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Guinea Government 1996
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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
2 October 1958 (from France)
Anniversary of the Second Republic, 3 April (1984)
23 December 1990 (Loi Fundamentale)
based on French civil law system, customary law, and decree; legal codes
currently being revised; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
18 years of age; universal
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
Council of Ministers; appointed by the president
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
Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel)
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Political parties and leaders:
political parties were legalized on 1 April 1992
Party for Unity and Progress (PUP)
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
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
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Ambassador Elhadj Boubacar BARRY
2112 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008
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US diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Joseph A. SALOOM III
2nd Boulevard and 9th Avenue, Conakry
[224] 44 15 20 through 44 15 23
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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