_#_Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
_#_National holidays: Republic Day, 18 December (1958)
_#_Executive branch: president, prime minister, Council of Ministers (cabinet)
_#_Legislative branch: National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale)
_#_Judicial branch: State Court (Cour d'Etat), Court of Appeal (Cour d'Apel)
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State—President Brig. Gen. Ali SAIBOU (since 14
November 1987);
Head of Government—Prime Minister Aliou MAHAMIDOU (since 2 March 1990)
_#_Political parties and leaders: National Movement for the Development Society (MNSD), leader NA; other political parties now forming
_#_Suffrage: universal adult at age 18