Guinea Gouvernement Profiel 2008

Hoofdstad

name: Conakry
geographic coordinates: 9 33 N, 13 42 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Onafhankelijkheid dag

2 Oktober 1958 (from France)

Nationale feestdag

Independence Day, 2 Oktober (1958)

Grondwet

23 December 1990 (Loi Fundamentale)

Stemmen

18 jaar; universal

uitvoerende macht

chief of state: President Lansana CONTE (head of military government since 5 April 1984, elected president 19 December 1993)
head of government: Prime Minister Lansana KOUYATE (since 26 February 2007)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president
elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (no term limits); candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast to be elected president; election last held 21 December 2003 (next to be held in December 2010); the prime minister is appointed by the president
election results: Lansana CONTE reelected president; percent of vote - Lansana CONTE 95.3%, Mamadou Bhoye BARRY 4.6%