The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       republic, multiparty since mid-1991

      Capital:

       Bissau

      Administrative divisions:

       9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau,

       Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali; note - Bolama may have

       been renamed Bolama/Bijagos

      Independence:

       24 September 1973 (unilaterally declared by Guinea-Bissau); 10

       September 1974 (recognized by Portugal)

      National holiday:

       Independence Day, 24 September (1973)

      Constitution:

       16 May 1984, amended 4 May 1991, 4 December 1991, 26 February 1993,

       9 June 1993, and 1996

      Legal system:

       NA

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Henrique ROSA (interim; since 28

       September 2003); note - a September 2003 coup overthrew the elected

       government of Kumba YALA; General Verissimo Correia SEABRA served as

       interim president from 14 to 28 September 2003

       elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;

       election last held 28 November 1999 and 16 January 2000 (next to be

       held NA 2004); prime minister appointed by the president after

       consultation with party leaders in the legislature

       note: a bloodless coup led to the dissolution of the elected

       government of Kumba YALA in September 2003; General Verissimo

       Correia SEABRA served as interim president from 14 September 2003

       until stepping aside on 28 September 2003 with the establishment of

       a caretaker government

       election results: Kumba YALA elected president; percent of vote,

       second ballot - Kumba YALA (PRS) 72%, Malan Bacai SANHA (PAIGC) 28%

       cabinet: NA

       head of government: Prime Minister Carlos GOMES Junior (since 9 May

       2004)

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral National People's Assembly or Assembleia Nacional

       Popular (100 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve a

       maximum of four years); note - President YALA dissolved the National

       People's Assembly in November 2002, elections for a new legislature

       were scheduled to fall in February 2003 but were then postponed to

       April, then July, then September, and were last scheduled to occur

       in March 2004

       elections: last held 28 March 2004 (next to be held NA 2009)

       election results: percent of vote by party - PAIGC 31.5%, PRS 24.8%,

       PUSD 16.1%, UE 4.1%, APU 1.3%, 13 other parties 22.2% ; seats by

       party - PAIGC 45, PRS 35, PUSD 17, UE 2, APU 1

      Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da Justica (consists of nine

       justices who are appointed by the president and serve at his

       pleasure; final court of appeals in criminal and civil cases);

       Regional Courts (one in each of nine regions; first court of appeals

       for Sectoral Court decisions; hear all felony cases and civil cases

       valued at over $1,000); 24 Sectoral Courts (judges are not

       necessarily trained lawyers; they hear civil cases under $1,000 and

       misdemeanor criminal cases)

      Political parties and leaders:

       African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde

       or PAIGC [Carlos GOMES Junior]; Front for the Liberation and

       Independence of Guinea or FLING [Francois MENDY]; Guinea-Bissau

       Resistance-Ba Fata Movement or RGB-MB [Helder Vaz LOPES]; Guinean

       Civic Forum or FCG [Antonieta Rosa GOMES]; International League for

       Ecological Protection or LIPE [Alhaje Bubacar DJALO, president];

       National Union for Democracy and Progress or UNDP [Abubacer BALDE,

       secretary general]; Party for Democratic Convergence or PCD [Victor

       MANDINGA]; Social Renovation Party or PRS [Kumba YALA]; Union for

       Change or UM [Jorge MANDINGA, president, Dr. Anne SAAD, secretary

       general]; United Platform or UP [coalition formed by PCD, FDS,

       FLING, and RGB-MB]; United Social Democratic Party or PUSD

       [Francisco Jose FADUL]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

       NA

      International organization participation:

       ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt

       (signatory), ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,

       Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, NAM, OIC, OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD,

       UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,

       WToO, WTO

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

       chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Henrique

       Adriano DA SILVA

       chancery: 1511 K Street NW, Suite 519, Washington, DC 20005

       FAX: [1] (202) 347–3954

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