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