_#_Legislative branch: unicameral House of Representatives (Majlis Nawab)
_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State—King HASSAN II (since 3 March 1961);
Head of Government—Prime Minister Dr. Azzedine LARAKI (since 30 September 1986)
_#_Political parties and leaders: Morocco has 15 political parties;
the major ones are
Istiqlal Party, M'Hamed BOUCETTA;
Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), Abderrahim BOUABID;
Popular Movement (MP), Secretariat General;
National Assembly of Independents (RNI), Ahmed OSMAN;
National Democratic Party (PND), Mohamed Arsalane EL-JADIDI;
Party for Progress and Socialism (PPS), Ali YATA;
Constitutional Union (UC), Maati BOUABID
_#_Suffrage: universal at age 21
_#_Elections:
Chamber of Representatives—last held on 14 September 1984 (were scheduled for September 1990, but postponed until NA 1992); results—percent of vote by party NA; seats—(306 total, 206 elected) CU 83, RNI 61, MP 47, Istiqlal 41, USFP 36, PND 24, other 14
_#_Communists: about 2,000