Suffrage: NA years of age; universal adult
Executive branch:
chief of state: President Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA
MBASOGO (since 3 August 1979) election last held 25 February 1996
(next to be held NA February 2003); results - President OBIANG
NGUEMA MBASOGO reelected to a seven-year term without opposition
head of government: Prime Minister Silvestre SIALE BILEKA (since 17
January 1992); Vice Prime Minister Anatolio NDONG MBA (since
November 1993)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president
Legislative branch: unicameral House of People's Representatives: (Camara de Representantes del Pueblo) elections last held 21 November 1993 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (82 total) PDGE 72, various opposition parties 10
Judicial branch: Supreme Tribunal
Political parties and leaders:
ruling party: Democratic Party for Equatorial Guinea (PDGE), Brig.
Gen. (Ret.) Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, party leader
opposition parties: Progressive Democratic Alliance (ADP),
Antonio-Ebang Mbele Abang, president; Popular Action of Equatorial
Guinea (APGE),Casiano Masi Edu, leader; Liberal Democratic
Convention (CLD), Alfonso Nsue MIFUMU, president; Convergence for
Social Democracy (CPDS), Santiago Obama Ndong, president; Social
Democratic and Popular Convergence (CSDP), Secundino Oyono Agueng
Ada, general secretary; Party of the Social Democratic Coalition
(PCSD), Buenaventura Moswi M'Asumu, general coordinater; Liberal
Party (PL), Santos PASCUAL; Party of Progress (PP), Severo MOTO Nsa,
president; Social Democratic Party (PSD), Benjamin-Gabriel Balingha
Balinga Alene, general secretary; Socialist Party of Equatorial
Guinea (PSGE), Tomas MICHEBE Fernandez, general secretary; National
Democratic Union (UDENA), Jose MECHEBA Ikaka, president; Democratic
Social Union (UDS), Camelo Modu, general secretary; Popular Union
(UP), Juan Bitui, president
International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC,
CEEAC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAS
(observer), OAU, UDEAC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WTrO
(applicant)
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Pastor Micha ONDO BILE
chancery: (temporary) 57 Magnolia Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10553
telephone: [1] (914) 738-9584, 667-6913
FAX: [1] (914) 667-6838
US diplomatic representation: the US does not have an embassy in
Equatorial Guinea (embassy closed September 1995); US relations with
Equatorial Guinea are handled through the US Embassy in Yaounde,
Cameroon
Flag: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has six yellow six-pointed stars (representing the mainland and five offshore islands) above a gray shield bearing a silk-cotton tree and below which is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA (Unity, Peace, Justice)
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