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CAPITAL CITIES: Bucharest TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: republic DATE OF INDEPENDENCE: May 9, 1877 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS: Unification Day, December 1 CHIEF OF STATE: President Traian Basescu HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister Victor Viorel Ponta DESCRIPTION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH: includes Chief of State, Head of Government, and Cabinet DESCRIPTION OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH: bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies DESCRIPTION OF JUDICIAL BRANCH: High Court of Cassation and Justice and Supreme Constitutional Court SUFFRAGE: 18 years of age; universal THEIR AMBASSADOR TO UNITED STATES: Adrian Cosmin Vierita LOCATION OF THEIR EMBASSY IN THE US: Washington DC LOCATIONS OF THEIR CONSULATE IN THE US: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York US AMBASSADOR TO THEM: Duane Boucher LOCATION OF US EMBASSY THERE: Bucharest LOCATION OF US CONSULATE THERE: N/A NAME OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE TO UN: N/A DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLISM ON FLAG: the red and yellow represent Wallachia and Moldavia, which united in 1862 to form Romania NATIONAL SYMBOLS: golden eagle |
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