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Vanuatu Government 1996

    • Names:

        conventional long form:
        Republic of Vanuatu

        conventional short form:
        Vanuatu

        former:
        New Hebrides

    • Digraph:
      NH

    • Type:
      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:

        chief of state:
        President Jean Marie LEYE (since 2 March 1994)

        head of government:
        Prime Minister Maxime CARLOT Korman (since 16 December 1991); Deputy Prime Minister Sethy REGENVANU (since 17 December 1991)

        cabinet:
        Council of Ministers; appointed by the prime minister, responsible to parliament

    • Legislative branch:
      unicameral

        Parliament:
        elections last held 2 December 1991 (next to be held NA November 1995); note - after election, a coalition was formed by the Union of Moderate Parties and the National United Party to form a new government on 16 December 1991, but political party associations are fluid; results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (46 total) UMP 19, NUP 10, VP 10, MPP 4, TUP 1, Nagriamel 1, Friend 1

        note:
        the National Council of Chiefs advises on matters of custom and land

    • Judicial branch:
      Supreme Court

    • Political parties and leaders:
      Vanuatu Party (VP), Donald KALPOKAS; Union of Moderate Parties (UMP), Maxime CARLOT Korman; Melanesian Progressive Party (MPP), Barak SOPE; National United Party (NUP), Walter LINI; Tan Union Party (TUP), Vincent BOULEKONE; Nagriamel Party, Jimmy STEVENS; Friend Melanesian Party, leader NA; People's Democratic Party (PDP), Sethy REGENVANU

        note:
        the VP, MPP, TUP, and Nagriamel Party have formed a coalition called the United Front (UF) heading into the November 1995 elections

    • Member of:
      ACCT, ACP, AsDB, C, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS (associate), IMF, IMO, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), IOC, ITU, NAM, SPARTECA, SPC, SPF, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WMO

    • Diplomatic representation in US:
      Vanuatu does not have a mission in the US

    • US diplomatic representation:
      the ambassador to Papua New Guinea is accredited to Vanuatu

    • Flag:
      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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