Sudán del Sur Perfil Gobierno 2019

nombre: Juba

coordenadas geográficas: 04 51 N, 31 37 E

diferencia de tiempo: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

10 states; Central Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria, Jonglei, Lakes, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Unity, Upper Nile, Warrap, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Western Equatoria; note - in 2015, the creation of 28 new states was announced and in 2017 four additional, but these 32 states have not yet been vetted by the US Board on Geographic Names

9 Julio 2011 (from Sudan)

Día de la Independencia, 9 Julio (2011)

history: previous 2005 (preindependence); latest signed 7 Julio 2011, efectiva 9 Julio 2011 (Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan, 2011)

amendments: proposed by the National Legislature or by the president of the republic; passage requires submission of the proposal to the Legislature at least one month prior to consideration, approval by at least two-thirds majority vote in both houses of the Legislature, and assent of the president; modificada 2013, 2015, 2018 (2018)

18 años de edad; universal

jefe de estado: Presidente Salva KIIR Mayardit (desde 9 July 2011); First Vice Presidente Taban Deng GAI (desde 26 July 2016); Second Vice Presidente James Wani IGGA (desde 26 April 2016); note - the president is both jefe de estado and jefe de gobierno

jefe de gobierno: Presidente Salva KIIR Mayardit (desde 9 July 2011); First Vice Presidente Taban Deng GAI (desde 26 July 2016); Second Vice Presidente James Wani IGGA (desde 26 April 2016)

cabinet: National Council of Ministers appointed by the president, approved by the Transitional National Legislative Assembly

elections/appointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 11-15 April 2010 (next election scheduled for 2015 postponed to 2018 and again to 2021)

election results: Salva KIIR Mayardit elected president; percent of vote - Salva KIIR Mayardit (SPLM) 93%, Lam AKOL (SPLM-DC) 7%