Short facts about the government of Guinea
| Country
name: |
conventional long
form: Republic of Guinea
conventional short
form: Guinea
local long form: Republique de
Guinee
local short form: Guinee
former: French
Guinea |
| Government
type: |
republic |
| Administrative divisions: |
33 prefectures and 1 special zone (zone
special)*; Beyla, Boffa, Boke, Conakry*, Coyah, Dabola, Dalaba, Dinguiraye,
Dubreka, Faranah, Forecariah, Fria, Gaoual, Gueckedou, Kankan, Kerouane, Kindia,
Kissidougou, Koubia, Koundara, Kouroussa, Labe, Lelouma, Lola, Macenta, Mali,
Mamou, Mandiana, Nzerekore, Pita, Siguiri, Telimele, Tougue,
Yomou |
| Independence: |
2 October 1958 (from
France) |
| National
holiday: |
Independence Day, 2 October
(1958) |
| Constitution: |
23 December 1990 (Loi
Fundamentale) |
| Legal
system: |
based on French civil law system,
customary law, and decree; legal codes currently being revised; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Suffrage: |
18 years of age;
universal |
| Executive
branch: |
chief of state:
President Lansana CONTE (head of military government since 5 April
1984, elected president 19 December 1993)
head of government:
Prime Minister Lamine SIDIME (since 8 March 1999)
cabinet:
Council of Ministers appointed by the president
elections:
president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; candidate must receive a
majority of the votes cast to be elected president; election last held 14
December 1998 (next to be held NA December 2003); the prime minister is
appointed by the president
election results: Lansana CONTE
reelected president; percent of vote - Lansana CONTE (PUP) 56.1%, Mamadou Boye
BA (UNR-PRP) 24.6%, Alpha CONDE (RPG)
16.6%, |
| Legislative
branch: |
unicameral People's National Assembly
or Assemblee Nationale Populaire (114 seats; members are elected by direct
popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 11
June 1995 (next scheduled for 26 November 2000 postponed indefinitely due to
border fighting with rebels from Sierra Leone and Liberia)
election
results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PUP 71, RPG 19,
PRP 9, UNR 9, UPG 2, PDG-AST 1, UNP 1, PDG-RDA 1, other
1 |
| Judicial
branch: |
Court of Appeal or Cour
d'Appel |
| Political
parties and leaders: |
Democratic Party of Guinea or PDG-AST
[Marcel CROS]; Democratic Party of Guinea-African Democratic Rally or PDG-RDA
[El Hadj Ismael Mohamed Gassim GUSHEIN]; National Union for Progress or UNP
[Paul Louis FABER]; Party for Unity and Progress or PUP [Lansana CONTE] - the
governing party; Party for Renewal and Progress or PRP [Siradiou DIALLO]; Rally
for the Guinean People or RPG [Alpha CONDE]; Union for Progress of Guinea or UPG
[Jean-Marie DORE, secretary-general]; Union for the New Republic or UNR [Mamadou
Boye BA]; Union of Republican Forces or UFR [Sidya
TOURE] |
| Political
pressure groups and leaders: |
NA |
| International organization participation: |
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO,
G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MINURSO, NAM, OAU, OIC,
OPCW, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO,
WTrO |
| Diplomatic
representation in the US: |
chief of mission:
Ambassador Mohamed Aly THIAM
chancery: 2112 Leroy
Place NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202)
483-9420
FAX: [1] (202)
483-8688 |
| Diplomatic
representation from the US: |
chief of mission:
Charge d'Affaires Timberlake FOSTER
embassy: Rue Ka
038, Conakry
mailing address: B. P. 603,
Conakry
telephone: [224] 41 15 20, 41 15 21, 41 15
23
FAX: [224] 41 15 22 |
| Flag
description: |
three equal vertical bands of red
(hoist side), yellow, and green; uses the popular pan-African colors of
Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Rwanda, which has a large black letter R
centered in the yellow band | Source: World Factbook |
