n regents) elected by the Great
and General Council for a six-month term; election last held NA
September 1998 (next to be held NA March 1999); secretary of state
for foreign and political affairs elected by the Great and General
Council for a five-year term; election last held NA June 1998 (next
to be held NA June 2003)
election results: Pietro BERTI and Paolo BOLLINI elected captain
regents; percent of legislative vote--NA; Gabriele GATTI reelected
secretary of state for foreign and political affairs; percent of
legislative vote--NA
note: the popularly elected parliament (Great and General Council)
selects two of its members to serve as the Captains Regent (cochiefs
of state) for a six-month period; they preside over meetings of the
Great and General Council and its cabinet (Congress of State) which
has ten other members, all selected by the Great and General
Council; assisting the captains regent are three secretaries of
state--Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs, and Finance--and several
additional secretaries; the secretary of state for Foreign Affairs
has assumed many of the prerogatives of a prime minister

Legislative branch: unicameral Great and General Council or
Consiglio Grande e Generale (60 seats; members are elected by direct
popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 31 May 1998 (next to be held by NA May 2003)
election results: percent of vote by party--PDCS 40.8%, PSS 23.3%,
PPDS 18.6%, AP 9.8%, RC 3.3%, Reformist Socialists 4.2%; seats by
party--PDCS 25, PSS 14, PPDS 11, AP 6, RC 2, RS 2

Judicial branch: Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII

Political parties and leaders: Christian Democratic Party or PDCS
MACINA, secretary general]; Reformist Socialists or RS (formerly San

International organization participation: CE, ECE, ICAO, ICFTU,
ICRM, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM (guest), OPCW,
OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WToO

Diplomatic representation in the US: San Marino does not have an
embassy in the US
honorary consulate(s) general: Washington, DC, and New York
honorary consulate(s): Detroit

Diplomatic representation from the US: the US does not have an
embassy in San Marino; the US Consul General in Florence (Italy) is
accredited to San Marino

Flag description: two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and
light blue with the national coat of arms superimposed in the
cente