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Capital city
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Bandar Seri Begawan |
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Kuala Lumpur embassies > Neighborhood
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Golden Triangle |
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Legal system
based on English common law; for Muslims, Islamic Shari'a law supersedes civil law in a number of areas |
Legislative branch
Legislative Council met on 25 September 2004 for first time in 20 years with 21 members appointed by the Sultan; passed constitutional amendments calling for a 45-seat council with 15 elected members; Sultan dissolved council on 1 September 2005 and appointed a new council with 29 members as of 2 September 2005 |
Legislative branch > A note
in 1970 the Council was changed to an appointive body by decree of the monarch; an elected Legislative Council is being considered as part of constitutional reform, but elections are unlikely for several years |
Legislative branch > Elections
last held in March 1962 (date of next election NA) |
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members of ASEAN > ASEAN member states > Capital
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Bandar Seri Begawan |
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members of ASEAN > ASEAN member states > Head of Government
Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah |
members of ASEAN > ASEAN member states > Head of State
Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah |
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members of ASEAN > ASEAN member states > Membership date
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January 7, 1984 |
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National holiday
National Day, 23 February (1984); note - 1 January 1984 was the date of independence from the UK, 23 February 1984 was the date of independence from British protection |
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political parties > No party
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Political parties and leaders
Brunei Solidarity National Party or PPKB [Haji Mohd HATTA bin Haji Zainal Abidin]; National Development Party or NDP [YASSIN Affendi] |
Political parties and leaders > Note
People's Awareness Party or PAKAR [Awang Haji MAIDIN bin Haji Ahmad] was deregistered in 2007; parties are small and have limited activity |
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Status
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absolute monarchy |
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Suffrage
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none |
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Trademarks, nonresidents
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1,608
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[47th of 99]
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Trademarks, residents
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106
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[67th of 98]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
Brunei and Malaysia are still considering international adjudication over their disputed offshore and deepwater seabeds, where hydrocarbon exploration was terminated in 2003 international legal adjudication; Malaysia's land boundary with Brunei around Limbang is in dispute; Brunei established an exclusive economic fishing zone encompassing Louisa Reef in the southern Spratly Islands in 1984, but makes no public territorial claim to the offshore reefs; the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has eased tensions in the Spratly Islands but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants |
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Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood
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Cleveland Park |
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