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mozambique*

H.E. Felisberto Naife,
D.G. STAE

PArt i PArt ii
CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
República de Moçambique 1. Structure of National Legislature:
Unicameral
2. Government
Presidential Republic 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da Repúbli-
3. Head of State Designation ca)
President Filipe Jacinto NYUSI
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of government Designation nominated
Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho DO ROSARIO In the Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da
República), 248 members are elected through a
5. Capital closed-list proportional representation system to
Maputo
serve 5-year terms and 2 members are elected
6. Currency in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year
Metical (MZM) terms.

7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) 4. Popular House
African 99%, mestizo 0.8%, other 0.2% Assembleia da Republica

8. Date of Independence 5. Type of Electoral System
25 June 1975 (from Portugal) Closed-list proportional representation system

9. Date of adoption of Democratic PArt iii
Constitution ELECtorAL sYstEM
21 December 2004, amended in 2007

10. Language (s) (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
Portuguese (official)
1. Name of the EMB(S)
11. Literacy Levels Comissao Nacional de Eleicoes-CNE (The Nation-
Male: 72.6 % Female: 50.3 % al Electoral Commission) and the Secretariat fo//r
Total: 60.66% the Technical Administration of Elections-STAE

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