Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President George WEAH
• Head of Government: President George WEAH
• Assembly: Liberia has a bicameral National Assembly consisting of the Senate with 30 seats and the House of Representatives with 64 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 6-year term.
• In the Senate 30 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 9-year terms. Two Senators are elected from each of Liberia's 15 counties. The senatorial candidates receiving the highest number of votes in each of the 15 counties shall be considered Senior Senators and shall have a term of office of 9 years. The senatorial candidates with the next highest number of votes in each county shall be considered Junior Senators and shall have a term of office of 9 years. Prior to 2011, the Junior Senators were elected to a 6 year term. The change to the electoral law has created a staggered system of elections.
• In the House of Representatives 73 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 6-year terms.