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Government and Politics of Mayotte
Government structure, leadership, capital, military, and national symbols of Mayotte.
Government Structure
Constitutional foundations, branches, parties, and leadership.
- Government Type
- NA
- Administrative Divisions
- none (territorial collectivity of France)
- Legal System
- French law
- Suffrage
- 18 years of age; universal
- Executive Branch
- chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Jean-Paul KIHL (since 17 January 2005) head of government: President of the General Council Said Omar OILI (since 8 April 2004) cabinet: NA elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; president of the General Council elected by the members of the General Council for a six-year term; next election to be held in 2010
- Legislative Branch
- unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms) elections: last held 21 and 28 March 2004 (next to be held in 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - MDM 23.3%, UMP 22.8%, PS 10.2%, MRC 8.9%, FRAP 6.5%, MPM 1.2%; seats by party - MDM 6, UMP 9, MRC 2, MPM 1, diverse left 1 note: Mayotte elects one member of the French Senate; elections last held 24 September 2001 (next to be held September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; Mayotte also elects one member to the French National Assembly; elections last held 16 June 2002 (next to be held in 2007); results - percent of vote by party - UMP-RPR 55.08%, UDF 44.92%; seats by party - UMP-RPR 1
- Judicial Branch
- Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel
- Political Parties
- Democratic Front or FD [Youssouf MOUSSA]; Mahoran Popular Movement or MPM [Ahmed MADI]; Federation of Mahorans or RPR (UMP) [Mansour KAMARDINE]; Force of the Rally and the Alliance for Democracy or FRAP [leader NA]; Movement for Department Status Mayotte or MDM [Mouhoutar SALIM]; Renewed Communist Party of Mayotte or MRC [Omar SIMBA]; Socialist Party or PS (local branch of French Parti Socialiste) [Ibrahim ABUBACAR]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Henri JEAN-BAPTISTE]
- Head of State
- President Nicolas SARKOZY
- Head of Government
- President of the General Council Ahmed Attoumani DOUCHINA
- Elections
- French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; president of the General Council elected by the members of the General Council for a six-year term; next election to be held in 2010
- Constitution
- 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
- Independence
- none (territorial collectivity of France)
- National Holiday
- Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
- International Organization Participation
- none
- Diplomatic Representation in the U.S.
- none (territorial collectivity of France)
- U.S. Diplomatic Representation
- none (territorial collectivity of France)
Capital City
Seat of government and political history.
- Capital City
- Mamoutzou
National Symbols
Flag, anthem, and other symbols of national identity.
