Turkmenistan

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Next to the Assembly (Mejlis), the People's Council (Khalk Maslakhaty) is considered the ultimate representative body. [ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tx.html] The council has 65 members. All candidates at the elections of 7 April 2003 (turnout 89.3%) belonged to the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan. Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Turkmenistan local long form: none local short form: Turkmenistan former: Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Data code: TX Government type: republic Capital: Ashgabat Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Turkmenistan declared its independence on October 27, 1991. ... Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (Turkmen Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow) (born February 19, 1940) has been the most powerful figure in Turkmenistan since 1985. ... The Assembly (Mejlis) has 50 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. ... Political parties in Turkmenistan lists political parties in Turkmenistan. ... The Democratic Party of Turkmenistan is the only political party in Turkmenistan. ... Elections in Turkmenistan gives information on election and election results in Turkmenistan. ... Turkmenistan is divided into 5 provinces or welayatlar (singular - welayat): Ahal (capital Ashgabat) Balkan (capital Nebitdag) Dashhowuz (formerly Tashauz, capital Dashhowuz) Lebap (capital Turkmenabat, formerly known as Charjew) Mary (capital Mary). ... The human rights situation in Turkmenistan, an authoritarian state, remains extremely poor. ... Turkmenistans declaration of permanent neutrality was formally recognized by the United Nations in 1995. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... The Assembly (Mejlis) has 50 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Democratic Party of Turkmenistan is the only political party in Turkmenistan. ...

Like the Assembly (Mejils), it is led by the President. This makes him the effectual leader of both the legislative and the executive branches of government.