Nauru Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Republic of Nauru

Type, republic

Capital: no capital city per se; government offices in Yaren District

Political subdivisions: 11 districts

National holidays: Independence Day, 31 January; Constitution Day, 17 May, Angram Day, 26 October

Branches: President elected from and by Parliament for an unfixed term; popularly elected 18-member unicameral legislature (Parliament); four-member Cabinet to assist the President appointed by him from Parliament members

Government leader: Hammer DEROBURT, President (since May 1978)

Suffrage- universal adult

Elections: last held in December 1983

Politico¹ parties and leaders-governing faction, President DeRoburt; opposition Nauru Party, Lagumot Harris

Member of: Commonwealth (special member), ESCAP, ICAO, INTERPOL, ITU, South Pacific Commission, SPF, UPU

NOTE: The information regarding Nauru on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nauru 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nauru 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.