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Government
Long-form name: Gabonese Republic.
Type: republic; one-party presidential regime since 1964.
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).
Constitution: 21 February 1961, revised 15 April 1975.
Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary
law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional
Chamber of the Supreme Court; compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
not accepted.
National holiday: Renovation Day (Gabonese Democratic Party
established), 12 March (1968).
Executive branch: president, prime minister, Cabinet.
Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (Assemble
Nationale).
Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme).
Leaders:
Chief of State--President El Hadj Omar BONGO
(since 2 December 1967);
Head of Government--Prime Minister Leon MEBIAME
(since 16 April 1975).
Political parties and leaders: only party--Gabonese Social
Democratic Rally (RSDG), El Hadj Omar Bongo, president;
formerly Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), which was dissolved
in February 1990.
Suffrage: universal at age 21.
Elections:
President--last held on 9 November 1986 (next to be held
November 1993); results--President Omar BONGO was reelected
without opposition;
National Assembly--last held on 17 February 1985 (next
to be held by February 1992); results--PDG was the only
party; seats--(120 total, 111 elected) PDG 111.
Communists: no organized party; probably some Communist
sympathizers.
Member of: ACP, AfDB, CCC, Conference of East and Central
African States, EAMA, EIB (associate), FAO, G-77, GATT,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCO, ICO, IDA, IDB--Islamic Development
Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU,
ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, OPEC, UDEAC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Jean Robert ODZAGA;
Chancery at 2034 20th Street NW, Washington DC 20009; telephone
(202) 797-1000; US--Ambassador Keith L. WAUCHOPE; Embassy
at Boulevard de la Mer, Libreville (mailing address is B.
P. 4000, Libreville); telephone 762003 or 762004, 761337,
721348, 740248.
Flag: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow,
and blue.