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Guinea Government 1996

    • Names:

        conventional long form:
        Republic of Guinea

        conventional short form:
        Guinea

        local long form:
        Republique de Guinee

        local short form:
        Guinee

        former:
        French Guinea

    • Digraph:
      GV

    • Type:
      republic

    • Capital:
      Conakry

    • Administrative divisions:
      33 administrative regions (regions administratives, singular - region administrative); Beyla, Boffa, Boke, Conakry, Coyah, Dabola, Dalaba, Dinguiraye, 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:
      Anniversary of the Second Republic, 3 April (1984)

    • 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 and head of government:
        President Lansana CONTE, elected in the first multi-party election 19 December 1993; prior to the election he had ruled as head of military government since 5 April 1984

        cabinet:
        Council of Ministers; appointed by the president

    • Legislative branch:
      unicameral

        People's National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale Populaire):
        the People's National Assembly was dissolved after the 3 April 1984 coup; framework established in December 1991 for a new National Assembly with 114 seats; legislative elections, tentatively scheduled for 1994, were not held and are now rescheduled for 11 June 1995

    • Judicial branch:
      Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel)

    • Political parties and leaders:
      political parties were legalized on 1 April 1992

        pro-government:
        Party for Unity and Progress (PUP)

        other:
        Rally for the Guinean People (RPG), Alpha CONDE; Union for a New Republic (UNR), Mamadou BAH; Party for Renewal and Progress (PRP), Siradiou DIALLO; Movement of Patriotic Democrats (MDP), Ahmed Tidiane CISSE

    • Member of:
      ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEAO (observer), ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, MINURSO, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

    • Diplomatic representation in US:

        chief of mission:
        Ambassador Elhadj Boubacar BARRY

        chancery:
        2112 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008

        telephone:
        [1] (202) 483-9420

        FAX:
        [1] (202) 483-8688

    • US diplomatic representation:

        chief of mission:
        Ambassador Joseph A. SALOOM III

        embassy:
        2nd Boulevard and 9th Avenue, Conakry

        mailing address:
        B. P. 603, Conakry

        telephone:
        [224] 44 15 20 through 44 15 23

        FAX:
        [224] 44 15 22

    • Flag:
      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






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