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Administrative divisions
6 provinces; Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa, Tafea, Torba |
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Capital city
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Port-Vila (Efate) |
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Constitution
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30 July 1980 |
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Executive branch > Cabinet
Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister, responsible to Parliament |
Executive branch > Chief of state
President Kalkot Matas KELEKELE (since 16 August 2004) |
Executive branch > Election results
Kalkot Matas KELEKELE elected president, with 49 votes out of 56, after several ballots on 16 August 2004 |
Executive branch > Head of government
Prime Minister Ham LINI (since 11 December 2004); Deputy Prime Minister Sato KILMAN (since 11 December 2004) |
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 |
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Government type
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parliamentary republic |
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Independence
30 July 1980 (from France and UK) |
International organization participation
ACCT, ACP, AsDB, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOCI, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO (observer) |
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) |
National holiday
Independence Day, 30 July (1980) |
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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0% |
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[141st of 143]
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Political parties and leaders
Jon Frum Movement [Song KEASPAI]; Melanesian Progressive Party or MPP [Barak SOPE]; National United Party or NUP [Hem LINI]; Union of Moderate Parties or UMP [Serge VOHOR]; Vanua'aku Pati (Our Land Party) or VP [Edward NATAPEI]; Vanuatu Greens Party or VGP [Moana CARCASSES]; Vanuatu Republican Party or VRP [Maxime Carlot KORMAN] |
Status
democracy |
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal |
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
Matthew and Hunter Islands east of New Caledonia claimed by Vanuatu and France |
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UN membership date
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15 Sep. 1981 |
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United Nations mission
http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/
http://www.vanuatugovernment.gov.vu/ |
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