidate in the recent election; all members serve 4-year terms)
Chamber of Representatives or Camara de Representantes (172 seats; 165 members elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote, 5 members of the FARC for the 2018 and 2022 elections only as per the 2016 peace accord, and 1 seat reserved for the runner-up vice presidential candidate in the recent election; all members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": " 
Senate - last held on 11 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2022)
Chamber of Representatives - last held on 11 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2022)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CD 19, CR 16, PC 15, PL 14, U Party 14, Green Alliance 10, PDA 5, other 9; composition - men 77, women 31, percent of women 28.7%
Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PL 35, CD 32, CR 30, U Party 25, PC 21, Green Alliance 9, other 13; composition - men 147, women 25, percent of women 14.5%; total Congress percent of women 20%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of the Civil-Agrarian and Labor Chambers each with 7 judges, and the Penal Chamber with 9 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 magistrates); Council of State (consists of 27 judges); Superior Judiciary Council (consists of 13 magistrates)" @@ -627,10 +627,13 @@ "text": "Carrera 45, No. 24B-27, Bogota" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Carrera 45 No. 24B-27, Bogota, D.C." + "text": "3030 Bogota Place, Washington DC  20521-3030" }, "FAX": { "text": "[57] (1) 275-4600" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSBogota@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index d39a0184..40811311 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (Castilian) 93% (official), Quechua 4.1%, other indigenous 0.7%, foreign 2.2%; note - (Quechua and Shuar are official languages of intercultural relations; other indigenous languages are in official use by indigenous peoples in the areas they inhabit) (2010 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -547,6 +547,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18-65 years of age; universal and compulsory; 16-18, over 65, and other eligible voters, voluntary" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (137 seats; 116 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 15 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote, and 6 directly elected in multi-seat constituencies for Ecuadorians living abroad by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 7 February 2021 (next to be held in February 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - UNES 32.21%, MUPP 16.81%, ID 11.98%, PSC 9.73%, CREO 9.65%, MC-PSE 3.76%, other 15.86%; seats by party - UNES 49, MUPP 27, ID 18, PSC 18, CREO 12, MC-PSE 2, independents 3, other 8; composition - men 85, women 52, percent of women 38%; note - defections by members of National Assembly are commonplace, resulting in frequent changes in the numbers of seats held by the various parties" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Guillermo LASSO Mendoza (since 24 May 2021); Vice President Alfredo Enrique BORRERO Vega (since 24 May 2021); the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -564,17 +575,6 @@ "text": "
2021: Guillermo LASSO Mendoza elected president; first round election results: percent of vote - Andres ARAUZ (UNES) 32.72%, Guillermo LASSO Mendoza (CREO) 19.74%, Yaku PEREZ Guartambel (MUPP) 19.38%, Xavier HERVAS Mora (Independent) 15.68%, other 12.48%; second round election results: percent of vote - Guillermo LASSO Mendoza (CREO) 52.5%, Andres ARAUZ (UNES) 47.5%

2017: Lenin MORENO Garces elected president in second round; percent of vote - Lenin MORENO Garces (Alianza PAIS Movement) 51.1%, Guillermo LASSO (CREO) 48.9%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (137 seats; 116 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 15 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote, and 6 directly elected in multi-seat constituencies for Ecuadorians living abroad by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 7 February 2021 (next to be held in February 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - UNES 32.21%, MUPP 16.81%, ID 11.98%, PSC 9.73%, CREO 9.65%, MC-PSE 3.76%, other 15.86%; seats by party - UNES 49, MUPP 27, ID 18, PSC 18, CREO 12, MC-PSE 2, independents 3, other 8; note - defections by members of National Assembly are commonplace, resulting in frequent changes in the numbers of seats held by the various parties" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (consists of 21 judges, including the chief justice and organized into 5 specialized chambers); Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (consists of 9 judges)" @@ -617,14 +617,17 @@ "text": "[593] (2) 398-5000" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Avenida Avigiras E12-170 y Avenida Eloy Alfaro, Quito" + "text": "3420 Quito Place, Washington DC  20521-3420" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Avenida Guayacanes N52-205 y Avenida Avigiras" + "text": "3420 Quito Place, Washington DC  20521-3420" }, "FAX": { "text": "[593] (2) 398-5100" }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSQuito@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Guayaquil" } diff --git a/south-america/fk.json b/south-america/fk.json index 6c2f05e4..22d1bf2c 100644 --- a/south-america/fk.json +++ b/south-america/fk.json @@ -317,6 +317,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly, formerly the Legislative Council (10 seats; 8 members directly elected by majority vote and 2 appointed ex-officio members - the chief executive, appointed by the governor, and the financial secretary; members serve 4-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 9 November 2017 (next to be held in November 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 8; composition -men 8, women 2, percent of women 20%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Nigel PHILLIPS (since 12 September 2017)" @@ -331,17 +342,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; chief executive appointed by the governor" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly, formerly the Legislative Council (10 seats; 8 members directly elected by majority vote and 2 appointed ex-officio members - the chief executive, appointed by the governor, and the financial secretary; members serve 4-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 9 November 2017 (next to be held in November 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 8; composition -men 8, women 2, percent of women 20%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Court of Appeal (consists of the court president, the chief justice as an ex officio, non-resident member, and 2 justices of appeal); Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice); note - appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" diff --git a/south-america/gy.json b/south-america/gy.json index fa62eea8..ab364078 100644 --- a/south-america/gy.json +++ b/south-america/gy.json @@ -540,6 +540,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly (65 seats; 40 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency and 25 directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - all by closed-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 2 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - PPP/C 50.69%, APNU-AFC 47.34%, LJP 0.58%, ANUG 0.5%, TNM 0.05%, other 0.84%; seats by party - PPP/C 33, APNU-AFC 31, LJP-ANUG-TNM 1; composition - men 43, women 22, percent of women 33.8%; note - the initial results were declared invalid and a partial recount was conducted from 6 May to 8 June 2020, in which PPP/C was declared the winner" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Mohammed Irfaan ALI (since 2 August 2020); First Vice President Mark PHILLIPS (since 2 August 2020); Vice President Bharrat JAGDEO (since 2 August 2020); Prime Minister Mark PHILLIPS (since 2 August 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -557,17 +568,6 @@ "text": "
2020: Mohammed Irfaan ALI (PPP/C) designated president by the majority party in the National Assembly

