_#_Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da Republica)
_#_Judicial branch: People's Courts at all levels
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State—President Joaquim Alberto CHISSANO (since 6
November 1986);
Head of Government—Prime Minister Mario da Graca MACHUNGO (since 17 July 1986)
_#_Political parties and leaders: Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO)—formerly a Marxist organization with close ties to the USSR—was the only legal party before 30 November 1990 when the new Constitution went into effect establishing a multiparty system; note—the government has announced that multiparty elections will be held in 1991; parties such as the Liberal Democratic Party of Mozambique (PALMO), the Mozambique National Union (UNAMO), and the Mozambique National Movement (MONAMO) have already emerged
_#_Suffrage: universal adult at age 18
_#_Elections: electoral law—to be ratified in 1991—will provide for periodic, direct presidential and Assembly elections
_#_Communists: about 200,000 FRELIMO members; note—FRELIMO no longer considers itself a Communist party
_#_Member of: ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, FAO, FLS, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, SADCC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WMO