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sao tome & prinCipe*

H.E. Alberto Peneira,
President, CEN

PArt i PArt ii
CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Unicameral
Semi Presidential Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation Assembleia Nacional (Assembly Nationale)
President Evaristo CARVALHO
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of government Designation nominated
Prime Minister Jorge Bom Jesus The National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) has
55 members, elected for a four-year term in sev-
5. Capital en multi-member constituencies by proportion-
Sao Tome
al representation. São Tomé and Príncipe has a
6. Currency multi-party system.
Dobra
4. Popular House

7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) Assembleia Nacional
Mestico, angolares, forros, servicais, tongas, Euro-
peans, Asians 5. Type of Electoral System
Closed list Proportional representation system\
8. Date of Independence PArt iii
12 July 1975 (from Portugal)
ELECtorAL sYstEM
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
5 November 1975
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
10. Language (s)
Portuguese 1. Name of the EMB(S)
National Electoral Commission-CEN
11. Literacy Levels
Male: 96.16 % Female: 89.52% 2. Website Address
Total: 92.82% (2018) www.cen.st

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