<item><hi format=bold>Independence:</hi> 2 October 1958 (from France)
<item><hi format=bold>National holiday:</hi> Anniversary of the Second Republic, 3 April (1984)
<item><hi format=bold>Constitution:</hi> 23 December 1990 (Loi Fundamentale)
<item><hi format=bold>Legal system:</hi> based on French civil law system, customary law, and decree; legal codes currently being revised; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
<item><hi format=bold>Suffrage:</hi> none
<item><hi format=bold>Executive branch:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of state and head of government:</hi> President Lansana CONTE, elected in the first multi-party election 19 December 1993 prior to the election he had ruled as head of military government since 5 April 1984
<item>• <hi format=ital>cabinet:</hi> Council of Ministers; appointed by the president
<item><hi format=bold>People's National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale Populaire):</hi> the People's National Assembly was dissolved after the 3 April 1984 coup; framework established in December 1991 for a new National Assembly with 114 seats; legislative elections are scheduled for 1994
<item><hi format=bold>Judicial branch:</hi> Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel)
<item><hi format=bold>Political parties and leaders:</hi> political parties were legalized on 1 April 1992
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<item>• <hi format=ital>pro-government:</hi> Party for Unity and Progress (PUP)
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> Rally for the Guinean People (RPG), Alpha CONDE; Union for a New Republic (UNR), Mamadou BAH; Party for Renewal and Progress (PRP), Siradiou DIALLO
<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of mission:</hi> Ambassador Joseph A. SALOOM
<item>• <hi format=ital>embassy:</hi> 2nd Boulevard and 9th Avenue, Conakry
<item>• <hi format=ital>mailing address:</hi> B. P. 603, Conakry
<item>• <hi format=ital>telephone:</hi> (224) 44-15-20 through 24
<item>• <hi format=ital>FAX:</hi> (224) 44-15-22
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<item><hi format=bold>Flag:</hi> three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Rwanda, which has a large black letter R centered in the yellow band