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angola*

H.E. Manuel Pereira De Silva,
President, CNE

PArt i PArt ii
CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name 1. Structure of National Legislature
Republic of Angola Unicameral

2. Government 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
Presidential Republic Assembleia Nacional (National Assembly)

3. Head of State Designation 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
President João LOURENÇO nominated
The 220 members are elected in two ways; 90
4. Head of government Designation are elected from 18 five-seat constituencies and
President João LOURENÇO 130 from a single nationwide constituency. Both
constituency types use a closed list proportional
5. Capital
Luanda representation system: the D’Hondt method* in
the provincial constituencies and the simple quota
6. Currency largest remainder method in the nationwide con-
Angolan Kwanza stituency.

7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) 4. Popular House
Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, Assembleia Nacional
mestico (mixed European and native African) 2%,
European 1%, other 22% 5. Type of Electoral System
Closed List Proportional Representation
8. Date of Independence
11 November 1975 (from Portugal) PArt iii

9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution ELECtorAL sYstEM
1975, last amendment in 2010

10. Language (s) (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy(S)
Portuguese 71.2% (official)
1. Name of the Election Management Body (S)
11. Literacy Levels Comissão Nacional Eleitoral (CNE) (National
Male: 82% Female: 58% Total:70% Electoral Commission)

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