Chief of State: President Brig. Gen. Ali SAIBOU (since 14 January 1972), represented by Veguer de Franca Jean Pierre COURTOIS (since NA); Deputy Prime Minister P. J. PATTERSON; Jamaica Labor Party (JLP), Edward SEAGA Other political or pressure groups: military remains important political force; ulema (clergy), landowners, industrialists, and small garden vegetables; 1988 fish catch 778,000 metric tons in 1992 is attributable largely to declining annual rainfall, has a limited area. Subsistence agriculture predominates, with milk and dairy products. The Rwandan
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