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Country name:
conventional long form:
Principality of Monaco
conventional short form:
Monaco
local long form: Principaute
de Monaco
local short form: Monaco
Government type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Monaco
Administrative divisions: there are no administrative divisions but there are four quarters (quartiers, singular—quartier); Fontvieille, La Condamine, Monaco-Ville, Monte-Carlo
Independence: 1419 (beginning of the rule by the House of Grimaldi)
National holiday: National Day, 19 November
Constitution: 17 December 1962
Legal system: based on French law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: Prince RAINIER
III (since 9 May 1949); Heir Apparent Prince ALBERT Alexandre Louis Pierre,
son of the monarch (born 14 March 1958)
head of government: Minister
of State Michel LEVEQUE (since 3 February 1997)
cabinet: Council of Government
is under the authority of the monarch
elections: none; the monarch
is hereditary; minister of state appointed by the monarch from a list of
three French national candidates presented by the French Government
Legislative branch:
unicameral National Council or Conseil National (18 seats; members are
elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 1 and
8 February 1998 (next to be held NA January 2003)
election results: seats
by party—National and Democratic Union 18
Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme, judges named by the monarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council
Political parties and leaders: National and Democratic Union or UND [Jean-Louis CAMPORA]
International organization participation: ACCT, ECE, IAEA, ICAO, ICRM, IFRCS, IHO, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, OPCW, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
Flag description: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; similar to the flag of Indonesia which is longer and the flag of Poland which is white (top) and red
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Última actualització: 8 de juny de 2000