conventional long form: Principality of Monaco
conventional short form: Monaco
local long form: Principaute de Monaco
local short form: Monaco

MN

constitutional monarchy

Monaco

none; there are no first-order
administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there
are four quarters (quartiers, singular - quartier); Fontvieille, La
Condamine, Monaco-Ville, Monte-Carlo

1419 (beginning of the rule by the House of Grimaldi)

National Day, 19 November

17 December 1962

based on French law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction

21 years of age; universal

chief of state: Prince RAINIER III (since 9 May 1949); Heir Apparent
Prince ALBERT Alexandre Louis Pierre, son of the monarch (born 14
March 1958)
head of government: Minister of State Michel LEVEQUE (since 3 February
1997)
cabinet: Council of Government is under the authority of the monarch
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; minister of state
appointed by the monarch from a list of three French national
candidates presented by the French Government

unicameral National Council or Conseil National
(18 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year
terms)
elections: last held 1 and 8 February 1998 (next to be held NA January
2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UND
18

Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme, judges named by
the monarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council

National and Democratic Union or UND
International organization participation: ACCT, ECE, IAEA, ICAO, ICRM,
IFRCS, IHO, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, OPCW, OSCE,
UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO

Monaco does not have an embassy
in the US
consulate(s): New York

the US does not have an embassy
in Monaco; the US Consul General in Marseille (France) is accredited
to Monaco

two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white;
similar to the flag of Indonesia which is longer and the flag of
Poland which is white (top) and red