2015: David GRANGER (APNU-AFC) designated president by the majority party in the National Assembly" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly (65 seats; 40 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency and 25 directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - all by closed list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 2 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - PPP/C 50.69%, APNU-AFC 47.34%, LJP 0.58%, ANUG 0.5%, TNM 0.05%, other 0.84%; seats by party - PPP/C 33, APNU-AFC 31, LJP-ANUG-TNM 1; composition - men 43, women 22, percent of women 33.8%; note - the initial results were declared invalid and a partial recount was conducted from 6 May to 8 June 2020, in which PPP/C was declared the winner" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with a chief justice and 3 justices, and the High Court with a chief justice and 10 justices organized into 3- or 5-judge panels); note - in 2009, Guyana acceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final court of appeal in civil and criminal cases, replacing that of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)" @@ -613,10 +613,13 @@ "text": "US Embassy, 100 Young and Duke Streets, Kingston, Georgetown" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 10507, Georgetown; US Embassy, 3170 Georgetown Place, Washington DC 20521-3170" + "text": "3170 Georgetown Place, Washington DC 20521-3170" }, "FAX": { "text": "[592] 225-8497" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "acsgeorge@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index 09e4441a..f134fdd1 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is the native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
Het Wereld Feitenboek, een omnisbare bron van informatie. (Dutch)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)" } }, @@ -526,6 +526,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Nationale Assemblee (51 seats; members directly elected in 10 multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 25 May 2020 (next to be held in May 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - VHP 41.1%, NDP 29.4%, ABOP 17.6%, NPS 7.8%, other 3.9%; seats by party - VHP 21, NDP 15, ABOP 9, NPS 4, other 2; composition - men 35, women 16, percent of women 31.4%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Chandrikapersad SANTOKHI (since 16 July 2020); Vice President Ronnie BRUNSWIJK (since 16 July 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -543,17 +554,6 @@ "text": "Chandrikapersad SANTOKHI elected president unopposed; National Assembly vote - NA" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Nationale Assemblee (51 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 25 May 2020 (next to be held May 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - VHP 41.1%, NDP 29.4%, ABOP 17.6%, NPS 7.8%, other 3.9%; seats by party - VHP 21, NDP 15, ABOP 9, NPS 4, other 2" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "High Court of Justice of Suriname (consists of the court president, vice president, and 4 judges); note - appeals beyond the High Court are referred to the Caribbean Court of Justice; human rights violations can be appealed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights with judgments issued by the Inter-American Court on Human Rights" @@ -599,10 +599,13 @@ "text": "165 Kristalstraat, Paramaribo" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "US Department of State, PO Box 1821, Paramaribo" + "text": "3390 Paramaribo Place, Washington DC  20521-3390" }, "FAX": { "text": "[597] 410-972" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "caparamar@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index a3e7dfe2..639cca69 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official) and Guarani (official) 46.3%, only Guarani 34%, only Spanish 15.2%, other (includes Portuguese, German, other indigenous languages) 4.1% , no response 0.4%; note - data represent predominant household language (2012 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -536,6 +536,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory until the age of 75" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (45 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)
Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (80 seats; members directly elected in 18 multi-seat constituencies - corresponding to the country's 17 departments and capital city - by closed-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Chamber of Senators - last held on 22 April 2018 (next to be held in April 2023)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 22 April 2018 (next to be held in April 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party/coalition - ANR 32.52%, PLRA 24.18%, FG 11.83%, PPQ 6.77%, MH 4.47%, PDP 3.66%, MCN 2.48%, UNACE 2.12%, other 11.97%; seats by party/coalition - ANR 17, PLRA 13, FG 6, PPQ 3, MH 2, PDP 2, MCN 1, UNACE 1; composition - men 36, women 9, percent of women 20%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party/coalition - ANR 39.1%, PLRA 17.74%, Ganar Alliance 12.08%, PPQ 4.46%, MH 3.19%; other 23.43%; seats by party/coalition - ANR 42, PLRA 17, Ganar Alliance 13, PPQ 3, MH 2, other 3; composition - men 66, women 14, percent of women 17.5%; note - total National Congress percent of women 18.4%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Mario Abdo BENITEZ (since 15 August 2018); Vice President Hugo Adalberto VELAZQUEZ Moreno (since 15 August 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -553,17 +564,6 @@ "text": "
2018: Mario Abdo BENITEZ elected president; percent of vote - Mario Abdo BENITEZ (ANR) 46.4%, Efrain ALEGRE (PLRA) 42.7%, Juan Bautista YBANEZ 3.3%, other 7.6%

