The first legislative body was the unicameral General Assembly of
Spanish Guinea () which was established in 1964, when
Spanish Guinea was given autonomy. The Republican Assembly was replaced by the Popular National Assembly () in the Constitution of 1973. It had 60 deputies effectively selected by the
United National Workers' Party (PUNT), the
sole legal party at the time. The legislature was dissolved in 1979 following a
coup d'état. A unicameral House of Representatives of the People () was created in 1983. All members needed to swear an
oath of allegiance to
Obiang Nguema. In 2013, an upper house was reintroduced in the form of
a Senate, and the House of Representatives of the People became the lower chamber, renamed to the Chamber of Deputies. ==Presidents of the Legislatures==