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Administrative divisions	none
Capital city	Funafuti
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city > Geographic coordinates	8 30 S, 179 12 E
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Constitution	1 October 1978
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Executive branch > Cabinet Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Executive branch > Chief of state Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Filoimea TELITO (since 15 April 2005)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Executive branch > Election results Apisai IELEMIA elected Prime Minister in a Parliamentary election on 14 August 2006
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Executive branch > Head of government Prime Minister Apisai IELEMIA (since 14 August 2006)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Flag description light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country with nine yellow five-pointed stars symbolizing the nine islands
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Government type constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Independence	1 October 1978 (from UK)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Judicial branch High Court (a chief justice visits twice a year to preside over its sessions; its rulings can be appealed to the Court of Appeal in Fiji); eight Island Courts (with limited jurisdiction)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Legislative branch unicameral Parliament or Fale I Fono, also called House of Assembly (15 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
National holiday Independence Day, 1 October
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Political parties and leaders there are no political parties but members of Parliament usually align themselves in informal groupings
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Political pressure groups and leaders	none
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Status democracy
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal
Source: electionworld.org
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International	none
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
United Nations mission http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tuvalu/tuvalu_brief.html#foreign_relations http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/16479.htm
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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