ral on the advice of the prime minister from among the
members of Parliament

Somalia:
chief of state: ABDIKASSIM Salad Hassan (since 26 August
2000); note - Interim President ABDIKASSIM was chosen for a
three-year term by a 245-member National Assembly serving as a
transitional government; the present political situation is still
unstable, particularly in the south, with interclan fighting and
random banditry

head of government: ALI Khalifa Galaydh, appointed by the president
8 October 2000

cabinet: appointed by the prime minister and sworn in on 20 October
2000

election results: ABDIKASSIM Salad Hassan was elected president of
an interim government at the Djibouti-sponsored Arta Peace
Conference on 26 August 2000 by a broad representation of Somali
clans that comprised a transitional National Assembly.

South Africa:
chief of state: President Thabo MBEKI (since 16 June
1999); Executive Deputy President Jacob ZUMA (since 17 June 1999);
note - the president is both the chief of state and head of
government

head of government: President Thabo MBEKI (since 16 June 1999);
Executive Deputy President Jacob ZUMA (since 17 June 1999); note -
the president is both the chief of state and head of government

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president

elections: president elected by the National Assembly for a
five-year term; election last held 2 June 1999 (next scheduled for
sometime between May and July 2004)

election results: Thabo MBEKI elected president; percent of
National Assembly vote - 100% (by acclamation)

note: ANC-IFP governing coalition

Spain:
chief of state: King JUAN CARLOS I (since 22 November 1975);
Heir Apparent Prince FELIPE, son of the monarch, born 30 January 1968

head of government: President of the Government Jose Maria AZNAR
Lopez (since 5 May 1996); First Vice President Juan Jose LUCAS
(since 28 February 2000) and Second Vice President (and Minister of
Economy) Rodrigo RATO Figaredo (since 5 May 1996)

cabinet: Council of Ministers designated by the president

note: there is also a Council of State that is the supreme
consultative organ of the government

elections: the monarch is hereditary; president proposed by the
monarch and elected by the National Assembly following legislative
elections; election last held 12 March 2000 (next to be held NA
March 2004); vice presidents a