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- <text id=93CT1431>
- <title>
- Tuvalu--Government
- </title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Tuvalu
- Government</hdr><body>
- <list>
- <l>Names:</l>
- <l> conventional long form: none</l>
- <l> conventional short form: Tuvalu</l>
- <l> former: Ellice Islands</l>
- </list>
- <p>Digraph: TV
- </p>
- <p>Type: democracy; began debating republic status in 1992;
- referendum expected in 1993
- </p>
- <p>Capital: Funafuti
- </p>
- <p>Administrative divisions: none
- </p>
- <p>Independence: 1 October 1978 (from UK)
- </p>
- <p>Constitution: 1 October 1978
- </p>
- <p>Legal system: NA
- </p>
- <p>National holiday: Independence Day, 1 October (1978)
- </p>
- <p>Political parties and leaders: none
- </p>
- <p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
- </p>
- <p>Elections:
- </p>
- <p> Parliament: last held 28 September 1989 (next to be held by
- NA September 1993); results - percent of vote NA; seats - (12
- total)
- </p>
- <p>Executive branch: British monarch, governor general, prime
- minister, deputy prime minister, Cabinet
- </p>
- <p>Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament (Palamene)
- </p>
- <p>Judicial branch: High Court
- </p>
- <p>Leaders:
- </p>
- <p> Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952),
- represented by Governor General Toaripi LAUTI (since NA 1992)
- </p>
- <p> Head of Government: Prime Minister Bikenibeu PAENIU (since
- 16 October 1989); Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Alesana SELUKA
- (since October 1989)
- </p>
- <p>Member of: ACP, C (special), ESCAP, SPARTECA, SPC, SPF,
- UNESCO, UPU
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
- <l> chief of mission: (vacant)</l>
- </list>
- <p>US diplomatic representation: none
- </p>
- <p>Flag: 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
- </p></body></article></text>
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