2013: Horacio CARTES elected president; percent of vote - Horacio CARTES (ANR) 48.5%, Efrain ALEGRE (PLRA) 39%, Mario FERREIRO (AP) 6.2%, Anibal CARRILLO (FG) 3.5%, other 2.8%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (45 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)
Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (80 seats; members directly elected in 18 multi-seat constituencies - corresponding to the country's 17 departments and capital city - by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Chamber of Senators - last held on 22 April 2018 (next to be held in April 2023)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 22 April 2018 (next to be held in April 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party/coalition - ANR 32.52%, PLRA 24.18%, FG 11.83%, PPQ 6.77%, MH 4.47%, PDP 3.66%, MCN 2.48%, UNACE 2.12%, other 11.97%; seats by party/coalition - ANR 17, PLRA 13, FG 6, PPQ 3, MH 2, PDP 2, MCN 1, UNACE 1; composition - men 36, women 9, percent of women 20%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party/coalition - ANR 39.1%, PLRA 17.74%, Ganar Alliance 12.08%, PPQ 4.46%, MH 3.19%; other 23.43%; seats by party/coalition - ANR 42, PLRA 17, Ganar Alliance 13, PPQ 3, MH 2, other 3; composition - men 66, women 14, percent of women 17.5%; note - total National Congress percent of women 18.4%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 9 justices divided 3 each into the Constitutional Court, Civil and Commercial Chamber, and Criminal Division)" @@ -609,10 +609,13 @@ "text": "1776 Avenida Mariscal Lopez, Casilla Postal 402, Asuncion" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "Unit 4711, DPO AA 34036-0001" + "text": "3020 Asuncion Place, Washington DC  20521-3020" }, "FAX": { "text": "[595] (21) 213-728" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ParaguayACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index b2bb8736..957d91c4 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official) 82.9%, Quechua (official) 13.6%, Aymara (official) 1.6%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages (includes a large number of minor Amazonian languages) 0.8%, other (includes foreign languages and sign language) 0.2%, none 0.1%, unspecified 0.7% (2017 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -550,12 +550,23 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory until the age of 70" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Congress of the Republic of Peru or Congreso de la Republica del Peru (130 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote to serve single 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 11 April 2021 (next to be held in April 2026)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - Free Peru 14.02%, Popular Force 11.17%, AP 9.22%, Popular Renewal 9.13%, APP 7.61%, Avanza Pais 7.40%, JP 6.63%, We Are Peru 6.02%, We Can Peru 5.73%, Purple Party 5.31%; seats by party/coalition - Free Peru 37, Popular Force 24, AP 16, APP 15, Popular Renewal 13, Avanza Pais 7, We Are Peru 5, We Can Peru 5, JP 4, Purple Party 4; composition - men 96, women 34, percent of women 26.2%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Francisco Rafael SAGASTI Hochhausler (since 17 November 2020); First Vice President (vacant); Second Vice President (vacant); note - President Martin Alberto VIZCARRA was impeached and removed from office on 9 November 2020; after the resignation of his successor, Manuel Arturo MERINO, President SAGASTI assumed the office and will serve as president until 28 July 2021; new elections took place in April 2021, with a runoff slated for 6 June 2021; the president is both chief of state and head of government" + "text": "President Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones (since 28 July 2021); First Vice President Dina Ercilia BOLUARTE Zegarra (since 28 July 2021); Second Vice President (vacant); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones (since 28 July 2021); First Vice President (vacant); Second Vice President (vacant)" + "text": "President Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones (since 28 July 2021); First Vice President Dina Ercilia BOLUARTE Zegarra (since 28 July 2021); Second Vice President (vacant)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president" @@ -566,18 +577,7 @@ "election results": { "text": "
2021: Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones (Free Peru) 18.9%, Keiko Sofia FUJIMORI Higuchi (Popular Force) 13.4%, Rafael LOPEZ ALIAGA Cazorla (Popular Renewal) 11.8%, Hernando DE SOTO Polar (Social Integration Party) 11.6%, Yonhy LESCANO Ancieta (Popular Action) 9.1%, Veronika MENDOZA Frisch (JP) 7.9%, Cesar ACUNA Peralta (APP) 6%, George FORSYTH Sommer (VN) 5.7%, Daniel Belizario URRESTI Elera (We Can Peru) 5.6%, other 10%; percent of vote second round - Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones (Free Peru) 50.1%, Keiko Sofia FUJIMORI Higuchi (Popular Force) 49.9%

2016: Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Keiko FUJIMORI Higuchi (Popular Force) 39.9%, Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard (PPK) 21.1%, Veronika MENDOZA (Broad Front) 18.7%, Alfredo BARNECHEA (Popular Action) 7%, Alan GARCIA (APRA) 5.8%, other 7.5%; percent of vote in second round - Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard 50.1%, Keiko FUJIMORI Higuchi 49.9%" }, - "note": "note: President Martin Alberto VIZCARRA Cornejo assumed office after President Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard resigned from office on 21 March 2018; after VIZCARRA was impeached on 9 November 2020, the constitutional line of succession led to the inauguration of the President of the Peruvian Congress, Manuel Arturo MERINO, as President of Peru on 10 November 2020; following his resignation only days later on 15 November 2020, Francisco Rafael SAGASTI Hochhausler - who had been elected by the legislature to be the new President of Congress on 16 November 2020 - was then sworn in as President of Peru on 17 November 2020 by line of succession\r\n

note: Prime Minister Violeta BERMUDEZ (since 18 November 2020) does not exercise executive power; this power rests with the president

" - }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Congress of the Republic of Peru or Congreso de la Republica del Peru (130 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote to serve single 5-year terms); note - a referendum held in December 2018 banned congressional reelection, holding members to a single consecutive term" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 11 April 2021 (next to be held in April 2026)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - Free Peru 14.02%, Popular Force 11.17%, AP 9.22%, Popular Renewal 9.13%, APP 7.61%, Avanza Pais 7.40%, JP 6.63%, We Are Peru 6.02%, We Can Peru 5.73%, Purple Party 5.31%; seats by party/coalition - Free Peru 37, Popular Force 24, AP 16, APP 15, Popular Renewal 13, Avanza Pais 7, We Are Peru 5, We Can Peru 5, JP 4, Purple Party 4" - } + "note": "note: President Martin Alberto VIZCARRA Cornejo assumed office after President Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard resigned from office on 21 March 2018; after VIZCARRA was impeached on 9 November 2020, the constitutional line of succession led to the inauguration of the President of the Peruvian Congress, Manuel Arturo MERINO, as President of Peru on 10 November 2020; following his resignation only days later on 15 November 2020, Francisco Rafael SAGASTI Hochhausler - who had been elected by the legislature to be the new President of Congress on 16 November 2020 - was then sworn in as President of Peru on 17 November 2020 by line of succession and remained president until the inauguration of Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones, winner of the 2021 presidential election

note: Prime Minister Guido BELLIDO Ugarte (since 29 July 2021) does not exercise executive power; this power rests with the president" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { @@ -624,10 +624,13 @@ "text": "Avenida La Encalada, Cuadra 17 s/n, Surco, Lima 33" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 1995, Lima 1; American Embassy (Lima), APO AA 34031-5000" + "text": "3230 Lima Place, Washington DC  20521-3230" }, "FAX": { "text": "[51] (1) 618-2397" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "LimaACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index 69adf737..3a49a902 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -529,6 +529,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral General Assembly or Asamblea General consists of:
Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (31 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; the vice-president serves as the presiding ex-officio member; elected members serve 5-year terms)
Chamber of Representatives or Camara de Representantes (99 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Chamber of Senators - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2024)
Chamber of Representatives - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - Frente Amplio 13, National Party 10, Colorado Party 4, Open Cabildo 3; composition - men 21, women 10, percent of women 32.3%

Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - Frente Amplio 42, National Party 30, Colorado Party 13, Open Cabildo 11, Independent Party 1, other 2; composition - men 75, women 24, percent of women 24.2%; note - total General Assembly percent of women 26.2%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Luis Alberto LACALLE POU (since 1 March 2020); Vice President Beatriz ARGIMON Cedeira (since 1 March 2020); the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -546,17 +557,6 @@ "text": "
2019: Luis Alberto LACALLE POU elected president - results of the first round of presidential elections: percent of vote - Daniel MARTINEZ (FA) 40.7%, Luis Alberto LACALLE POU (Blanco) 29.7%, Ernesto TALVI (Colorado Party) 12.8%, and Guido MANINI RIOS (Open Cabildo) 11.3%, other 5.5%; results of the second round: percent of vote - Luis Alberto LACALLE POU (Blanco) 50.6%, Daniel MARTINEZ (FA) 49.4%

2014: Tabare VAZQUEZ elected president in second round; percent of vote - Tabare VAZQUEZ (Socialist Party) 56.5%, Luis Alberto LACALLE Pou (Blanco) 43.4%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral General Assembly or Asamblea General consists of:
Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (31 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; the vice-president serves as the presiding ex-officio member; elected members serve 5-year terms)
Chamber of Representatives or Camara de Representantes (99 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Chamber of Senators - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2024)
Chamber of Representatives - last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by coalition/party - na; seats by coalition/party - Frente Amplio 13, National Party 10, Colorado Party 4, Open Cabildo 3;

Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by coalition/party - na; seats by coalition/party - Frente Amplio 42, National Party 30, Colorado Party 13, Open Cabildo 11, Independent Party 1, other 2" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Justice (consists of 5 judges)" @@ -602,10 +602,13 @@ "text": "Laura Muller 1776, Montevideo 11200" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "APO AA 34035" + "text": "3360 Montevideo Place, Washington DC  20521-3360" }, "FAX": { "text": "[598] (2) 1770-2128" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "MontevideoACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-america/ve.json b/south-america/ve.json index ea8a5ccf..163f14c6 100644 --- a/south-america/ve.json +++ b/south-america/ve.json @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -497,6 +497,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (277 seats; 3 seats reserved for indigenous peoples of Venezuela; members serve 5-year terms); note - in 2020, the National Electoral Council increased the number of seats in the National Assembly from 167 to 277 for the 6 December 2020 election" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 6 December 2020 (next to be held in December 2025)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - GPP (pro-government) 69.32%, Democratic Alliance (opposition coalition) 17.68%, other 13%; seats by party - GPP 253, Democratic Alliance 18, indigenous peoples 3, other 3" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "Notification Statement: the United States recognizes Juan GUAIDO as the Interim President of Venezuela

President Nicolas MADURO Moros (since 19 April 2013); Executive Vice President Delcy RODRIGUEZ Gomez (since 14 June 2018); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -514,17 +525,6 @@ "text": "2018: Nicolas MADURO Moros reelected president; percent of vote - Nicolas MADURO Moros (PSUV) 68%, Henri FALCON (AP) 21%, Javier BERTUCCI 11%; note - the election was marked by serious shortcomings and electoral fraud; voter turnout was approximately 46% due largely to an opposition boycott of the election

2013: Nicolas MADURO Moros elected president; percent of vote - Nicolas MADURO Moros (PSUV) 50.6%, Henrique CAPRILES Radonski (PJ) 49.1%, other 0.3%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (277 seats; 3 seats reserved for indigenous peoples of Venezuela; members serve 5-year terms); note - in 2020, the chief of the National Electoral Council announced that the number of seats in the National Assembly would increase by two-thirds from 167 to 277 for the 2021-2026 term" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 6 December 2020 (next to be held December 2025)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - GPP (pro-government) 69.32%, Democratic Alliance (opposition coalition) 17.68%, other 13%; seats by party - GPP 253, Democratic Alliance 18, indigenous peoples 3, other 3" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Tribunal of Justice (consists of 32 judges organized into constitutional, political-administrative, electoral, civil appeals, criminal appeals, and social divisions)" @@ -570,10 +570,13 @@ "text": "now operating from Bogota, Colombia
previously - F St. and Suapure St.; Urb . Colinas de Valle Arriba; Caracas 1080" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 62291, Caracas 1060-A; APO AA 34037" + "text": "3140 Caracas Place, Washington DC  20521-3140" }, "FAX": { "text": "[58] (212) 907-8106" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSBogota@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-asia/af.json b/south-asia/af.json index fa1afae2..63fa658d 100644 --- a/south-asia/af.json +++ b/south-asia/af.json @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 78% (Dari functions as the lingua franca), Pashto (official) 50%, Uzbek 10%, English 5%, Turkmen 2%, Urdu 2%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, Balochi 1%, other <1% (2017 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "

کتاب حقایق جهان، مرجعی ضروری برای اطلاعات اولیە (Dari)

