_#_Independence: 15 August 1960 (from France; formerly Congo/Brazzaville)
_#_Constitution: 8 July 1979, currently being modified
_#_Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law
_#_National holiday: National Day, 15 August (1960)
_#_Executive branch: president, prime minister, Council of Ministers (cabinet)
_#_Legislative branch: unicameral National People's Assembly (Assemblee Nationale Populaire)
_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State—President Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO (since 8 February 1979);
Head of Government—Prime Minister Brig. Gen. Louis-Sylvain
GOMA (since 9 January 1991)