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       Anniversary of the Revolution, 1 November (1954)

       Constitution:

       19 November 1976, effective 22 November 1976; revised 3 November 1988

       and 23 February 1989

       Legal system:

       socialist, based on French and Islamic law; judicial review of

       legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various

       public officials, including several Supreme Court justices; has not

       accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

       Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

       Executive branch:

       chief of state:

       President Lamine ZEROUAL (since 31 January 1994); next election to be

       held after a three-year transition period which began on 31 January

       1994

       head of government:

       Prime Minister Mokdad SIFI (since 11 April 1994)

       cabinet:

       Council of Ministers; appointed by the prime minister

       Legislative branch:

       unicameral

       National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani):

       elections first round held on 26 December 1991 (second round canceled

       by the military after President BENDJEDID resigned 11 January 1992,

       effectively suspending the Assembly); results - percent of vote by

       party NA; seats - (281 total); the fundamentalist FIS won 188 of the

       231 seats contested in the first round; note - elections (municipal

       and wilaya) were held in June 1990, the first in Algerian history;

       results - FIS 55%, FLN 27.5%, other 17.5%, with 65% of the voters

       participating

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

       Political parties and leaders:

       Islamic Salvation Front (FIS, outlawed April 1992), Ali BELHADJ, Dr.

       Abassi MADANI, Abdelkader HACHANI (all under arrest), Rabeh KEBIR

       (self-exile in Germany); National Liberation Front (FLN), Abdelhamid

       MEHRI, Secretary General; Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Hocine Ait

       AHMED, Secretary General

       note:

       the government established a multiparty system in September 1989 and,

       as of 31 December 1990, over 50 legal parties existed

       Member of:

       ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, AMU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-15, G-19, G-24,

       G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT,

       INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer),

       OAU, OIC, OPEC, UN, UNAVEM II, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNTAC,

       UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

       Diplomatic representation in US:

       chief of mission:

       Ambassador Nourredine Yazid ZERHOUNI

       chancery:

       2118 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008

       telephone:

       (202) 265–2800

       US diplomatic representation:

       chief of mission:

       Ambassador Mary Ann CASEY

       embassy:

       4 Chemin Cheikh Bachir El-Ibrahimi, Algiers

       mailing address:

       B. P. Box 549, Alger-Gare, 16000 Algiers

       telephone:

       [213] (2) 601–425, 255, 186

       FAX:

       [213] (2) 603979

       consulate(s):

       Oran

       Flag:

       two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white with a red

       five-pointed star within a red crescent; the crescent, star, and color

       green are traditional symbols of Islam (the state religion)

      @Algeria, Economy

      Overview:

       The hydrocarbons sector is the backbone of the economy, accounting for

       roughly 57% of government revenues, 25% of GDP, and almost all export

       earnings; Algeria has the fifth largest reserves of natural gas in the

       world and ranks fourteenth for oil. Algiers' efforts to reform one of

       the most centrally planned economies in the Arab world began after the

       1986 collapse of world oil prices plunged the country into a severe

       recession. In 1989, the government launched a comprehensive,

       IMF-supported program to achieve macroeconomic stabilization and to

       introduce market mechanisms into the economy. Despite substantial

       progress toward macroeconomic adjustment, in 1992 the reform drive

       stalled as Algiers became embroiled in political turmoil. In September

       1993, a new government was formed, one of whose priorities was the

       resumption and acceleration of the structural adjustment process.

       Buffeted by the slump in world oil prices and burdened with a heavy

       foreign debt, Algiers in 1993 resumed negotiations with the IMF and is

       on track to conclude a standby arrangement with the Fund in 1994.

       National product:

       GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $89 billion (1993 est.)

       National product real growth rate:

       1% (1993 est.)

       National product per capita:

       $3,300 (1992 est.)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       22% (1993 est.)

       Unemployment rate:

       22% (1993 est.)

       Budget:

       revenues:

       $14.4 billion

       expenditures:

       $14.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $3.5 billion (1992

       est.)

       Exports:

       $11.4 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

       commodities:

       petroleum and natural gas 97%

       partners:

       Italy 21%, France 16%, US 14%, Germany 13%, Spain 9%

       Imports:

       $9 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

       commodities:

       capital goods 39.7%, food and beverages 21.7%, consumer goods 11.8%

       (1990)

       partners:

       France 29%, Italy 14%, Spain 9%, US 9%, Germany 7%

       External debt:

       $26 billion (1994)

       Industrial production:

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