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    Gabon Government 1998
    https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/gabon/gabon_government.html
    SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Country name
      conventional long form: Gabonese Republic
      conventional short form: Gabon
      local long form: Republique Gabonaise
      local short form: Gabon

      Data code GB

      Government type republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized 1990)

      National capital Libreville

      Administrative divisions 9 provinces; Estuaire, Haut-Ogooue, Moyen-Ogooue, Ngounie, Nyanga, Ogooue-Ivindo, Ogooue-Lolo, Ogooue-Maritime, Woleu-Ntem

      Independence 17 August 1960 (from France)

      National holiday Independence Day, 17 August (1960) (Gabon granted full independence 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

      Suffrage 21 years of age; universal

      Executive branch
      chief of state: President El Hadj Omar BONGO (since 2 December 1967)
      head of government: Prime Minister Paulin OBAME Nguema (since 9 December 1994)
      cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the president
      elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 5 December 1993 (next to be held NA 1998); prime minister appointed by the president
      election results: President Omar BONGO reelected; percent of vote - Omar BONGO 51%

      Legislative branch bicameral legislature consists of a Senate (91 seats) and a National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (120 seats); members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms
      elections: National Assembly - last held in December 1996 (next to be held in December 2001); Senate - last held 12 January 1997 (next to be held in January 2002)
      election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDG 100, Morena-Bucherons/RNB 8, PUP 3, CLR 3, FAR 1, UPG 1, USG 2, PGP 2; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDG 51, RNB 17, PGP 4, ADERA 3, RDP 1, others 15
      note: the provision of the constitution for the establishment of a senate was implemented in the 12 January 1997 elections

      Judicial branch Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consisting of three chambers - Judicial, Administrative, and Accounts; Constitutional Court; Courts of Appeal; Court of State Security; County Courts

      Political parties and leaders Action Forum for Renewal or FAR [Leon MBOU-YEMBI, secretary general]; Circle of Liberal Reformers or CLR [General Jean Boniface ASSELE]; Gabonese Democratic Party or PDG, former sole party [Simplice Guedet MANZELA, secretary general]; Gabonese Party for Progress or PGP [Pierre-Louis AGONDJO-OKAWE, president]; Gabonese People's Union or UPG [Pierre MAMBOUNDOU]; Gabonese Socialist Union or USG [Dr. Serge Mba BEKALE]; National Recovery Movement - Lumberjacks or Morena-Bucherons/RNB [Fr. Paul M'BA-ABESSOLE]; People's Unity Party or PUP [Louis Gaston MAYILA]; ADERA; Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Akexandre SAMBAT, president]

      International organization participation ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC, CCC, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UDEAC, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

      Diplomatic representation in the US
      chief of mission: Ambassador Paul BOUNDOUKOU-LATHA
      chancery: Suite 200, 2034 20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
      telephone: [1] (202) 797-1000
      FAX: [1] (202) 332-0668
      consulate(s): New York

      Diplomatic representation from the US
      chief of mission: Ambassador Elizabeth RASPOLIC
      embassy: Boulevard de la Mer, Libreville
      mailing address: B. P. 4000, Libreville
      telephone: [241] 76 20 03 through 76 20 04, 74 34 92
      FAX: [241] 74 55 07

      Flag description three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and blue

      NOTE: The information regarding Gabon on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gabon Government 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gabon Government 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.

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