Angola Gobierno Perfil 2007

Capital

nombre: Luanda
coordenadas geográficas: 8 48 S, 13 14 E
diferencia de tiempo: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Independencia

11 Noviembre 1975 (from Portugal)

Feriado nacional

Día de la Independencia, 11 Noviembre (1975)

Constitución

adoptada by People's Assembly 25 Agosto 1992

Sufragio

18 años de edad; universal

Poder Executivo

jefe de estado: Presidente Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (desde 21 September 1979); note - the president is both jefe de estado and jefe de gobierno
jefe de gobierno: Presidente Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (desde 21 September 1979); Fernando de Piedade Dias DOS SANTOS was appointed prime minister on 6 December 2002
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president
elections: president elected by universal ballot for a five-year term (eligible for a second consecutive or discontinuous term) under the 1992 constitution; Presidente DOS SANTOS originally elected (in 1979) without opposition under a one-party system and stood for reelection in Angola's first multiparty elections 29-30 September 1992 (next to be held in 2009)
election results: Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS 49.6%, Jonas SAVIMBI 40.1%, making a run-off election necessary; the run-off was not held and SAVIMBI's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) repudiated the results of the first election; the civil war resumed leaving DOS SANTOS in his current position as the president