_#_Constitution: 20 May 1972
_#_Legal system: based on French civil law system, with common law influence; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
_#_National holiday: National Day, 20 May (1972)
_#_Executive branch: president, Cabinet
_#_Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale)
_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State President Paul BIYA (since 6 November 1982);
Head of Government interim Prime Minister Sadou HAYATOU (since 25 April 1991)
_#_Political parties and leaders: Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC), Paul BIYA, president, is government-controlled and was formerly the only party; 17 parties formed by 1 May 1991