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CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
République Gabonaise
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Bicameral
Presidential Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation The Senate (Sénat) National Assembly (Assem-
President Ali BONGO Ondimba blée Nationale)
4. Head of government Designation 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
Prime Minister : Julien NKOGHE BEKALE nominated
In the Senate (Sénat) 102 members are elected by
5. Capital members of municipal councils and departmental
Libreville assemblies to serve 5-year terms. One member is

6. Currency elected by the regional assembly from each con-
Communaute Financiere Africaine Francs CFA stituency. In the National Assembly (Assemblée
(XAF) Nationale), 120 members are elected by absolute
majority vote in single-member constituencies to
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) serve 5-year terms. One member is elected by the
Gabonese-born 80.1%, Cameroonian 4.6%, Malian regional assembly from each constituency. Most
2.4%, Beninese 2.1%, acquired Gabonese national- sources report that the election is by plurality. Ac-
ity 1.6%, Togolese 1.6%, Senegalese 1.1%, Congo- cording to the electoral law, seats are apportioned
lese 1%, other 5.5% to each province or department in proportion to
population. The manner of election is fixed by law.
8. Date of Independence
17 August 1960 (from France) 4. Popular House
Assemblée Nationale (Gabonese Assembly)
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
1961 5. Type of Electoral System
two round system, directly elected
10. Language (s)
French (official)
11. Literacy Levels
Male: 85.3% Female: 81% Total: 83.2%

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