Djibouti Government

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Country Name	Djibouti
Full Country Name	Republic of Djibouti
Local - Long	Republique de Djibouti (French)/ Jumhuriyat Jibuti (Arabic)
Local - Short	Djibouti (French)/ Jibuti (Arabic)
Former Name	French Somaliland, French Territory of the Afars and Issas
Etymology- history of name	The country name derives from the capital city of Djibouti
Government Type	Presidential republic
Capital Name	Djibouti
Capital - geographic coordinate	11 35 N, 43 09 E
Capital Time Difference	UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Independence	27 June 1977 (from France)
National Holiday	Independence Day, 27 June (1977)
Constitution	History: Approved by referendum 4 September 1992 Amendments: Proposed by the president of the republic or by the National Assembly; Assembly consideration of proposals requires assent of at least one third of the membership; passage requires a simple majority vote by the Assembly and approval by simple majority vote in a referendum; the president can opt to bypass a referendum if adopted by at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly; constitutional articles on the sovereignty of Djibouti, its republican form of government, and its pluralist form of democracy cannot be amended; amended 2006, 2008, 2010

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Djibouti Government and Politics

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Executive Branch:	Chief of State: President Ismail Omar GUELLEH (since 8 May 1999) Head of Government: Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil MOHAMED (since 1 April 2013) Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister Elections/Appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term; election last held on 9 April 2021 (next to be held in April 2026); prime minister appointed by the president Election results: 2021: Ismail Omar GUELLEH reelected president for a fifth term; percent of vote - Ismail Omar GUELLEH (RPP) 97.4%, Zakaria Ismael FARAH (MDEND) 2.7% 2016: Ismail Omar GUELLEH reelected president for a fourth term; percent of vote - Ismail Omar GUELLEH (RPP) 87%, Omar Elmi KHAIREH (CDU) 7.3%, other 5.6%
Citizenship Criteria:	Citizenship by birth: No Citizenship by descent only: The mother must be a citizen of Djibouti Dual citizenship recognized: No Residency requirement for naturalization: 10 years
Legal System:	Mixed legal system based primarily on the French civil code (as it existed in 1997), Islamic religious law (in matters of family law and successions), and customary law
Suffrage:	18 years of age; universal
Legislative Branch:	Description: Unicameral National Assembly or Assemblée Nationale, formerly the Chamber of Deputies (65 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method; members serve 5-year terms) Elections: Last held on 24 February 2023 (next to be held in February 2028) election results: Percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP 58, UDJ 7; composition - men 48, women 17, percent of women 26.2%
Judicial Branch:	Highest court(s): Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of NA magistrates); Constitutional Council (consists of 6 magistrates) Judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court magistrates appointed by the president with the advice of the Superior Council of the Magistracy (CSM), a 10-member body consisting of 4 judges, 3 members (non parliamentarians and judges) appointed by the president, and 3 appointed by the National Assembly president or speaker; magistrates appointed for life with retirement at age 65; Constitutional Council magistrate appointments - 2 by the president of the republic, 2 by the president of the National Assembly, and 2 by the CSM; magistrates appointed for 8-year, non-renewable terms Subordinate courts: High Court of Appeal; 5 Courts of First Instance; customary courts; State Court (replaced sharia courts in 2003)
Regions or States:	6 districts (cercles, singular - cercle); Ali Sabieh, Arta, Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjourah
Political Parties and Leaders:	Front for Restoration of Unity and Democracy (Front pour la Restauration de l'Unite Democratique) or FRUD [Ali Mohamed DAOUD] National Democratic Party or PND [Abdourahman Mohamed ALLALEH] People's Rally for Progress or RPP [Ismail Omar GUELLEH] (governing party) Peoples Social Democratic Party or PPSD [Hasna Moumin BAHDON] Union for Democracy and Justice or UDJ [Ilya Ismail GUEDI Hared] Union for the Presidential Majority coalition or UMP [collective leadership] (electoral coalition includes FRUD, PND, RPP, PPSD, and UPR) Union of Reform Partisans or UPR [Ibrahim Daoud CHEHEM] Note: Only parties with seats in the National Assembly included
International Law Organization Participation:	Accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
International Organization Participation:	ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, ATMIS, AU, CAEU (candidates), COMESA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Diplomatic Representation in the US:	Chief of Mission: Ambassador Mohamed Siad DOUALEH (28 January 2016) Chancery: 1156 15th Street NW, Suite 515, Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: [1] (202) 331-0270 FAX: [1] (202) 331-0302 Email address and website: info@djiboutiembassyus.org https://www.djiboutiembassyus.org/
Diplomatic Representation from US:	Chief of Mission: Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Christopher SNIPES (since October 2023) Embassy: Lot 350-B Haramouss, B.P. 185 Mailing address: 2150 Djibouti Place, Washington DC 20521-2150 Telephone: [253] 21-45-30-00 FAX: [253] 21-45-31-29 Email address and website: DjiboutiACS@state.gov

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