Elephant; national colors: blue, white, green, yellow, red.
Title | "La Renaissance" (The Renaissance) |
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Lyric/music | Barthelemy BOGANDA/Herbert PEPPER |
Date of Independence | 13 August 1960 (from France) |
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National holiday | Republic Day, 1 December (1958) |
Legal system | civil law system based on the French model |
International law organization participation | has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction |
Constitution | |
History | Several previous; latest constitution passed by a national referendum on 30 July 2023 and validated by the Constitutional Court on 30 August 2023; note - the new constitution was proposed by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, extended the presidential term from 5 to 7 years, removed term limits, and will allow President Touadéra to run again in 2025; opposition parties denounced the changes, claiming they were created to facilitate a "life precedency" for Touadéra |
Amendments | Proposals require support of the government, two thirds of the National Council of Transition, and assent by the "Mediator of the Central African" crisis; passage requires at least three-fourths majority vote by the National Council membership; non-amendable constitutional provisions include those on the secular and republican form of government, fundamental rights and freedoms, amendment procedures, or changes to the authorities of various high-level executive, parliamentary, and judicial officials |
Citizenship | |
Citizenship by birth | no |
Citizenship by descent only | least one parent must be a citizen of the Central African Republic |
Dual citizenship recognized | yes |
Residency requirement for naturalization | 35 years |
Executive Branch | |
Chief of state | President Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA (since 30 March 2016) |
Head of government | Prime Minister Félix MOLOUA (since 7 February 2022) |
Cabinet | Council of Ministers appointed by the president |
Elections/appointments | president directly elected for 5-year term; election last held 27 December 2020 (next to be held in December 2025); constitutional referendum in July 2023 removed term limits and institutes 7-year terms; note - presidential and partial legislative elections were held on 27 December 2020; voting was disrupted in some areas, delaying the first round of legislative elections until 14 March 2021; constituencies that did vote on 27 December 2020 held runoff elections for their legislators |
Election results | 2020: Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA reelected president in first round; percent of vote - Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA (independent) 53.9%, Anicet Georges DOLOGUELE (URCA) 21%, other 25.1% 2015: Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA elected president in the second round; percent of vote in first round - Anicet-Georges DOLOGUELE (URCA) 23.7%, Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA (independent) 19.1%, Desire KOLINGBA (RDC) 12%, Martin ZIGUELE (MLPC) 11.4%, other 33.8%; percent of vote in second round - Faustin-Archange TOUADÉRA 62.7%, Anicet-Georges DOLOGUELE 37.3% |
Legislative branch | |
Description | Unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (140 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 5-year terms) |
Elections | Last held in December 2020 through July 2021 (next to be held 31 December 2025) |
Election results | Percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MCU 63, MOUNI 9, URCA 7, MLPC 7, RDC 5, KNK 3, PATRIE 3, CDE 2, RDD 2, MDD 2, PGD 2, PAD 2, CANE 2, other 11, independent 20; composition - men 124, women 16, percentage women 11.4% |
Judicial branch | |
Highest court(s) | Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of NA judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges, at least 3 of whom are women) |
Judge selection and term of office | Supreme Court judges appointed by the president; Constitutional Court judge appointments - 2 by the president, 1 by the speaker of the National Assembly, 2 elected by their peers, 2 are advocates elected by their peers, and 2 are law professors elected by their peers; judges serve 7-year non-renewable terms |
Subordinate courts | High courts; magistrates' courts |
Diplomatic representation in the US | |
Chief of mission | Ambassador Martial NDOUBOU (since 17 September 2018) |
Chancery | 2704 Ontario Road NW, Washington, DC 20009 |
Telephone | [1] (202) 483-7800 |
FAX | [1] (202) 332-9893 |
Email address and website | [email protected] https://www.usrcaembassy.org/ |
Diplomatic representation from the US | |
Chief of mission | Ambassador Patricia A. MAHONEY (since 8 April 2022) |
Embassy | Avenue David Dacko, Bangui |
Mailing address | 2060 Bangui Place, Washington DC 20521-2060 |
Telephone | [236] 2161-0200 |
FAX | [236] 2161-4494 |
Email address and website | Https://cf.usembassy.gov/ |
National heritage | |
Total World Heritage Sites | 2 (natural) |
Selected World Heritage Site locales | Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park; Sangha Trinational Forest |
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