Governments / Countries / Equatorial Guinea
How is Equatorial Guinea governed?
Equatorial Guinea is a presidential republic with a prime minister. Its head of state is the president and its head of government is the prime minister. Real power sits with the president.
Questions people ask
- Is Equatorial Guinea a monarchy or a republic?
- Equatorial Guinea is a republic (presidential republic with a prime minister).
- Who really rules Equatorial Guinea?
- The president holds the real executive power. Head of state: President. Head of government: Prime Minister.
- How is the head of state of Equatorial Guinea chosen?
- Direct popular vote.
- Does Equatorial Guinea have a king?
- No. Equatorial Guinea has no monarch.
- Is Equatorial Guinea a federation?
- No. It is a centralised unitary state.
- How many chambers does the parliament of Equatorial Guinea have?
- Two chambers: Chamber of Deputies (100 seats) and Senate.
Parliament: Chamber of Deputies + Senate
Equatorial Guinea's legislature has two chambers, 100 seats in all. Each dot is one seat; party seat counts are on IPU Parline.
Seat total varies or is not fixed