GuineaBissau (formerly Portuguese Guinea) Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official namt: Republic of Guinea-Bissau

Type: republic; highly centralized one-party regime since September 1974

Capital: Bissau

Political subdivisions: 9 regions, 3 circum scriptions (predominantly indigenous population)

Legal system new constitution approved May 1984

National holiday: Independence Day, 24 September

Branches-president and cabinet; 150-member National Popular Assembly, overseen by 15-member Council of State

Government leaders-Brig. Gen. Joao Bernardo VIEIBA, President, Council of State (since November 1980); Paulo COBBEIA, First Vice President, Council of State (since May 1984); lafai CAM AB A, Second Vice President, Council of State (since May 1984)

Suffrage universal over age 15

Elections: legislative elections held March 1984; legislature elected Vieira to serve a five-year term as President in May 1984

Political parties and leaders: African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), led by President

, Vieira only legal party; Guinea-Bissau decided to retain the binational party title despite its formal break with (Jape Verde

Communists a few Communists, some sympathizers

Member of: AfDB, CEAO, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IBRD, ICAO ICO. IDA, IDB—'Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, ISCON, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO

NOTE: The information regarding GuineaBissau (formerly Portuguese Guinea) 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 GuineaBissau (formerly Portuguese Guinea) 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about GuineaBissau (formerly Portuguese Guinea) 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.