cabinet: Council of Ministers was appointed by the president on
recommendation of the prime minister

Legislative branch: unicameral
Parliament: elections last held 27 February 1994 (next to be held NA
1999); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (104 total)
PDAM 56, Socialist/Yedinstvo Bloc 28, Peasants and Intellectuals
Bloc 11, FPCDM 9; note - seats as of June-July 1995 were as follows:
PDAM 45, PSM/UN 28, Peasants and Intellectuals Bloc 11, PRCM 11,
FPCDM 9
note: the comparative breakdown of seats by faction is approximate

Judicial branch: Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders: Christian Democratic Popular Front
(FPCDM - formerly Moldovan Popular Front), Iurie ROSCA, chairman;
Socialist Unity Faction (US) of the Socialist Party of Moldova
(PSM), Vladimir SOLONARI, leader; Social Democratic Party of Moldova
(PSDM), Anatol TARAN, chairman; Agrarian Democratic Party of Moldova
(PDAM), Dumitru MOTPAN, chairman; Peasants and Intellectuals Bloc,
Mihai GHIMPU, leader; Liberal Party of Modova (PLM), Mircea RUSU,
chairman; Socialist Party of Moldova (PSM), Valeriu SENIC and Victor
MOREV, cochairmen; Party of Rivival and Conciliation of Moldova
(PRCM), Mircea SNEGUR, chairman; Moldovan Party of Democratic Forces
(PFDM), Valeriu MATEI, chairman; Party for Social Progress (PPSM),
Eugen SOBOR, chairman; Communist Party (PCM), Vladimir VORONIN,
first chairman; Yedinstvo Intermovement, Vladimir SOLONARI,
chairman, note - this party may not be in existence now

Other political or pressure groups: United Council of Labor
Collectives (UCLC), Igor SMIRNOV, chairman; The Ecology Movement of
Moldova (EMM), G. MALARCHUK, chairman; The Christian Democratic
League of Women of Moldova (CDLWM), L. LARI, chairman; National
Christian Party of Moldova (NCPM), D. TODIKE, M. BARAGA, V. NIKU,
leaders; The Peoples Movement Gagauz Khalky (GKh), S. GULGAR,
leader; The Democratic Party of Gagauzia (DPG), G. SAVOSTIN,
chairman; The Alliance of Working People of Moldova (AWPM), G.
POLOGOV, president; Christian Alliance for Greater Romania; Stefan
the Great Movement; Liberal Convention of Moldova; Association of
Victims of Repression; Christian Democratic Youth League

International organization participation: BSEC, CCC, CE, CIS,
EBRD, ECE, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMF, Intelsat
(nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NACC, OSCE,
PFP, U