Eritrea
Country in E Africa, bounded N by Sudan, S by Ethiopia, SE by Djibouti,
and E by the Red Sea.
Government
At independence 1993, a transitional government was established for
a four-year period (pending the drafting of a permanent constitution).
It consists of a single-chamber national assembly, comprising
75 nominees of the ruling People's Front for Democracy and Justice
(PFDJ) (formerly the Eritrean People's Liberation Front) and 75
elected members; 11 seats are reserved for women. The assembly
elects the president, who presides over the executive authority,
the state council, which has 17 appointed members. The constitution
provides for multiparty elections.
In 1995 a new regional structure was announced, based on six administrative
regions.
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