د دنیا د حقائېقو کتاب، بنیادی معلوماتو لپاره ضروری سرچینه- (Pashto)" }, "note": "note 1: data represent most widely spoken languages; shares sum to more than 100% because there is much bilingualism in the country and because respondents were allowed to select more than one language\r\n

note 2: the Turkic languages Uzbek and Turkmen, as well as Balochi, Pashayi, Nuristani, and Pamiri are the third official languages in areas where the majority speaks them" @@ -544,6 +544,18 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:
Meshrano Jirga or House of Elders (102 seats; 34 members indirectly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed by district councils to serve 3-year terms, 34 indirectly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed by provincial councils to serve 4-year terms, and 34 appointed by the president from nominations by civic groups, political parties, and the public, of which 17 must be women, 2 must represent the disabled, and 2 must be Kuchi nomads; presidential appointees serve 5-year terms)
Wolesi Jirga or House of People (250 seats, including 68 reserved for women; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Meshrano Jirga - district councils - within 5 days of installation; provincial councils - within 15 days of installation; presidential appointees - within 2 weeks after the presidential inauguration (last held 10 January 2015); note - in early 2016, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani extended their mandate until parliamentary and district elections are held.
Wolesi Jirga - last held on 20 October 2018) (next to be held in 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Meshrano Jirga - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 85, women 17, percent of women 16.7%
Wolesi Jirga - percent of vote by party NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 182, women 68, percent of women 27.2%; note - total National Assembly percent of women 24.1%" + }, + "note": "note: the constitution allows the government to convene a constitutional Loya Jirga (Grand Council) on issues of independence, national sovereignty, and territorial integrity; it consists of members of the National Assembly and chairpersons of the provincial and district councils; a Loya Jirga can amend provisions of the constitution and prosecute the president; no constitutional Loya Jirga has ever been held, and district councils have never been elected; the president appointed 34 members of the Meshrano Jirga that the district councils should have indirectly elected" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ashraf GHANI (since 29 September 2014); CEO Abdullah ABDULLAH, Dr. (since 29 September 2014); First Vice President Abdul Rashid DOSTAM (since 29 September 2014); Second Vice President Sarwar DANESH (since 29 September 2014); First Deputy CEO Khyal Mohammad KHAN; Second Deputy CEO Mohammad MOHAQQEQ; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -561,18 +573,6 @@ "text": "Ashraf GHANI declared winner by the Independent Election Commission on 18 February 2020; Ashraf GHANI 50.6%, Abdullah ABDULLAH, Dr. 39.5%, other 0.9%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:
Meshrano Jirga or House of Elders (102 seats; 34 members indirectly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed by district councils to serve 3-year terms, 34 indirectly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed by provincial councils to serve 4-year terms, and 34 appointed by the president from nominations by civic groups, political parties, and the public, of which 17 must be women, 2 must represent the disabled, and 2 must be Kuchi nomads; presidential appointees serve 5-year terms)
Wolesi Jirga or House of People (250 seats, including 68 reserved for women; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Meshrano Jirga - district councils - within 5 days of installation; provincial councils - within 15 days of installation; presidential appointees - within 2 weeks after the presidential inauguration (last held 10 January 2015); note - in early 2016, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani extended their mandate until parliamentary and district elections are held.
Wolesi Jirga - last held on 20 October 2018) (next to be held in 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Meshrano Jirga - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 85, women 17, percent of women 16.7%
Wolesi Jirga - percent of vote by party NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 182, women 68, percent of women 27.2%; note - total National Assembly percent of women 24.1%" - }, - "note": "note: the constitution allows the government to convene a constitutional Loya Jirga (Grand Council) on issues of independence, national sovereignty, and territorial integrity; it consists of members of the National Assembly and chairpersons of the provincial and district councils; a Loya Jirga can amend provisions of the constitution and prosecute the president; no constitutional Loya Jirga has ever been held, and district councils have never been elected; the president appointed 34 members of the Meshrano Jirga that the district councils should have indirectly elected" - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court or Stera Mahkama (consists of the supreme court chief and 8 justices organized into criminal, public security, civil, and commercial divisions or dewans)" @@ -612,16 +612,19 @@ "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Ross WILSON (since 18 January 2020)" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[00 93] 0700 108 001" + "text": "[00 93] (0) 700 10 8000" }, "embassy": { "text": "Bibi Mahru, Kabul" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "U.S. Embassy Kabul, APO AE 09806" + "text": "6180 Kabul Place, Washington DC  20521-6180" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[00 93] 0700 108 564" + "text": "[00 93] (0) 700 108 564" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "kabulacs@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index 24856a8d..950d4541 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali), other 1.2% (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
বিশ্ব ফেসবুক, মৌলিক তথ্যের অপরিহার্য উৎস (Bangla)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -558,6 +558,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral House of the Nation or Jatiya Sangsad (350 seats; 300 members in single-seat territorial constituencies directly elected by simple majority vote; 50 members - reserved for women only - indirectly elected by the elected members by proportional representation vote using single transferable vote; all members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 30 December 2018 (next to be held in December 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party as of January 2020 - AL 299, JP 27, BNP 7, other 10, independent 4; composition - men 277, women 73, percent of women 20.9%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Abdul HAMID (since 24 April 2013); note - Abdul HAMID served as acting president following the death of Zillur RAHMAN in March 2013; HAMID was subsequently indirectly elected by the National Parliament and sworn in 24 April 2013" @@ -575,17 +586,6 @@ "text": "President Abdul HAMID (AL) reelected by the National Parliament unopposed for a second term; Sheikh HASINA reappointed prime minister as leader of the majority AL party following parliamentary elections in 2018" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of the Nation or Jatiya Sangsad (350 seats; 300 members in single-seat territorial constituencies directly elected by simple majority vote; 50 members - reserved for women only - indirectly elected by the elected members by proportional representation vote using single transferable vote; all members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 30 December 2018 (next to be held in December 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party as of January 2020 - AL 299, JP 27, BNP 7, other 10, independent 4; composition - men 277, women 73, percent of women 20.9%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Bangladesh (organized into the Appellate Division with 7 justices and the High Court Division with 99 justices)" @@ -631,10 +631,13 @@ "text": "Madani Avenue, Baridhara, Dhaka - 1212" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "G. P. O. Box 323, Dhaka 1000" + "text": "6120 Dhaka Place, Washington DC  20521-6120" }, "FAX": { "text": "[880] (2) 5566-2915" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "DhakaACS@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index b890a335..4edef71b 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -493,6 +493,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Chi Tshog consists of:
non-partisan National Council or Gyelyong Tshogde (25 seats; 20 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 5 members appointed by the king; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly or Tshogdu (47 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies in a two-round majoritarian voting system; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
National Council election last held on 20 April 2018 (next to be held in 2023)
National Assembly - first round held on 15 September 2018 and second round held on 18 October 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
National Council - seats by party - independent 20 (all candidates ran as independents); composition - men 23, women 2, percent of women 8%
National Assembly - first round - percent of vote by party - DNT 31.9%, DPT 30.9%, PDP 27.4%, BKP 9.8%; second round - percent of vote by party -  NA; seats by party - DNT 30, DPT 17; composition - men 40, women 7, percent of women 14.9%; note - total Parliament percent of women 12.5%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "King Jigme Khesar Namgyel WANGCHUCK (since 14 December 2006); note - King Jigme Singye WANGCHUCK abdicated the throne on 14 December 2006 to his son" @@ -507,17 +518,6 @@ "text": "the monarchy is hereditary but can be removed by a two-thirds vote of Parliament; leader of the majority party in Parliament is nominated as the prime minister, appointed by the monarch" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Chi Tshog consists of:
non-partisan National Council or Gyelyong Tshogde (25 seats; 20 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 5 members appointed by the king; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly or Tshogdu (47 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies in a two-round majoritarian voting system; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
National Council election last held on 20 April 2018 (next to be held in 2023)
National Assembly - first round held on 15 September 2018 and second round held on 18 October 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
National Council - seats by party - independent 20 (all candidates ran as independents); composition - men 23, women 2, percent of women 8%
National Assembly - first round - percent of vote by party - DNT 31.9%, DPT 30.9%, PDP 27.4%, BKP 9.8%; second round - percent of vote by party -  NA; seats by party - DNT 30, DPT 17; composition - men 40, women 7, percent of women 14.9%; note - total Parliament percent of women 12.5%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 4 associate justices); note - the Supreme Court has sole jurisdiction in constitutional matters" diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index 861f7854..bfa8bee5 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -549,6 +549,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament (225 seats; 196 members directly elected in multi-seat district constituencies by proportional representation vote using a preferential method in which voters select 3 candidates in order of preference; remaining 29 seats, referred to as the \"national list\" are allocated by each party secretary according the the island wide proportional vote the party obtains; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 17 August 2015 (next originally scheduled for 25 April 2020 but postponed to due to the COVID-19 pandemic)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - SLFPA 59.1%, SJB 23.9%, JVP 3.8%, TNA 2.8%, UNP 2.2%, TNPF 0.6%, EPDP 0.5%,  other 7.1%; seats by coalition/party - SLFPA 145, SJB 54, TNA 10, JVP 3, other 13; composition - NA" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Gotabaya RAJAPAKSA (since 18 November 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government; Prime Minister Mahinda RAJAPAKSA (since 21 November 2019)" @@ -566,17 +577,6 @@ "text": "Gotabaya RAJAPAKSA elected president; percent of vote - Gotabaya RAJAPAKSA (SLPP) 52.2%, Sajith PREMADASA (UNP) 42%, other 5.8%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament (225 seats; 196 members directly elected in multi-seat district constituencies by proportional representation vote using a preferential method in which voters select 3 candidates in order of preference; remaining 29 seats, referred to as the \"national list\" are allocated by each party secretary according the the island wide proportional vote the party obtains; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 17 August 2015 (next originally scheduled for 25 April 2020 but postponed to due to the COVID-19 pandemic)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - SLFPA 59.1%, SJB 23.9%, JVP 3.8%, TNA 2.8%, UNP 2.2%, TNPF 0.6%, EPDP 0.5%,  other 7.1%; seats by coalition/party - SLFPA 145, SJB 54, TNA 10, JVP 3, other 13; composition - NA" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of the Republic (consists of the chief justice and 9 justices); note - the court has exclusive jurisdiction to review legislation" @@ -622,10 +622,13 @@ "text": "210 Galle Road, Colombo 03" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "P. O. Box 106, Colombo" + "text": "6100 Colombo Place, Washington DC  20521-6100" }, "FAX": { "text": "[94] (11) 243-7345" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "colomboacs@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index 8489e827..1c5cb5c0 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6%; note - English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; there are 22 other officially recognized languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
विश्व फेसबुक, आधारभूत जानकारी का एक अपरिहार्य स्रोत (Hindi)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -562,6 +562,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Sansad consists of:
Council of States or Rajya Sabha (245 seats; 233 members indirectly elected by state and territorial assemblies by proportional representation vote and 12 members appointed by the president; members serve 6-year terms)
House of the People or Lok Sabha (545 seats; 543 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 2 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "Council of States - last held by state and territorial assemblies at various dates in 2019 (next originally scheduled for March, June, and November 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled throughout 2021 to fill expiry seats)

