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Europe > Monaco > Government

MONEGASQUE GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Capital city
Monaco
International organization participation
ACCT, CE, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IFRCS, IHO, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITU, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNWTO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
Judicial branch
Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme (judges appointed by the monarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council)
Legal system
based on French law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Legislative branch
unicameral National Council or Conseil National (24 seats; 16 members elected by list majority system, 8 by proportional representation; to serve five-year terms)
Legislative branch > Election results
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - UNAM 21, UND 3
Legislative branch > Elections
last held 9 February 2003 (next to be held February 2008)
National holiday
National Day (Saint Rainier's Day), 19 November (1857)
Parliamentary seats > Female 22% [18th of 143]
political parties > Dominant party
Political parties and leaders
National and Democratic Union or UND [Guy MAGNAN]; Union for Monaco or UPM (including National Union for the Future of Monaco or UNAM)
Prime minister Jean-Paul Proust
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % 20.8 % ... [51st of 174]
Status
democracy
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Trademarks, nonresidents 219 ... [50th of 99]
Trademarks, residents 310 ... [44th of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International none
UN membership date 28 May. 1993
United Nations mission
http://www.un.int/monaco/

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wikipedia: List of political parties ; Wikipedia: Prime minister ; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Monaco, Principality of Monaco, Principaute de Monaco

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