sed on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state:
President Kiro GLIGOROV (since 27 January 1991); election last held 27
January 1991 (next to be held NA); results - Kiro GLIGOROV was elected
by the Assembly
head of government:
Prime Minister Branko CRVENKOVSKI (since 4 September 1992), Deputy
Prime Ministers Jovan ANDONOV (since NA March 1991), Risto IVANOV
(since NA), and Becir ZUTA (since NA March 1991)
cabinet:
Council of Ministers; elected by the majority vote of all the deputies
in the Sobranje
Legislative branch:
unicameral
Assembly (Sobranje):
elections last held 11 and 25 November and 9 December 1990 (next to be
held November 1994); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats -
(120 total) VMRO-DPMNE 32, SDSM 29, PDPM 23, SRSM 19, SPM 4, DP 4, SJM
2, others 7
Judicial branch:
Constitutional Court, Judicial Court of the Republic
Political parties and leaders:
Social-Democratic Alliance of Macedonia (SDSM; former Communist
Party), Branko CRVENKOVSKI, president; Party for Democratic Prosperity
(PDPM); National Democratic Party (PDP), Ilijas HALINI, president;
Alliance of Reform Forces of Macedonia - Liberal Party (SRSM-LP),
Stojan ANDOV, president; Socialist Party of Macedonia (SPM), Kiro
POPOVSKI, president; Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization -
Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE), Ljupco
GEORGIEVSKI, president; Party of Yugoslavs in Macedonia (SJM), Milan
DURCINOV, president; Democratic Party (DP), Petal GOSEV, president
Other political or pressure groups:
Movement for All Macedonian Action (MAAK); Democratic Party of Serbs;
Democratic Party of Turks; Party for Democratic Action (Slavic Muslim)
Member of:
CE (guest), CSCE (observer), EBRD, ECE, ICAO, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT
(nonsignatory user), ITU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO
Diplomatic representation in US:
the US recognized The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 9
February 1994
US diplomatic representation:
the US recognized The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 9
February 1994
Flag:
16-point gold sun (Vergina, Sun) centered on a red field

@The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Economy

Overview:
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, although the poorest
republic in the former Yugoslav federation, can meet basic food a