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    Government of Yemen
    Type: Republic; unification (of former south and north Yemen): May 22, 1990.
    Constitution: Adopted May 21, 1990 and ratified May 1991.
    Branches: Executive--Prime Minister with Cabinet.
    Legislative--bicameral legislature with 111-seat Shura Council and 301-seat House of Representatives. Judicial--the constitution calls for an independent judiciary. The former northern and southern legal codes have been unified. The legal system includes separate commercial courts and a Supreme Court based in Sanaa.
    Administrative subdivisions: 18 governorates subdivided into districts. Political parties: General People's Congress (GPC), Yemeni Grouping for Reform (Islaah), Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP), Baathist parties, Nasserist parties, and Muslim fundamentalist parties.
    Suffrage: Universal over 18.
    National holiday: May 22 (Unity Day).

    source: http://www.state.gov

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