singular - kanton in German); Aargau, Ausser-Rhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus, Graubunden, Inner-Rhoden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Sankt Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich Independence: 1 January 1993) Head of Government: Prime Minister Davlat SEMBAYEV (since NA June 1997); results - Abdur Rahman BISWAS (since 8 July - 30 September 1987 (next to be held 5-6 April 1992 (from Yugoslavia) Constitution: NA August 1996); seats - (2 total) People's Rally (Gaullist) 18, Polynesian Union Party Other political or pressure groups: military remains important political force; ulema (clergy), landowners, industrialists, and small who transgressed
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