The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       National holiday:

       Congolese National Day, 15 August (1960)

       Executive branch:

       president, prime minister, Council of Ministers (cabinet)

       Legislative branch:

       a transitional National Assembly

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

       Leaders:

       Chief of State:

       President Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO (since 8 February 1979); stripped of most

       powers by National Conference in May 1991

       Head of Government:

       Prime Minister Andre MILONGO (since May 1991)

       Political parties and leaders:

       Congolese Labor Party (PCT), President Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO, leader; note -

       multiparty system legalized, with over 50 parties established

       Suffrage:

       universal at age 18

       Elections:

       National Assembly:

       transitional body selected by National Conference in May 1991; election for

       new legislative body to be held spring 1992

       President:

       last held 26-31 July 1989 (next to be held June 1992); results - President

       SASSOU-NGUESSO unanimously reelected leader of the PCT by the Party

       Congress, which automatically made him president

       Communists:

       small number of Communists and sympathizers

       Other political or pressure groups:

       Union of Congolese Socialist Youth (UJSC), Congolese Trade Union Congress

       (CSC), Revolutionary Union of Congolese Women (URFC), General Union of

       Congolese Pupils and Students (UGEEC)

       Member of:

       ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC, CCC, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO,

       IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM,

       OAU, UDEAC, UN, UNAVEM, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,

       WTO

       Diplomatic representation:

       Ambassador Roger ISSOMBO; Chancery at 4891 Colorado Avenue NW, Washington,

       DC 20011; telephone (202) 726-5500

      :Congo Government

      US:

       Ambassador James Daniel PHILLIPS; Embassy at Avenue Amilcar Cabral,

       Brazzaville (mailing address is B. P. 1015, Brazzaville, or Box C, APO AE

       09828); telephone (242) 83-20-70; FAX [242] 83-63-38

       Flag:

       red, divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a yellow band; the

       upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is red; uses the

       popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

      :Congo Economy

      Overview:

       Congo's economy is a mixture of village agriculture and handicrafts, a

       beginning industrial sector based largely on oil, supporting services, and a

       government characterized by budget problems and overstaffing. A reform

       program, supported by the IMF and World Bank, ran into difficulties in

       1990-91 because of problems in changing to a democratic political regime and

       a heavy debt-servicing burden. Oil has supplanted forestry as the mainstay

       of the economy, providing about two-thirds of government revenues and

       exports. In the early 1980s rapidly rising oil revenues enabled Congo to

       finance large-scale development projects with growth averaging 5% annually,

       one of the highest rates in Africa. During the period 1987-91, however,

       growth has slowed to an average of roughly 1.5% annually, only half the

       population growth rate.

       GDP:

       exchange rate conversion - $2.4 billion, per capita $1,070; real growth rate

       0.5% (1990 est.)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       4.6% (1989 est.)

       Unemployment rate:

       NA%

       Budget:

       revenues $522 million; expenditures $767 million, including capital

       expenditures of $141 million (1989)

       Exports:

       $751 million (f.o.b., 1988)

       commodities:

       crude petroleum 72%, lumber, plywood, coffee, cocoa, sugar, diamonds

       partners:

       US, France, other EC

       Imports:

       $564 million (c.i.f., 1988)

       commodities:

       foodstuffs, consumer goods, intermediate manufactures, capital equipment

       partners:

       France, Italy, other EC, US, FRG, Spain, Japan, Brazil

       External debt:

       $4.5 billion (December 1988)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 1.2% (1989); accounts for 33% of GDP, including petroleum

       Electricity:

       140,000 kW capacity; 315 million kWh produced, 135 kWh per capita (1991)

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