Head of state:
President Issaias Afwerki
Head of government: President Issaias Afwerki
Eritrea has
an executive President and a unicameral 150-member National Assembly
which comprises 75 Central Committee members of the ruling PFDJ,
together with 75 others, of whom at least 11 must be women. The
National Assembly elects the president directly. Executive power
is is vested in a 24-member State Council chaired by the president.
Following
the referendum in April 1993, the country's first elections since
independence from Ethiopia took place in 1994, when the PFDJ (People's
Front for Democracy and Justice) won 284 of the 303 declared results.
A democatic
constition that guarantees
the rights to all citizens, creates political pluralisme
The Eritrean
Government has a strong commitment to the development of a private
sector-led market economy, and has adopted a zero tolerance policy
towards corruption.
The announcement
of elections in December 2001 is another important milepost in
the Eritrean history as an independent nation.
The official Eritrean national flag
