Short facts about the government of Cambodia
| Country
name: |
conventional long
form: Kingdom of Cambodia
conventional short
form: Cambodia
local long form: Preahreacheanachakr
Kampuchea
local short form: Kampuchea
former:
Khmer Republic, Kampuchea Republic |
| Government
type: |
multiparty liberal democracy under a
constitutional monarchy established in September
1993 |
| Administrative divisions: |
20 provinces (khett, singular and
plural) and 4 municipalities* (krong, singular and plural); Banteay Mean Cheay,
Batdambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Spoe, Kampong Thum, Kampot,
Kandal, Kaoh Kong, Keb*, Kracheh, Mondol Kiri, Otdar Mean Cheay, Pailin*, Phnum
Penh*, Pouthisat, Preah Seihanu* (Sihanoukville), Preah Vihear, Prey Veng,
Rotanah Kiri, Siem Reab, Stoeng Treng, Svay Rieng,
Takev |
| Independence: |
9 November 1953 (from
France) |
| National
holiday: |
Independence Day, 9 November
(1953) |
| Constitution: |
promulgated 21 September
1993 |
| Legal
system: |
primarily a civil law mixture of
French-influenced codes from the United Nations Transitional Authority in
Cambodia (UNTAC) period, royal decrees, and acts of the legislature, with
influences of customary law and remnants of communist legal theory; increasing
influence of common law in recent years |
| Suffrage: |
18 years of age;
universal |
| Executive
branch: |
chief of state:
King Norodom SIHANOUK (reinstated 24 September 1993)
head
of government: Prime Minister HUN SEN (since 30 November
1998)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the
monarch
elections: none; the monarch is chosen by a Royal Throne
Council; prime minister appointed by the monarch after a vote of confidence by
the National Assembly |
| Legislative
branch: |
bicameral consists of the National
Assembly (122 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
and the Senate (61 seats; two members appointed by the monarch, two elected by
the National Assembly, and 57 elected by "functional constituencies"; members
serve five-year terms
elections: National Assembly - last held 26
July 1998 (next to be held NA 2003); Senate - last held 2 March 1999 (next to be
held NA 2004)
election results: National Assembly - percent of
vote by party - CPP 41%, FUNCINPEC 32%, SRP 14%, other 13%; seats by party - CPP
64, FUNCINPEC 43, SRP 15; Senate - seats by party - CPP 31, FUNCINPEC 21, SRP
7 |
| Judicial
branch: |
Supreme Council of the Magistracy
(provided for in the constitution and formed in December 1997); Supreme Court
(and lower courts) exercises judicial authority |
| Political
parties and leaders: |
Buddhist Liberal Party or BLP [IENG
MOULY]; Cambodian Pracheachon Party or Cambodian People's Party or CPP [CHEA
SIM]; Khmer Citizen Party or KCP [NGUON SOEUR]; National United Front for an
Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia or FUNCINPEC [Prince
NORODOM RANARIDDH]; Sam Rangsi Party or SRP (formerly Khmer Nation Party or KNP)
[SAM RANGSI] |
| Political
pressure groups and leaders: |
NA |
| International organization participation: |
ACCT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, CP, ESCAP, FAO,
G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat
(nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO (subscriber), ITU, NAM,
OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
(observer) |
| Diplomatic
representation in the US: |
chief of mission:
Ambassador Roland ENG
chancery: 4500 16th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20011
telephone: [1] (202)
726-7742
FAX: [1] (202)
726-8381 |
| Diplomatic
representation from the US: |
chief of mission:
Ambassador Kent M. WIEDEMANN
embassy: 16-18 Mongkol
lem St. 228, Phnom Penh
mailing address: Box P, APO AP
96546
telephone: [855] (23) 216-436
FAX: [855]
(23) 216-437 |
| Flag
description: |
three horizontal bands of blue (top),
red (double width), and blue with a white three-towered temple representing
Angkor Wat outlined in black in the center of the red band | Source: World Factbook |
