Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Teodoro Obiang NGUEMA MBASOGO *
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Francisco Pascual Eyegue OBAMA Asue
• Assembly: Equatorial Guinea has a bicameral National Assembly (Asemblea Nacional) consisting of the Senate (Senado) with 70 seats and the House of People's Representatives (Camara de Representantes del Pueblo) with 100 seats.

* OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo became president after seizing power in a military coup in 1979.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by plurality vote to serve a 7-year term.
• Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
• In the Senate (Senado), 55 members are elected by plurality vote to serve 5-year terms and 15 members are appointed by the President to serve 5-year terms*. In the House of People's Representatives (Camara de Representantes del Pueblo) 100 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.

* The May 26, 2013 election established the Senate. Previously, Equatorial Guinea had a unicameral system.