Vanuatu Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Republic of Vanuatu

Type: republic, formerly Anglo-French condominium of New Hebrides, independent 30 July 1980

Capital: Port-Vila

Political subdivisions· four administrative districts

Legal system: unified system being created from former dual French and British systems

Branch: unicameral legislature (39-member Parliament), elected November 1983

Government leader: Father Walter Hadye LIN1, Prime Minister (since 1980)

Political parties and leaders. National Party (Vanuaaku Pati), Walter Lini, chairman

Member of: ADB, Commonwealth, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, 1FC, IMF, ITU, NAM, SPF, UN, WHO, WMO

NOTE: The information regarding Vanuatu 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 Vanuatu 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vanuatu 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.