D 97.29%

note: Hafiz al-ASAD died 10 June 2000; 20 June 2000 the Ba'th Party
nominated Bashar al-ASAD for president and presented his name to the
People's Council 25 June 2000

Tajikistan:
chief of state: President Emomali RAHMONOV (since 6
November 1994; head of state and Supreme Assembly chairman since 19
November 1992)

head of government: Prime Minister Oqil OQILOV (since 20 January
1999)

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president, approved
by the Supreme Assembly

elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term;
election last held 6 November 1999 (next to be held NA 2006); prime
minister appointed by the president

election results: Emomali RAHMONOV elected president; percent of
vote - Emomali RAHMONOV 97%, Davlat USMON 2%

Tanzania:
chief of state: President Benjamin William MKAPA (since
23 November 1995); Vice President Omar Ali JUMA (since 23 November
1995); note - the president is both chief of state and head of
government

head of government: President Benjamin William MKAPA (since 23
November 1995); Vice President Omar Ali JUMA (since 23 November
1995); note - the president is both chief of state and head of
government

note: Zanzibar elects a president who is head of government for
matters internal to Zanzibar; Amani Abeid KARUME was elected to that
office on 29 October 2000

cabinet: Cabinet ministers, including the prime minister, are
appointed by the president from among the members of the National
Assembly

elections: president and vice president elected on the same ballot
by popular vote for five-year terms; election last held 29 October
2000 (next to be held NA October 2005); prime minister appointed by
the president

election results: Benjamin William MKAPA reelected president;
percent of vote - Benjamin William MKAPA 71.7%, Ibrahim Haruna
LIPUMBA 16.3%, Augustine Lyatonga MREME 7.8%, John Momose CHEYO 4.2%

Thailand:
chief of state: King PHUMIPHON Adunyadet (since 9 June
1946)

head of government: Prime Minister THAKSIN Chinnawat (since NA
January 2001)

cabinet: Council of Ministers

note: there is also a Privy Council

elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; prime minister
designated from among the members of the House of Representatives;
following a national election for the House of Representatives, the
leader of the party