Guinée - Gouvernement - Profil - 2001

Capitale

Conakry

Fête de l'Indépendance

2 Octobre 1958 (from France)

Fête nationale

Jour De l'Indépendance, 2 Octobre (1958)

Constitution

23 Decembre 1990 (Loi Fundamentale)

Suffrage - Age minimum de l'électeur

18 ans; universal

Pouvoir exécutif

chef d'état (Président): Président Lansana CONTE (head of military government depuis 5 April 1984, elected president 19 December 1993)

chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Prime Minister Lamine SIDIME (depuis 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%,