_#_Executive branch: president, prime minister, Council of Ministers
_#_Legislative branch: National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale)
_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State—President Hassan GOULED Aptidon (since 24 June 1977);
Head of Government—Prime Minister BARKAT Gourad Hamadou (since 30
September 1978)
_#_Political parties and leaders: only party—People's Progress Assembly (RPP), Hassan GOULED Aptidon
_#_Suffrage: universal adult at age NA
_#_Elections:
President—last held 24 April 1987 (next to be held April 1993); results—President Hassan GOULED Aptidon was reelected without opposition;