House of the People - last held April-May 2019 in 7 phases (next to be held in 2024)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - BJP 83, INC 46, AITC 13, DMK 11, SP, other 77, independent 6; composition - men 220, women 25, percent of women 10.2%

House of the People - percent of vote by party - BJP 55.8%, INC 9.6%, AITC 4.4%, YSRC 4.4%, DMK 4.2%, SS 3.3%, JDU 2.9%, BJD 2.2%, BSP 1.8%, TRS 1.7%, LJP 1.1%, NCP 0.9%, SP 0.9%, other 6.4%, independent 0.7%; seats by party - BJP 303, INC 52, DMK 24, AITC 22, YSRC 22, SS 18, JDU 16, BJD 12, BSP 10, TRS 9, LJP 6, NCP 5, SP 5, other 35, independent 4, vacant 2; composition - men 465, women 78, percent of women 14.3%; note - total Parliament percent of women 11.3%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Ram Nath KOVIND (since 25 July 2017); Vice President M. Venkaiah NAIDU (since 11 August 2017) " @@ -579,17 +590,6 @@ "text": "Ram Nath KOVIND elected president; percent of electoral college vote - Ram Nath KOVIND (BJP) 65.7% Meira KUMAR (INC) 34.3%; M. Venkaiah NAIDU elected vice president; electoral college vote - M. Venkaiah NAIDU (BJP) 516, Gopalkrishna GANDHI (independent) 244" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Sansad consists of:
Council of States or Rajya Sabha (245 seats; 233 members indirectly elected by state and territorial assemblies by proportional representation vote and 12 members appointed by the president; members serve 6-year terms)
House of the People or Lok Sabha (545 seats; 543 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 2 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "Council of States - last held by state and territorial assemblies at various dates in 2019 (next originally scheduled for March, June, and November 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled throughout 2021 to fill expiry seats)

