President Joaquim Alberto CHISSANO (since 6 November
1986) was elected for a five-year term by popular vote
head of government: Prime Minister Pascoal MOCUMBI (since December
1994) was appointed by the president
cabinet: Cabinet

Legislative branch: unicameral
Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da Republica): the members are
elected by direct, universal, adult suffrage on a secret ballot for
a term of five years; election last held 27-29 October 1994 (next to
be held NA October 1999); results - percent vote by party NA, seats
(250 total) FRELIMO won a slim majority
note: the presidential and legislative elections took place as
called for in the 1992 peace accords; RENAMO participated in the
elections

Judicial branch: Supreme Court, judges appointed by the president
and judges elected by the Assembly

Political parties and leaders: Front for the Liberation of
Mozambique (FRELIMO), Joaquim Alberto CHISSANO, chairman; Mozambique
National Resistance (RENAMO), Afonso DHLAKAMA, president; Democratic
Union (DU), Antonio PALANGE, General Secretary

International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA,
FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
IMO, Inmarset, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM,
OAU, OIC, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Hipolito Pereira Zozimo PATRICIO
chancery: Suite 570, 1990 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
telephone: [1] (202) 293-7146
FAX: [1] (202) 835-0245

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Dennis Coleman JETT
embassy: Avenida Kenneth Kuanda 193, Maputo
mailing address: P. O. Box 783, Maputo
telephone: [258] (1) 492797
FAX: [258] (1) 490114

Flag: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), black, and
yellow with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the
black band is edged in white; centered in the triangle is a yellow
five-pointed star bearing a crossed rifle and hoe in black
superimposed on an open white book

Economy
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Economic overview: One of Africa's poorest countries, Mozambique
has failed to exploit the economic potential of its sizable
agricultural, hydropower, and transportation resources. Indeed,
national output, consumption, and investment declined throughout the
first half of the 1980s because of internal disorder