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Bissau

      Administrative divisions:

       9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau,

       Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali; note - Bolama may have

       been renamed Bolama/Bijagos

      Independence:

       24 September 1973 (unilaterally declared by Guinea-Bissau); 10

       September 1974 (recognized by Portugal)

      National holiday:

       Independence Day, 24 September (1973)

      Constitution:

       16 May 1984; amended 4 May 1991, 4 December 1991, 26 February 1993,

       9 June 1993, and 1996

      Legal system:

       NA

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Henrique ROSA (interim; since 28

       September 2003); note - a September 2003 coup overthrew the elected

       government of Kumba YALA; General Verissimo Correia SEABRA served as

       interim president from 14 to 28 September 2003

       head of government: Prime Minister Carlos GOMES Junior (since 9 May

       2004)

       cabinet: NA

       elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;

       election last held 28 November 1999 and 16 January 2000 (next to be

       held May 2005); prime minister appointed by the president after

       consultation with party leaders in the legislature

       election results: Kumba YALA elected president; percent of vote,

       second ballot - Kumba YALA (PRS) 72%, Malan Bacai SANHA (PAIGC) 28%

       note: a bloodless coup led to the dissolution of the elected

       government of Kumba YALA in September 2003; General Verissimo

       Correia SEABRA served as interim president from 14 September 2003

       until stepping aside on 28 September 2003 with the establishment of

       a caretaker government

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral National People's Assembly or Assembleia Nacional

       Popular (100 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve a

       maximum of four years)

       elections: last held 28 March 2004 (next to be held NA 2008)

       election results: percent of vote by party - PAIGC 31.5%, PRS 24.8%,

       PUSD 16.1%, UE 4.1%, APU 1.3%, 13 other parties 22.2%; seats by

       party - PAIGC 45, PRS 35, PUSD 17, UE 2, APU 1

      Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da Justica (consists of nine

       justices appointed by the president and serve at his pleasure; final

       court of appeals in criminal and civil cases); Regional Courts (one

       in each of nine regions; first court of appeals for Sectoral Court

       decisions; hear all felony cases and civil cases valued at over

       $1,000); 24 Sectoral Courts (judges are not necessarily trained

       lawyers; they hear civil cases under $1,000 and misdemeanor criminal

       cases)

      Political parties and leaders:

       African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde

       or PAIGC [Carlos GOMES Junior]; Front for the Liberation and

       Independence of Guinea or FLING [Francois MENDY]; Guinea-Bissau

       Resistance-Ba Fata Movement or RGB-MB [Helder Vaz LOPES]; Guinean

       Civic Forum or FCG [Antonieta Rosa GOMES]; International League for

       Ecological Protection or LIPE [Alhaje Bubacar DJALO, president];

       National Union for Democracy and Progress or UNDP [Abubacer BALDE,

       secretary general]; Party for Democratic Convergence or PCD [Victor

       MANDINGA]; Social Renovation Party or PRS [Kumba YALA]; Union for

       Change or UM [Jorge MANDINGA, president, Dr. Anne SAAD, secretary

       general]; United Platform or UP [coalition formed by PCD, FDS,

       FLING, and RGB-MB]; United Social Democratic Party or PUSD

       [Francisco Jose FADUL]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

       NA

      International organization participation:

       ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt

       (signatory), ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,

       Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, NAM, OIC, OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD,

       UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,

       WToO, WTO

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

       chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Henrique

       Adriano DA SILVA

       chancery: 1511 K Street NW, Suite 519, Washington, DC 20005

       telephone: [1] (202) 347–3950

       FAX: [1] (202) 347–3954

      Diplomatic representation from the US:

       the US Embassy suspended operations on 14 June 1998 in the midst of

       violent conflict between forces loyal to then President VIEIRA and

       military-led junta; US embassy Dakar is responsible for covering

       Guinea-Bissau: telephone - [221] 823–4296; FAX - [221] 822–5903

      Flag description:

       two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a

       vertical red band on the hoist side; there is a black five-pointed

       star centered in the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors

       of Ethiopia

      Economy Guinea-Bissau

      Economy - overview:

       One of the 10 poorest countries in the world, Guinea-Bissau depends

       mainly on farming and fishing. Cashew crops have increased

       remarkably in recent years, and the country now ranks sixth in

       cashew production. Guinea-Bissau exports fish and seafood along with

       small amounts of peanuts, palm kernels, and timber. Rice is the

       major crop and staple food. However, intermittent fighting between

       Senegalese-backed government troops and a military junta destroyed

       much of the country's infrastructure and caused widespread damage to

       the economy in 1998; the civil war led to a 28% drop in GDP that

       year, with partial recovery in 1999–2002. Before the war, trade

       reform and price liberalization were the most successful part of the

       country's structural adjustment program under IMF sponsorship. The

       tightening of monetary policy and the development of the private

       sector had also begun to reinvigorate the