House of the People - last held April-May 2019 in 7 phases (next to be held in 2024)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - BJP 83, INC 46, AITC 13, DMK 11, SP, other 77, independent 6; composition - men 220, women 25, percent of women 10.2%

House of the People - percent of vote by party - BJP 55.8%, INC 9.6%, AITC 4.4%, YSRC 4.4%, DMK 4.2%, SS 3.3%, JDU 2.9%, BJD 2.2%, BSP 1.8%, TRS 1.7%, LJP 1.1%, NCP 0.9%, SP 0.9%, other 6.4%, independent 0.7%; seats by party - BJP 303, INC 52, DMK 24, AITC 22, YSRC 22, SS 18, JDU 16, BJD 12, BSP 10, TRS 9, LJP 6, NCP 5, SP 5, other 35, independent 4, vacant 2; composition - men 465, women 78, percent of women 14.3%; note - total Parliament percent of women 11.3%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of 28 judges, including the chief justice)" @@ -637,11 +637,14 @@ "text": "Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "use embassy street address" + "text": "9000 New Delhi Place, Washington DC  20521-9000" }, "FAX": { "text": "[91] (11) 2419-0017" }, + "email address": { + "text": "acsnd@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chennai (Madras), Hyderabad, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay)" } diff --git a/south-asia/mv.json b/south-asia/mv.json index cebba575..49729b8e 100644 --- a/south-asia/mv.json +++ b/south-asia/mv.json @@ -498,6 +498,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "unicameral Parliament or People's Majlis (87 seats - includes 2 seats added by the Elections Commission in late 2018; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "last held on 6 April 2019 (next to be held in 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "percent of vote - MDP 44.7%, JP 10.8%, PPM 8.7%, PNC 6.4%, MDA 2.8%, other 5.6%, independent 21%; seats by party - MDP 65, JP 5, PPM 5, PNC 3, MDA 2, independent 7; composition - men 83, women 4, percent of women 4.6%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Ibrahim \"Ibu\" Mohamed SOLIH (since 17 November 2018); Vice President Faisal NASEEM (since 17 November 2018); the president is both chief of state and head of government" @@ -515,17 +526,6 @@ "text": "Ibrahim Mohamed SOLIH elected president (in 1 round); Ibrahim Mohamed SOLIH (MDP) 58.3%, Abdulla YAMEEN Abdul Gayoom (PPM) 41.7%" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "unicameral Parliament or People's Majlis (87 seats - includes 2 seats added by the Elections Commission in late 2018; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "last held on 6 April 2019 (next to be held in 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - MDP 44.7%, JP 10.8%, PPM 8.7%, PNC 6.4%, MDA 2.8%, other 5.6%, independent 21%; seats by party - MDP 65, JP 5, PPM 5, PNC 3, MDA 2, independent 7; composition - men 83, women 4, percent of women 4.6%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 4-6 justices; note - 3 justices as of late 2019)" diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index 98ca4d48..a450d616 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ "Languages": { "text": "Nepali (official) 44.6%, Maithali 11.7%, Bhojpuri 6%, Tharu 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.2%, Bajjika 3%, Magar 3%, Doteli 3%, Urdu 2.6%, Avadhi 1.9%, Limbu 1.3%, Gurung 1.2%, Baitadeli 1%, other 6.4%, unspecified 0.2%; note - 123 languages reported as mother tongue in 2011 national census; many in government and business also speak English (2011 est.)" }, - "printed major-language sample": { + "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
विश्व तथ्य पुस्तक,आधारभूत जानकारीको लागि अपरिहार्य स्रोत (Nepali)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, @@ -531,6 +531,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Federal Parliament consists of:
National Assembly (59 seats; 56 members, including at least 3 women, 1 Dalit, 1 member with disabilities, or 1 minority indirectly elected by an electoral college of state and municipal government leaders, and 3 members, including 1 woman, nominated by the president of Nepal on the recommendation of the government; members serve 6-year terms with renewal of one-third of the membership every 2 years)
House of Representatives (275 seats; 165 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 110 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list proportional representation vote, with a threshold of 3% overall valid vote to be allocated a seat; members serve 5-year terms); note - the House of Representatives was dissolved on 22 May 2021, but on 13 July, the Supreme Court directed its reinstatement" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
first election for the National Assembly held on 7 February 2018 (next to be held in 2024)
first election for House of Representatives held on 26 November and 7 December 2017 (next scheduled for 12, 19 November 2021)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NCP 42, NC 13, FSFN 2, RJPN 2; composition - men 37, women 22, percent of women 37.3%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NCP 174, NC 63, RJPN 17, FSFN 16, other 4, independent 1; composition - men 185, women 90, percent of women 32.7%; note - total Federal Parliament percent of women 33.5%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Bidhya Devi BHANDARI (since October 2015)" @@ -551,17 +562,6 @@ "text": "President Bidhya Devi BHANDARI (since 29 October 2015); Vice President Nanda Bahadar PUN (since 31 October 2015)" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Federal Parliament consists of:
National Assembly (59 seats; 56 members, including at least 3 women, 1 Dalit, 1 member with disabilities, or 1 minority indirectly elected by an electoral college of state and municipal government leaders, and 3 members, including 1 woman, nominated by the president of Nepal on the recommendation of the government; members serve 6-year terms with renewal of one-third of the membership every 2 years)
House of Representatives (275 seats; 165 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 110 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list proportional representation vote, with a threshold of 3% overall valid vote to be allocated a seat; members serve 5-year terms); note - the House of Representatives was dissolved on 22 May 2021, but on 13 July, the Supreme Court directed its reinstatement" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
first election for the National Assembly held on 7 February 2018 (next to be held in 2024)
first election for House of Representatives held on 26 November and 7 December 2017 (next scheduled for 12, 19 November 2021)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NCP 42, NC 13, FSFN 2, RJPN 2; composition - men 37, women 22, percent of women 37.3%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NCP 174, NC 63, RJPN 17, FSFN 16, other 4, independent 1; composition - men 185, women 90, percent of women 32.7%; note - total Federal Parliament percent of women 33.5%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and up to 20 judges)" @@ -607,10 +607,13 @@ "text": "Maharajgunj, Kathmandu" }, "mailing address": { - "text": "US Embassy, Maharajgunj Chakrapath, Kathmandu, Nepal 44600" + "text": "6190 Kathmandu Place, Washington DC  20521-6190" }, "FAX": { "text": "[977] (1) 400-7272" + }, + "email address": { + "text": "consktm@state.gov" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index ac203be4..477fcd55 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -559,6 +559,17 @@ "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal; note - there are joint electorates and reserved parliamentary seats for women and non-Muslims" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "description": { + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Majlis-e-Shoora consists of:
Senate (100 seats; members indirectly elected by the 4 provincial assemblies and the territories' representatives by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
National Assembly (342 seats; 272 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 70 members - 60 women and 10 non-Muslims - directly elected by proportional representation vote; all members serve 5-year terms)" + }, + "elections": { + "text": "
Senate - bye-election held on 3 March 2021 (next to be held in March 2024)
National Assembly - last held on 25 July 2018 (next to be held on 25 July 2023)" + }, + "election results": { + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PTI 25, PPP 21, PML-N 18, BAP 13, JU-F 5, other 13, independent 5; composition - men 80, women 20, percent of women 20%

