Congo Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: People’s Republic of the Congo

Type: people’s republic

Capital: Brazzaville

Political subdivisions: nine regions divided into districts

Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law, constitution adopted 1973

National holiday: National Day, 15 August

Branches: presidential executive, Council of State, judiciary, all policy made by Congolese Labor Party Central Committee and Politburo

Government leaders: Col. DenisSASSOU-NGUESSO, President and party chairman (since 1979); Ange Edouard POUNGUI, Prime Minister (since July 1984)

Suffrage: universal over age 18

Elections: elections for local and regional organs and the National Assembly were held in July 1979—the first elections since June 1973

Political parties and leaders: Congolese Labor Party (PCT) is the only legal party; Party Congress held in July 1984—Sasson unanimously elected to another 5-year term as president and party chairman

Communists: unknown 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: AfDB, Conference of East and Central African States, EAMA, ECA, E1B (associate), FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IFAD, 1FC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAU, UDEAC, UEAC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO

NOTE: The information regarding Congo on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Congo 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Congo 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.