rime minister election
results: President Paul BIYA reelected; percent of vote - Paul BIYA 92.6%;
note - supporters of the opposition candidates boycotted the elections,
making a comparison of vote shares relatively meaningless

Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale
(180 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year
terms; note - the president can either lengthen or shorten the term of
the legislature) elections: last held 17 May 1997 (next to be held NA
2002) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party
- RDCP 109, SDF 43, UNDP 13, UDC 5, UPC-K 1, MDR 1, MLDC 1; note -
results from seven contested seats were canceled by the Supreme Court,
further elections on 3 August 1997 gave these seats to the RDCP note:
the constitution calls for an upper chamber for the legislature, to be
called a Senate, but it has yet to be established

Judicial branch: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president);
High Court of Justice (consists of nine judges and 6 substitute judges,
elected by the National Assembly)

Political parties and leaders: Cameroonian Democratic Union or UDC
[Adamou NDAM NJOYA]; Democratic Rally of the Cameroon People or RDCP
[Paul BIYA]; Movement for the Defense of the Republic or MDR [Dakole
DAISSALA]; Movement for the Liberation and Development of Cameroon or
MLDC [leader Marcel YONDO]; Movement for the Youth of Cameroon or MYC
[Dieudonne TINA]; National Union for Democracy and Progress or UNDP
[Maigari BELLO BOUBA, chairman]; Social Democratic Front or SDF [John FRU
NDI]; Union of Cameroonian Populations or UPC [Augustin Frederic KODOCK]

Political pressure groups and leaders: Southern Cameroon National Council
[Frederick Ebong ALOBWEDE]; Human Rights Defense Group [Albert MUKONG,
president]

International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC, C,
CCC, CEEAC, CEMAC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-19, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,
IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MONUC, NAM, OAU, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN,
UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMIK,
UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Jerome
MENDOUGA chancery: 2349 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 FAX:
[1] (202) 387-3826 telephone: [1] (202) 265-8790

Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mis