NationMaster - Cameroonian Government statistics

Administrative divisions 10 provinces; Adamaoua, Centre, Est, Extreme-Nord, Littoral, Nord, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Ouest
Capital city > Geographic coordinates	3 52 N, 11 31 E
Constitution 20 May 1972 approved by referendum, adopted 2 June 1972; revised January 1996
Corruption	2.2	[140th of 160]
Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address P. O. Box 817, Yaounde; pouch: American Embassy, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2520
Executive branch > Cabinet Cabinet appointed by the president from proposals submitted by the prime minister
Executive branch > Chief of state President Paul BIYA (since 6 November 1982)
Flag description three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), red, and yellow with a yellow five-pointed star centered in the red band; note: uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Government type republic; multiparty presidential regime
Independence 1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
Judicial branch Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); High Court of Justice (consists of nine judges and six substitute judges, elected by the National Assembly)
Legal system based on French civil law system, with common law influence; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Legislative branch unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (180 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms); note - the president can either lengthen or shorten the term of the legislature
Parliamentary seats > Female	6%	[103rd of 143]
Political parties and leaders Cameroonian Democratic Union or UDC [Adamou Ndam NJOYA]; Cameroon People's Democratic Movement or RDPC [Paul BIYA]; Movement for the Defense of the Republic or MDR [Dakole DAISSALA]; Movement for the Liberation and Development of Cameroon or MLDC [Marcel YONDO]; National Union for Democracy and Progress or UNDP [Maigari BELLO BOUBA]; Progressive Movement or MP; Social Democratic Front or SDF [John FRU NDI]; Union of Peoples of Cameroon or UPC [Augustin Frederic KODOCK]
Political pressure groups and leaders Human Rights Defense Group [Albert MUKONG, president]; Southern Cameroon National Council [Ayamba Ette OTUN]
Status	pseudo-democracy
Suffrage 20 years of age; universal
Time required to start a business > days	37 days	[79th of 171]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International Joint Border Commission with Nigeria reviewed 2002 ICJ ruling on the entire boundary and bilaterally resolved differences, including June 2006 Greentree Agreement that immediately ceded sovereignty of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon with a full phase-out of Nigerian control and patriation of residents in 2008; Cameroon and Nigeria agree on maritime delimitation in March 2008; sovereignty dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty, which also includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries