Conventional Long Form Name of country: Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Capital City: Malabo Type of Government: Republic Date of Independence: 12 October 1968 National Holidays: Independence Day, 12 October (1968) Chief of state: President Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo (since 3 August 1979 when he seized power in a military coup) Head of Government: Prime Minister Vicente Ehate TOMI (since 22 May 2012) Executive branch: Includes chief of state and head of government. The cabinet is the council of ministers appointed by the president. The president is elected by popular vote for a seven-year term and elections were last held on November 29, 2009. pine minister and deputy prime minister are appointed by the president. Legislative branch: The bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (70 seats, 55 seats directly elected and 15 appointed by the president). and the House of People's Representatives or Camara de Representates del Pueblo (100 seats; members directly elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms). Elections were last held on May 26, 2013. The parliament has littler power since the constitution vests all executive authority in the president; the constitutional referendum of 2011 established a bicameral legislature formed following the may 2013 elections. The newly formed senate consists of elected and appointed by the president members. Judicial branch: highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the chief justice and NA judges); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president and 4 members) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges appointed by the president for 5-year terms; Constitutional Court members appointed by the president. subordinate courts: Court of Guarantees; military courts; Courts of Appeal; first instance tribunals; district and county tribunals Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Name of their ambassador to the U.S.: Ambassador Ruben Maye Nsue MANGUE (since 10 September 2013) Location of their embassy in the U.S.: 2020 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 Locations of their consultants in the U.S.: Houston Name of the U.S. ambassador to them: Ambassador Mark L. ASQUINO (since 29 June 2012) Location of the U.S. embassy there: K-3, Carretera de Aeropuerto, Al lado de Restaurante El Paraiso, Malabo Locations of U.S. consultants there: NA name of their representative to U.N.: NA Flag: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red, with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has six yellow six-pointed stars (representing the mainland and five offshore islands) above a gray shield bearing a silk-cotton tree and below which is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA (Unity, Peace, Justice); green symbolizes the jungle and natural resources, blue represents the sea that connects the mainland to the islands, white stands for peace, and red recalls the fight for independence National symbols: silk cotton tree Click here to hear their national anthem "Caminemos pisando la senda" |