rtages on plantations; 58% of population of working age
(1985)

@Equatorial Guinea, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
conventional short form:
Equatorial Guinea
local long form:
Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial
local short form:
Guinea Ecuatorial
former:
Spanish Guinea
Digraph:
EK
Type:
republic in transition to multiparty democracy
Capital:
Malabo
Administrative divisions:
7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Annobon, Bioko Norte,
Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Kie-Ntem, Litoral, Wele-Nzas
Independence:
12 October 1968 (from Spain)
National holiday:
Independence Day, 12 October (1968)
Constitution:
new constitution 17 November 1991
Legal system:
partly based on Spanish civil law and tribal custom
Suffrage:
universal adult at age NA
Executive branch:
chief of state:
President Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO (since 3
August 1979) election last held 25 June 1989 (next to be held 25 June
1996); results - President Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA
MBASOGO was reelected without opposition
head of government:
Prime Minister Silvestre SIALE BILEKA (since 17 January 1992); Vice
Prime Minister Anatolio NDONG MBA (since November 1993);
cabinet:
Council of Ministers; appointed by the president
Legislative branch:
unicameral
House of People's Representatives:
(Camara de Representantes del Pueblo) elections last held 21 November
1993; seats - (82 total) PDGE 72, various opposition parties 10
Judicial branch:
Supreme Tribunal
Political parties and leaders:
ruling - Democratic Party for Equatorial Guinea (PDGE), Brig. Gen.
(Ret.) Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, party leader; Progressive
Democratic Alliance (ADP), Antonio-Ebang Mbele Abang, president;
Popular Action of Equatorial Guinea (APGE),Casiano Masi Edu, leader;
Liberal Democratic Convention (CLD), Alfonso Nsue MOKUY, president;
Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS),Santiago Obama Ndong,
president; Social Democratic and Popular Convergence (CSDP), Secundino
Oyono Agueng Ada, general secretary; Party of the Social Democratic
Coalition (PCSD), Buenaventura Moswi M'Asumu, general coordinater;
Liberal Party (PL), leaders unknown; Party of Progress (PP), Severo
MOTO Nsa, president; Social Democratic Party (PSD), Benjamin-Gabriel
Balingha Balinga Alene, general secretary; Socialist Party of
Equatorial Guinea (PSGE)