President of Vanuatu

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The President of Vanuatu is the ceremonial head of state of the Republic of Vanuatu, elected by an electoral college and responsible for representing the nation and upholding its constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of Vanuatu ⓘ
linked to: Vanuatu
appointedOnAdviceOf Parliament of Vanuatu ⓘ
ceremonialDuties receives foreign ambassadors ⓘ
represents Vanuatu on state visits and official ceremonies ⓘ
constitutionalDuty ensures the constitution is respected ⓘ
may request Parliament to reconsider legislation under certain conditions ⓘ
signs and promulgates acts of Parliament ⓘ
country Vanuatu ⓘ
electedBy electoral college of Members of Parliament and provincial council presidents ⓘ
electionMethod indirect election ⓘ
electionRequirement two‑thirds majority of the electoral college ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Vanuatu ⓘ
firstHolder Ati George Sokomanu ⓘ
flagAssociated Flag of Vanuatu ⓘ
formationDate 1980-07-30 ⓘ
governmentForm parliamentary republic ⓘ
hasPower appoints Prime Minister on advice of Parliament ⓘ
may declare a state of emergency under constitutional conditions ⓘ
may grant pardons and reprieves ⓘ
may refer constitutional questions to the Supreme Court ⓘ
promulgates laws passed by Parliament ⓘ
insigniaAssociated Coat of arms of Vanuatu ⓘ
linked to: Emblem of Vanuatu
languageOfTitle Bislama ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
locatedIn Oceania ⓘ
memberOf executive branch of the Government of Vanuatu ⓘ
nativeLabel Praesiden blong Ripablik blong Vanuatu ⓘ
Président de la République de Vanuatu ⓘ
nominator electoral college of Members of Parliament and provincial council presidents ⓘ
officeHoldersMust be a citizen of Vanuatu ⓘ
be at least 40 years old ⓘ
be qualified to be elected as a Member of Parliament ⓘ
officeType non-executive presidency ⓘ
relatedBody Parliament of Vanuatu ⓘ
relatedOffice Prime Minister of Vanuatu ⓘ
reportsTo Constitution of Vanuatu ⓘ
residence Port Vila ⓘ
role ceremonial head of state ⓘ
guardian of the constitution of Vanuatu ⓘ
symbolic representative of the nation ⓘ
seat Port Vila ⓘ
style His Excellency ⓘ
succession Speaker of Parliament of Vanuatu acts as President in case of vacancy ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termRenewal renewable ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vanuatu → headOfStateTitle → President of Vanuatu ⓘ
President of Vanuatu → nativeLabel → Président de la République de Vanuatu ⓘ
linked to: President of Vanuatu
Parliament of Vanuatu → canBeDissolvedBy → President of Vanuatu ⓘ
Vanuatu government → headOfState → President of Vanuatu ⓘ
Prime Minister’s Office of Vanuatu → collaboratesWith → Office of the President of Vanuatu ⓘ
linked to: President of Vanuatu
Constitution of Vanuatu → definesHeadOfState → President of Vanuatu ⓘ
Constitution of Vanuatu → establishesOffice → President of Vanuatu ⓘ
Cabinet of Vanuatu → worksWith → President of Vanuatu ⓘ
Emblem of Vanuatu → usedBy → President of Vanuatu ⓘ
Ati George Sokomanu → positionHeld → President of Vanuatu ⓘ
Ati George Sokomanu → office → President of Vanuatu ⓘ
Ati George Sokomanu → officeContested → President of Vanuatu ⓘ