CapitaleConakry Indipendenza2 Ottobre 1958 (from France) Festa nazionaleGiorno Di Indipendenza, 2 Ottobre (1958) Costituzione23 Dicembre 1990 (Loi Fundamentale) Suffragio18 anni; universal Ramo esecutivocapo dello stato: Presidente Lansana CONTE (head of military government da allora 5 April 1984, elected president 19 December 1993)
capo di governo: Prime Minister Lamine SIDIME (da allora 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%, |