_#_National holiday: Independence Day, 24 September (1973)
_#_Executive branch: president of the Council of State, vice presidents of the Council of State, Council of State, Council of Ministers (cabinet)
_#_Legislative branch: unicameral National People's Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular)
_#_Judicial branch: none; there is a Ministry of Justice in the Council of Ministers
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State and Head of Government—President of the
Council of State Brig. Gen. Joao Bernardo VIEIRA (assumed power 14
November 1980 and elected President of Council of State on 16 May 1984);
First Vice President Col. Iafai CAMARA (since 7 November 1985); Second
Vice President Vasco CABRAL (since 21 June 1989)
_#_Political parties and leaders: only party—African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), President Joao Bernardo VIEIRA, leader; the party decided to retain the binational title despite its formal break with Cape Verde
_#_Suffrage: universal at age 15
_#_Elections:
President of Council of State—last held 19 June 1989 (next to be held NA 1993); results—Brig. Gen. Joao Bernardo VIEIRA was reelected without opposition by the National People's Assembly;