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Short facts about the government of Reunion
| Country
name: |
conventional long
form: Department of Reunion
conventional
short form: Reunion
local long form: none
local
short form: Ile de la Reunion
former: Bourbon
Island |
| Dependency
status: |
overseas department of
France |
| Administrative divisions: |
none (overseas department of France);
there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US
Government, but there are 4 arrondissements, 24 communes, and 47
cantons |
| Independence: |
none (overseas department of
France) |
| National
holiday: |
Bastille Day, 14 July
(1789) |
| Constitution: |
28 September 1958 (French
Constitution) |
| Suffrage: |
18 years of age;
universal |
| Executive
branch: |
chief of state:
President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented
by Prefect Robert POMMIES (since NA 1996)
head of government:
President of the General Council Jean-Luc POUDROUX (since NA March 1998) and
President of the Regional Council Paul VERGES (since NA March
1993)
cabinet: NA
elections: French president
elected by popular vote for a seven-year term; prefect appointed by the French
president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; the presidents
of the General and Regional Councils are elected by the members of those
councils |
| Legislative
branch: |
unicameral General Council (47 seats;
members are elected by direct popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a
unicameral Regional Council (45 seats; members are elected by direct popular
vote to serve six-year terms)
elections: General Council - last
held NA March 1994 (next to be held NA 2000); Regional Council - last held 15
March 1998 (next to be held NA 2004)
election results: General
Council - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PCR 12, PS 12, UDF
11, RPR 5, others 7; Regional Council - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - PCR 7, UDF 8, PS 6, RPR 4, various right-wing candidates 15, various
left-wing candidates 5
note: Reunion elects three representatives
to the French Senate; elections last held 14 April 1996 (next to be held NA
2001); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR 1, PCR 2;
Reunion also elects five deputies to the French National Assembly; elections
last held 25 May and 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); results - percent of
vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PCR 3, PS 1, and RPR-UDF
1 |
| Judicial
branch: |
Court of Appeals or Cour
d'Appel |
| Political
parties and leaders: |
Communist Party of Reunion or PCR [Paul
VERGES]; Rally for the Republic or RPR [Andre Maurice PIHOUEE]; Socialist Party
or PS [Jean-Claude FRUTEAU]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Gilbert
GERARD] |
| Political
pressure groups and leaders: |
NA |
| International organization participation: |
FZ, InOC,
WFTU |
| Diplomatic
representation in the US: |
none (overseas department of
France) |
| Diplomatic
representation from the US: |
none (overseas department of
France) |
| Flag
description: |
the flag of France is used | Source: World Factbook |
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