What is the capital of Reunion?
Country Name | Reunion |
Full Country Name | Department of Reunion |
Local - Short | Ile de la Reunion |
Former Name | Bourbon Island |
Government Type | NA |
Capital Name | Saint-Denis |
Daylight Savings Time | +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
Independence | none (overseas department of France) |
National Holiday | Bastille Day, 14 July (1789) |
Constitution | 28 September 1958 (French Constitution) |
Dependency Status | overseas department of France |
Who is the president of Reunion?
Executive Branch: |
chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Laurent CAYREL (since 16 July 2005) head of government: President of the General Council Nassimah DINDAR (since NA March 2004) and President of the Regional Council Paul VERGES (since NA March 1993) cabinet: NA elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; the presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by the members of those councils |
Legal System: | French law |
Suffrage: | 18 years of age; universal |
Regions or States: | none (overseas department of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 4 arrondissements, 24 communes, and 47 cantons |
Political Parties and Leaders: | Communist Party of Reunion or PCR [Paul VERGES]; Rally for the Republic or RPR [Andre Maurice PIHOUEE]; Socialist Party or PS [Jean-Claude FRUTEAU]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Gilbert GERARD]; Union for a Popular Movement or UMP [leader NA] |
Diplomatic Representation in the US: | none (overseas department of France) |
Diplomatic Representation from US: | none (overseas department of France) |