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![]() ![]() Gabon Government 1995 https://theodora.com/wfb/1995/gabon/gabon_government.html SOURCE: 1995 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Names: conventional long form: Gabonese Republic conventional short form: local long form: Republique Gabonaise local short form: Digraph: GB Type: republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized 1990) Capital:
Libreville
Independence:
17 August 1960 (from France)
Constitution: adopted 14 March 1991 Legal system:
based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of
legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court;
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction not accepted
Executive branch:
Legislative branch:
unicameral
Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme) Political parties and leaders:
Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG, former sole party), Jaques ADIAHENOT,
Secretary General; National Recovery Movement - Lumberjacks
(Morena-Bucherons/RNB), Fr. Paul M'BA-ABESSOLE, leader; Gabonese Party
for Progress (PGP), Pierre-Louis AGONDHO-OKAWE, President; National
Recovery Movement (Morena-Original), Pierre ZONGUE-NGUEMA, Chairman;
Association for Socialism in Gabon (APSG), leader NA; Gabonese
Socialist Union (USG), leader NA; Circle for Renewal and Progress
(CRP), leader NA; Union for Democracy and Development (UDD), leader
NA; Rally of Democrats (RD), leader NA; Forces of Change for
Democratic Union, leader NA
Diplomatic representation in US:
Flag:
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and blue
NOTE: The information regarding Gabon on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gabon Government 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gabon Government 1995 should be addressed to the CIA. |