Executive branch:
chief of state and head of government: Chairman of the Council of
State David KPOMAKPOR (since March 1994); election last held on 15
October 1985; results - Gen. Dr. Samuel Kanyon DOE (NDPL) 50.9%,
Jackson DOE (LAP) 26.4%, other 22.7%
note: constitutional government ended in September 1990 when President
Samuel Kanyon DOE was killed by rebel forces; civil war ensued and in
July 1993 the Cotonou Peace Treaty was negotiated by the major warring
factions under UN auspices; a transitional coalition government under
David KROMAKPOR was formed in March 1994 but has been largely
ineffective and unable to implement the provisions of the peace
treaty; Ghanaian-led negotiations are now underway to seat a new
interim government that would oversee elections proposed for late 1995
cabinet: Cabinet; selected by the leaders of the major factions in the
civil war
Legislative branch: unicameral Transitional Legislative Assembly, the
members of which are appointed by the leaders of the major factions in
the civil war
note: the former bicameral legislature no longer exists and there is
no assurance that it will be reconstituted very soon
Judicial branch: Supreme Court
Political parties and leaders: National Democratic Party of Liberia
(NDPL), Augustus CAINE, chairman; Liberian Action Party (LAP),
Emmanuel KOROMAH, chairman; Unity Party (UP), Joseph KOFA, chairman;
United People's Party (UPP), Gabriel Baccus MATTHEWS, chairman;
National Patriotic Party (NPP), Charles TAYLOR, chairman; Liberian
Peoples Party (LPP), Dusty WOLOKOLLIE, chairman
Member of: ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT
(nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Konah K. BLACKETT chancery: 5201 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011 telephone: [1] (202) 723-0437 consulate(s) general: New York
US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: (vacant); Charge d' Affaires William P. TWADDELL embassy: 111 United Nations Drive, Monrovia mailing address: P. O. Box 100098, Mamba Point, Monrovia telephone: [231] 222991 through 222994 FAX: [231] 223710
Flag: 11 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a white five-pointed star on a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner; the design was based on the US flag
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