February 1993 (next to be held NA 1998); results
- Michal KOVAC elected by the National Council
head of government: Prime Minister Vladimir MECIAR (since 12 December
1994)
cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the president on recommendation of the
prime minister

Legislative branch: unicameral
National Council (Narodni Rada): elections last held 30 September-1
October 1994 (next to be held by October 1998); results - HZDS 35%,
SDL 10.4%, Hungarian coalition (Hungarian Christian Democrats,
Hungarian Civic Party, Coexistence) 10.2%, KDH 10.1%, DU 8.6%, ZRS
7.3%, SNS 5.4%; seats - (150 total) governing coalition 83 (HZDS 61,
ZRS 13, SNS 9), opposition 67 (SDL 18, Hungarian coalition 17, KDH 17,
DU 15)

Judicial branch: Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders: Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
(HZDS), Vladimir MECIAR, chairman; Common Choice/Party of the
Democratic Left (SDL), Peter WEISS, chairman; Hungarian Christian
Democrats, Vojtech BUGAR; Hungarian Civic Party; Coexistence, Miklos
DURAY, chairman; Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), Jan CARNOGURSKY;
Democratic Union (DU), Jozef MORAVCIK, chairman; Association of Slovak
Workers (ZRS), Jan LUPTAK, chairman; Slovak National Party (SNS), Jan
SLOTA, chairman

Other political or pressure groups: Green Party; Social Democratic
Party of Slovakia; Slovak Christian Union

Member of: Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE (guest), CEI, CERN, EBRD,
ECE, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, IOM
(observer), ISO, ITU, NACC, NSG, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNAVEM II,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOMIL, UNOMUR, UNPROFOR, UPU, WEU (associate
partner), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Branislav LICHARDUS
chancery: (temporary) Suite 380, 2201 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20007
telephone: [1] (202) 965-5161
FAX: [1] (202) 965-5166

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Theodore E. RUSSELL
embassy: Hviezdoslavovo Namestie 4, 81102 Bratislava
mailing address: use embassy street address
telephone: [42] (7) 330-861, 333-338
FAX: [42] (7) 330-096

Flag: three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
superimposed with the Slovak cross in a shield centered on the hoist
side; the cross is white centered on a background of red and blue

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