Government

Government#

presidential republic

System

presidential republic

Capital

Conakry

Head of state

President Col. Mamady DOUMBOUYA (since 17 January 2026)

Head of government

Prime Minister Amadou Oury BAH (since 27 February 2024)

Legislature

legislature name: Transitional National Council (Conseil national de transition); legislative structure: unicameral; number of seats: 81 (all appointed); electoral system: mixed system; scope of elections: full renewal; most recent election date: 1/22/2022; percentage of women in chamber: 29.6%; expected date of next election: December 2025

Judiciary

highest court(s): Supreme Court or Cour Suprême (organized into Administrative Chamber and Civil, Penal, and Social Chamber; court consists of the first president, 2 chamber presidents, 10 councilors, the solicitor general, and NA deputies); Constitutional Court - suspended on 5 September 2021; judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court first president appointed by the national president after consultation with the National Assembly; other members appointed by presidential decree; members serve 9-year terms until age 65; subordinate courts: Court of Appeal or Cour d’Appel; High Court of Justice or Cour d’Assises; Court of Account (Court of Auditors); Courts of First Instance (Tribunal de Première Instance); labor court; military tribunal; justices of the peace; specialized courts

Constitution

history: previous 1958, 1990; 2010 and a referendum in 2020, which was suspended on 5 September 2021 via a coup d’état; on 27 September, the Transitional Charter was released, which supersedes the constitution until a new constitution is promulgated

Independence

2 October 1958 (from France)

Administrative divisions

7 administrative regions ( régions administratives , singular - région administrative ) and 1 governorate ( gouvenorat )*; Boke, Conakry*, Faranah, Kankan, Kindia, Labe, Mamou, N’Zerekore

Departments#

TODO. Ministries and authoritative sites, to be filled out.

Hierarchy#

How power is wired. The diagram below carries the generic template; refine the boxes and edges to match the current regime.

        flowchart TD
  HoS["Head of State"]
  HoG["Head of Government"]
  Leg["Legislature"]
  Jud["Judiciary"]
  Cab["Cabinet"]
  Foreign["Foreign Affairs"]
  Interior["Interior"]
  Defense["Defense"]
  Finance["Finance"]
  Justice["Justice"]

  HoS --> HoG
  HoG --> Cab
  Cab --> Foreign
  Cab --> Interior
  Cab --> Defense
  Cab --> Finance
  Cab --> Justice
  HoS -.- Leg
  HoS -.- Jud

Resources#

Public-facing portals the people use day to day. Operators monitor these for policy changes, official notices, and civil-registry data.

Resource

Site

Purpose

National portal

to be filled

One-stop government services for citizens.

Tax / revenue

to be filled

Income tax, VAT, customs.

Civil registry

to be filled

Births, deaths, marriages, national ID.

Immigration

to be filled

Visas, residency, naturalisation.

Health

to be filled

Public health, advisories, vaccination records.

Education

to be filled

Curricula, school directories, transcripts.

Statistics

to be filled

Census, economic indicators, opendata.

Police / emergency

to be filled

Reporting, missing persons, emergency contacts.
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