The President of Vanuatu is the chief of state of Vanuatu. It is an elected position, elected for a five-year term by an electoral college consisting of Parliament and the presidents of the regional councils. An electoral college is a set of electors who are empowered as a deliberative body to elect someone to a particular office. ...
The President appoints the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and three other justices.
Current President
Kalkot Mataskelekele was elected president August 16, 2004, with 49 votes out of 56, after several ballots. The election will next be held in 2009. Kalkot Mataskelekele is the President of Vanuatu since 2004. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Vanuatu is governed under a constitution that came into effect with the republic’s independence in 1980.
The president appoints the chief justice of the court upon the advice of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition.
Vanuatu also belongs to the Commonwealth of Nations, a voluntary association of countries and territories that give symbolic or actual allegiance to the United Kingdom.
Vanuatu is a "Y" shaped archipelago of volcanic islands and submarine volcanoes in the South Pacific Ocean, stretching from 13.2' to 20.5' South to 166.2' to 170' East.
Vanuatu is 2,172 kilometers (1,303 miles) northeast of Sydney and 5,750 kilometers (3,450 miles) southwest of Honolulu.
Vanuatu is rich in both underwater and underground caves formed both by volcanic activity and the erosion of limestone and the much softer ash.
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