National Assembly - percent of votes by party NA; seats by party as of December 2019 - PTI 156, PML-N 84, PPP 55, MMA 16, MQM-P 7, BAP 5, PML-Q 5, BNP 4, GDA 3, AML 1, ANP 1, JWP 1, independent 4; composition - men 273, women 69, percent of women 20.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20.1%" + } + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Arif ALVI (since 9 September 2018)" @@ -576,17 +587,6 @@ "text": "Arif ALVI elected president; Electoral College vote - Arif ALVI (PTI) 352, Fazl-ur-REHMAN (MMA) 184, Aitzaz AHSAN (PPP) 124; Imran KHAN elected prime minister; National Assembly vote - Imran KHAN (PTI) 176, Shehbaz SHARIF (PML-N) 96" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Majlis-e-Shoora consists of:
Senate (100 seats; members indirectly elected by the 4 provincial assemblies and the territories' representatives by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
National Assembly (342 seats; 272 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 70 members - 60 women and 10 non-Muslims - directly elected by proportional representation vote; all members serve 5-year terms)" - }, - "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - bye-election held on 3 March 2021 (next to be held in March 2024)
National Assembly - last held on 25 July 2018 (next to be held on 25 July 2023)" - }, - "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PTI 25, PPP 21, PML-N 18, BAP 13, JU-F 5, other 13, independent 5; composition - men 80, women 20, percent of women 20%

National Assembly - percent of votes by party NA; seats by party as of December 2019 - PTI 156, PML-N 84, PPP 55, MMA 16, MQM-P 7, BAP 5, PML-Q 5, BNP 4, GDA 3, AML 1, ANP 1, JWP 1, independent 4; composition - men 273, women 69, percent of women 20.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20.1%" - } - }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { "text": "Supreme Court of Pakistan (consists of the chief justice and 16 judges)" @@ -641,6 +641,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[92] 51-227-6427" }, + "email address": { + "text": "ACSIslamabad@state.gov" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar" } diff --git a/world/xx.json b/world/xx.json index d62635ca..0daad480 100644 --- a/world/xx.json +++ b/world/xx.json @@ -365,14 +365,14 @@ "International law organization participation": { "text": "all members of the UN are parties to the statute that established the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or World Court; states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICCt) are those countries that have ratified or acceded to the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the Court; as of May 2019, a total of 122 countries have accepted jurisdiction of the ICCt (see Appendix B for a clarification on the differing mandates of the ICJ and ICCt)" }, + "Legislative branch": { + "text": "

there are 230 political entities with legislative bodies; of these 144 are unicameral (a single “house”) and 86 are bicameral (both upper and lower houses); note - while there are 195 countries in the world, 35 territories, possessions, or other special administrative units also have their own governing bodies

" + }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "there are 27 countries with royal families in the world, most are in Asia (13) and Europe (10), three are in Africa, and one in Oceania; monarchies by continent are as follows: Asia (Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates); Europe (Belgium, Denmark, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom); Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, Morocco); Oceania (Tonga); note that Andorra and the Holy See (Vatican) are also monarchies of a sort, but they are not ruled by royal houses; Andorra has two co-princes (the president of France and the bishop of Urgell) and the Holy See is ruled by an elected pope; note too that the sovereign of Great Britain is also the monarch for many of the countries (including Australia, Canada, Jamaica, New Zealand) that make up the Commonwealth" } }, - "Legislative branch": { - "text": "

there are 230 political entities with legislative bodies; of these 144 are unicameral (a single “house”) and 86 are bicameral (both upper and lower houses); note - while there are 195 countries in the world, 35 territories, possessions, or other special administrative units also have their own governing bodies

" - }, "Flag description": { "text": "while a \"World\" flag does not exist, the flag of the United Nations (UN) - adopted on 7 December 1946 - has been used on occasion to represent the entire planet; technically, however, it only represents the international organization itself; the flag displays the official emblem of the UN in white on a blue background; the emblem design shows a map of the world in an azimuthal equidistant projection centered on the North Pole, the image is flanked by two olive branches crossed below; blue was selected as the color to represent peace, in contrast to red usually associated with war; the map projection chosen includes all of the continents except Antarctica
", "note": "note: the flags of 12 nations: Austria, Botswana, Georgia, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Latvia, Micronesia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Switzerland, and Thailand have no top or bottom and may be flown with either long edge on top without any notice being taken"