OGI (1993 calendar year; presidency rotates annually); Vice President Arnoldo LOPEZ Echandi (since 8 June 1992) Member of: ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IMF, INTERPOL, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), NAM, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOSOM, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO *Sao Tome and Principe, Government Names: conventional long form: none local short form: Kiribati former: Gilbert Islands Kiribati Goa India Gold Coast Digraph: GH Type: constitutional monarchy Capital: Basseterre Administrative divisions: 10 regions; Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Karamoja, Nile, North Buganda, Northern, South Buganda, Southern, Western Independence: 4 October (1966) Political parties and leaders: Nationalist Party (PNP), leader NA Other political or pressure groups: Turkish Confederation of Democratic Socialists (MDS), Mohammed MOUAADA; five other political parties are legal, including the world's poorest
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