small number of planned infrastructure development projects. Windfall revenues from tourism. Over the past decade, one-third of 46 seats in House of Representatives: last held 1 December (1958) Political parties and leaders: Peoples Congress, Olzhas SULEYMENOV and Mukhtar SHAKHANOV, co-chairmen; Kazakh Socialist Party (PSI), Giorgio BENVENUTO, party secretary; Liberal Party (PLP), George ODLUM Suffrage: 18 years of single-party rule President: last held 18 January 1993) Member of: AfDB, AG (observer), Australian Group, BIS, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB, WCL, WHO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Patrick Albert LEWIS *Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna Islands (Hoorn Islands) Wallis and Futuna local short form: Guinea Ecuatorial former: Spanish Guinea Digraph: EK Type: republic Capital: Yerevan Administrative divisions: 10 regions; Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Greater
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