Conventional Long Form Name: Republic of Zimbabwe
Capital City: Harare
Type of Government: parliamentary democracy
Date of Independence: April 18, 1980 (from UK)
National Holiday: Independence Day April 18, 1980
Chief of State: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE
Capital City: Harare
Type of Government: parliamentary democracy
Date of Independence: April 18, 1980 (from UK)
National Holiday: Independence Day April 18, 1980
Chief of State: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE
Head of Government: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (above)
Description of Executive Branch/Powers: Cabinet appointed by the president
Description of Legislative Branch/Powers: bicameral Parliament consists of a Senate (93 seats - 60 members elected by popular vote for a five-year term, 10 provincial governors nominated by the president, 16 traditional chiefs elected by the Council of Chiefs, 2 seats held by the president and deputy president of the Council of Chiefs, and 5 members appointed by the president) and a House of Assembly (210 seats - members elected by popular vote for five-year terms) (cia world factbook)
Description of Judicial Branch/Powers: -Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 4 judges)
-Supreme Court judges appointed by the president upon recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission, an independent body consisting of the chief justice, Public Service Commission chairman, attorney general, and 2- 3 members appointed by the president; judges normally serve until age 65, but can elect to serve until age 70
-High Court, regional magistrate courts, and special courts
Suffrage: 18 years old; universal
Name of Ambassador to U.S.: Ambassador Machivenyika MAPURANGA
Location of Embassy in U.S.: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
Name of U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe: Ambassador David Bruce WHARTON
Location of U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe: 172 Herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare
Description of Executive Branch/Powers: Cabinet appointed by the president
Description of Legislative Branch/Powers: bicameral Parliament consists of a Senate (93 seats - 60 members elected by popular vote for a five-year term, 10 provincial governors nominated by the president, 16 traditional chiefs elected by the Council of Chiefs, 2 seats held by the president and deputy president of the Council of Chiefs, and 5 members appointed by the president) and a House of Assembly (210 seats - members elected by popular vote for five-year terms) (cia world factbook)
Description of Judicial Branch/Powers: -Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 4 judges)
-Supreme Court judges appointed by the president upon recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission, an independent body consisting of the chief justice, Public Service Commission chairman, attorney general, and 2- 3 members appointed by the president; judges normally serve until age 65, but can elect to serve until age 70
-High Court, regional magistrate courts, and special courts
Suffrage: 18 years old; universal
Name of Ambassador to U.S.: Ambassador Machivenyika MAPURANGA
Location of Embassy in U.S.: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
Name of U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe: Ambassador David Bruce WHARTON
Location of U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe: 172 Herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare
-Zimbabwe's Flag: red stripes represent blood shed for independence; yellow represents Zimbabwe's mineral wealth; green represents the agriculture and the land; black stripe represents African people; the white stands for peace; the Great Zimbabwe bird is the symbol of the country; red star represents socialism
National Symbol of Zimbabwe