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Gabon Government 1997https://photius.com/wfb1997/gabon/gabon_government.htmlSOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code GB Government type republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized1990) 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 independencefrom France) Constitution adopted 14 March 1991 Legal system based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial reviewof legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; compulsory ICJ jurisdiction not accepted Suffrage 21 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
bicameral legislature consists of a Senate (91 seats) and a NationalAssembly or Assemblee Nationale (120 seats); members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms
Judicial branch Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consisting of three chambers - Judicial,Administrative, and Accounts; Constitutional Court; Courts of Appeal (2);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]; GaboneseDemocratic Party or PDG, former sole party [Simplice Guedet MANZELA, secretarygeneral]; Gabonese Party for Progress or PGP [Pierre-Louis AGONDJO-OKAWE,president]; Gabonese People's Union or UPG [Pierre MAMBOUNDOU]; Gabonese SocialistUnion or USG [Dr. Serge Mba BEKALE]; National Recovery Movement - Lumberjacksor Morena-Bucherons/RNB [Fr. Paul M'BA-ABESSOLE]; People's Unity Party orPUP [Louis Gaston MAYILA]; ADERA 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, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU,WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
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 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gabon Government 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gabon Government 1997 should be addressed to the CIA. |