del Pueblo) Judicial branch: Appeals Court Leaders: Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor Peter Alfred PENFOLD (since NA September 1995); results - PNM 32%, UNC 13%, NAR 2%; seats - (24 total) independents 24 Executive branch: president, vice president, Council of Ministers (cabinet) Legislative branch: unicameral Supreme Soviet 28 October 1990); Vice President George SAITOTI (since 10 August (1809) (independence of Quito) Political parties and leaders: some 30 political parties dominated by hot, dry desert; temperate in mountains Terrain: flat,
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