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Vanuatu Government - 2002 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/vanuatu/vanuatu_government.html SOURCE: 2002 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Government type parliamentary republic Capital Port-Vila Administrative divisions 6 provinces; Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa, Tafea, Torba Independence 30 July 1980 (from France and UK) National holiday Independence Day, 30 July (1980) Constitution 30 July 1980 Legal system unified system being created from former dual French and British systems Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral Parliament (52 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
Judicial branch Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, three other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission) Political parties and leaders Jon Frum Movement [Song KEASPAI]; Melanesian Progressive Party or MPP [Barak SOPE]; National United Party or NUP [Dinh Van THAN]; Union of Moderate Parties or UMP [Serge VOHOR]; Vanuaaku Party (Our Land Party) or VP [Edward NATAPEI]; Vanuatu Republican Party [Maxime Carlot KORMAN] Political pressure groups and leaders NA International organization participation ACCT, ACP, AsDB, C, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, NAM, Sparteca, SPC, SPF, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIBH, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTrO (observer) Diplomatic representation in the US Vanuatu does not have an embassy in the US, it does, however, have a Permanent Mission to the UN Diplomatic representation from the US the US does not have an embassy in Vanuatu; the ambassador to Papua New Guinea is accredited to Vanuatu Flag description
two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) all separated by a black-edged yellow stripe in the shape of a horizontal Y (the two points of the Y face the hoist side and enclose the triangle); centered in the triangle is a boar's tusk encircling two crossed namele leaves, all in yellow
NOTE: The information regarding Vanuatu on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vanuatu Government 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vanuatu Government 2002 should be addressed to the CIA. |