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Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II *
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Willy TELAVI
- Assembly: Tuvalu has a unicameral Parliament (Fale I Fono) with 15 seats.
* The Queen is represented by Governor General Iakoba ITALELI.
Description of electoral system:
- The Queen is hereditary.
- The Prime Minister is elected by parliament.
- In the Parliament (Fale I Fono) 15 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms.***
*** There are seven districts with two members and one single-member constituency corresponding to the remaining inhabited islands
Population:
- Population: 10,472 (July 2010 est.)
Future elections
- Parliamentary - 2014
Past elections
- Parliamentary - September 16, 2010
- Parliamentary - August 3, 2006
- Parliamentary - July 25, 2002
Last Updated on 12/27/2010
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