_*Government #_Long-form name: Gabonese Republic
_#_Type: republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized 1990)
_#_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 (Assemblee Nationale)