y 2007); prime
minister appointed by the president election results: Amadou Toumani
TOURE elected president; percent of vote - Amadou Toumani TOURE 64.4%,
Soumaila CISSE 35.6%

Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale
(147 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 20 July and 3 August 1997 (next to be held NA July
2002); note - much of the opposition boycotted the election election
results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - ADEMA 95,
RPM 35, PARENA 8, CDS 4, UDD 3, PDP 2

Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Political parties and leaders: Alliance for Democracy or ADEMA
[Diounconda Traore KEITA, party chairman]; Block of Alternative for the
Renewal of Africa or BARA [Yoro DIAKITE]; Democratic and Social Convention
or CDS [Mamadou Bakary SANGARE, chairman]; Movement for the Independence,
Renaissance and Integration of Africa or MIRIA [Mohamed Lamine TRAORE,
Mouhamedou DICKO]; National Congress for Democratic Initiative or CNID
[Mountaga TALL, chairman]; Party for Democracy and Progress or PDP [Me
Idrissa TRAORE]; Party for National Renewal or PARENA [Yoro DIAKITE,
chairman; Tiebile DRAME, secretary general]; Rally for Democracy and
Labor or RDT [Ali GNANGADO]; Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP
[Almamy SYLLA, chairman]; Rally for Mali or RPM [Ibrahim Bonbasor KEITA,
chairman]; Sudanese Union/African Democratic Rally or US/RDA [Mamadou
Bamou TOURE, secretary general]; Union of Democratic Forces for Progress
or UFDP [Youssouf TOURE, secretary general]; Union for Democracy and
Development or UDD [Moussa Balla COULIBALY]

Political pressure groups and leaders: Patriotic Movement of the Ghanda
Koye or MPGK; United Movement and Fronts of Azawad or MFUA

International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA,
ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (subscriber), ITU, MIPONUH, NAM,
OAU, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB (regional),
WAEMU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Cheick
Oumar DIARRAH FAX: [1] (202) 332-6603 telephone: [1] (202) 332-2249,
939-8950 chancery: 2130 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
Michael E. RANNEBERGER embassy: Rue Rochester
B. P. 34, Bama