Ciad Governo Profilo 2008

Capitale

nome: N'Djamena
coordinate geografiche: 12 06 N, 15 02 E
differenza di tempo: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Indipendenza

11 Agosto 1960 (from France)

Festa nazionale

Giorno Di Indipendenza, 11 Agosto (1960)

Costituzione

passed by referendum 31 Marzo 1996; a Giugno 2005 referendum removed constitutional term limits

Suffragio

18 anni; universal

Ramo esecutivo

capo dello stato: Presidente Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY Itno (da allora 4 December 1990)
capo di governo: Prime Minister Youssof Saleh ABBAS (da allora 16 April 2008)
cabinet: Council of State, members appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister
elections: president elected by popular vote to serve five-year term; if no candidate receives at least 50% of the total vote, the two candidates receiving the most votes must stand for a second round of voting; last held 3 May 2006 (next to be held by May 2011); prime minister appointed by the president
election results: Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY Itno reelected president; percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY 64.7%, Delwa Kassire KOUMAKOYE 15.1%, Albert Pahimi PADACKE 7.8%, Mahamat ABDOULAYE 7.1%, Brahim KOULAMALLAH 5.3%; note - a June 2005 national referendum altered the constitution removing presidential term limits and permitting Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY Itno to run for reelection