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GovernmentCountry name
Conventional long form Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Conventional short form Guinea-Bissau Local long form Republica da Guine-Bissau Local short form Guine-Bissau Former Portuguese Guinea Government type
Republic
Capital
Name Bissau
Geographic coordinates 11 51 N, 15 35 W Time difference UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) 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 (declared); 10 September 1974 (from Portugal) Constitution
16 May 1984; amended several times Legal system
Mixed legal system of civil law (influenced by the early French Civil Code) and customary law International law organization participation
Accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; non-party state to the ICCt Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch
Chief of state
[Transitional] President Manuel Serifo NHAMADJO (since 11 May 2012) Note In the aftermath of the April 2012 coup that deposed the government, an agreement was reached between ECOWAS mediators and the military junta to name NHAMADJO as transitional president with a one year term Head of government [Transitional] Prime Minister Rui Duarte BARROS (since 16 May 2012) Cabinet NAElections President elected by popular vote for a five-year term (no term limits); election last held on 18 March 2012 with a runoff between the two leading candidates scheduled for 22 April 2012; prime minister appointed by the president after consultation with party leaders in the legislature Election results With no candidate receiving a minimum 50% of the vote in the first round, a runoff between the two leading candidates is scheduled for 22 April 2012; percent of vote (first round) - Carlos GOMES JUNIOR 49.0%, Kumba YALA 23.4%, others 27.6% Legislative branch
Unicameral National People's Assembly or Assembleia Nacional Popular (100 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) Elections Last held on 16 November 2008 (next to be held in 2012) Election results Percent of vote by party - PAIGC 49.8%, PRS 25.3%, PRID 7.5%, PND 2.4%, AD 1.4%, other parties 13.6%; seats by party - PAIGC 67, PRS 28, PRID 3, PND 1, AD 1 Judicial branch
Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da Justica (consists of nine justices 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 more than $1,000); 24 Sectoral Courts (judges are not necessarily trained lawyers; they hear civil cases valued at less than $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]; Democratic Alliance or AD [Victor MANDINGA]; Democratic Social Front or FDS [Rafael BARBOSA]; Electoral Union or UE [Joaquim BALDE]; Guinea-Bissau Civic Forum/Social Democracy or FCGSD [Antonieta Rosa GOMES]; Guinea-Bissau Democratic Party or PDG; Guinea-Bissau Socialist Democratic Party or PDSG [Serifo BALDE]; Labor and Solidarity Party or PST [Lancuba INDJAI]; New Democracy Party or PND; Party for Democratic Convergence or PCD [Victor MANDINGA]; Party for Renewal and Progress or PRP; Party for Social Renewal or PRS [Sory DJALO]; Progress Party or PP; Republican Party for Independence and Development or PRID [Aristides GOMES]; Union of Guinean Patriots or UPG [Francisca VAZ]; Union for Change or UM [Amine SAAD]; United Platform or UP (coalition formed by PCD, FDS, FLING, and RGB-MB); United Popular Alliance or APU; United Social Democratic Party or PUSD [Francisco FADUL] Political pressure groups and leaders
NA
International organization participation
ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU (suspended), CPLP, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in the us
Chief of mission
None; note - Guinea-Bissau does not have official representation in Washington, DC Diplomatic representation from the us
The US Embassy suspended operations on 14 June 1998 in the midst of violent conflict between forces loyal to then President VIEIRA and military-led junta; the US Ambassador to Senegal is accredited to Guinea-Bissau Flag description
Two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a vertical red band on the hoist side; there is a black five-pointed star centered in the red band; yellow symbolizes the sun; green denotes hope; red represents blood shed during the struggle for independence; the black star stands for African unity Note Uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the flag design was heavily influenced by the Ghanaian flag National anthem
Name
"Esta e a Nossa Patria Bem Amada" (This Is Our Beloved Country) Lyrics/music Amilcar Lopes CABRAL/XIAO HeNote Adopted 1974; a delegation from Portuguese Guinea visited China in 1963 and heard music by XIAO He; Amilcar Lopes CABRA, the leader of Guinea-Bissau's independence movement, asked the composer to create a piece that would inspire his people to struggle for independence
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