Since the July 12th 1979, date of the independence of the British ex-colony, the republic of the Kiribati elected the following presidents:

  • Ieremia Tabwai (old orthography: Tabai, marked Tabaï) (the youngest Head of State of the the Commonwealth, at only 29 years), National Progressive Party , until 1991
  • Teatao Teannaki
  • Teburoro Tiito (or according to the old Tito orthography, Sito decides), three successive mandates as from 1994, reversed by a vote of distrust at the beginning of 2003, for lack of majority at the Parliament.
  • Annotates Tong since 2003 (end of mandate 2007, one of the four candidates designated by the Maneaba nor Maungatabu elected in August 20007).

The president (in Gilbertin you beretitenti ) is elected for four years (but it can be reversed by a vote of distrust of the Parliament). Three mandates maximum. The characteristic of the parliamentary Régime Gilbertin is that the President of the Republic, Head of the State, also directs the government and thus must as a preliminary, being elected appointed before the Parliament does not present to the presidential election three or four candidates, chosen in his center, with the Universal direct suffrage. Its vice-president does not replace it in the event of vacancy of the capacity but directs the executive in his absence. If it is dislocated of its functions by a vote of distrust (like a Prime Minister), it is the Council of State made up of three members who takes over temporarily the duties, while waiting for the organization of the legislative elections, then presidential.

Presidential election of the July 4th 2003

  • Annotates Tong - Boutokaan You Koaua (Pillars of the truth) 13.557 votes, is 47,4%

  • Dr. Harry Tong - Maneaban You Mauri (To protect the maneaba) 12.457 votes, is 43,5%

  • Banuera Berina - Maurin Kiribati Suffered (Left the Health of the Kiribati) 2.591 votes, is 9,1%

Election

The president is elected according to an original system: it is at the beginning a deputy elected, chosen by the Maneaba nor Maungatabu in its center, among three, at least, or four, to the maximum, candidates with the presidency who are then decided between, in the majority simple, by an election by the universal direct suffrage. In the event of vacancy, it is the president ( chairman ) of the Council of State which takes over temporarily the duties and not the vice-president.

Vice-president

Miss Teima Onorio, a woman of Arorae was designated as vice-president in July 2003.

British colony of the islands Gilbert and Ellice: police chiefs resident and High-Commissioner

Sir Arthur Grimble which was used for the Gilbert of 1914 until 1933, is also known as an author with success (in particular for has Pattern off Islands and Return to Islands , also broadcast by BBC and translated into several languages). A film in 1956 put in scene its life.

Chronology

  • Oct. 1892: islands Gilbert and Ellice (British protectorate)
  • 12 Jan 1916: Colony britannique
  • DEC 1941 - Nov. 1943: Japanese occupation (beyond on Banaba)
  • Oct. 1, 1975: separation of the islands Ellice Islands as a Tuvalu
  • 12 Jul 1979: independence of the Gilbert islands as a Republic of the Kiribati

Police chiefs resident

  • 1892 - 1901 Charles Richard Swayne (1843 - 1921)
  • 1901 - 1909 W. Telfer Campbell
  • 1909 - 1913 John Quayle Dickson
  • 1913 - 1921 Edward Carlyon Eliot (1870 - 1940)
  • 1921 - 1926 Herbert Reginald McClure
  • 1926 - 1933 Arthur Grimble (1888 - 1956)
  • Oct. 18, 1933 - 19 DEC 1941 Jack Charles Barley (1887 - 19…)
  • 1941 - 1946 Vivian Fox-Strangways
  • 1946 - 1949 Henry Evans Maude (1906)
  • 1949 - 1951 John Peel (1912 - 2004)
  • 1952 - 1961 Michael Louis Bernacchi (1911 - 1983)
  • May 1962 - 1970 Valdemar Jens Andersen (1919)
  • 1970 - 1971 to sir John Osbaldiston Field (1913 - 1985)

Governors

  • 1st Jan 1972 - 1973 to sir John Osbaldiston Field
  • 1973 - 1978 John Hilary Smith (1918)
  • 1978 - July 12th 1979 Reginald James Wallace (1919)

Presidents ( you beretitenti in Gilbertin in the constitution)

Prime Ministers (Chief ministers)

  • Jan 1972 - 1974 Reuben K. Uatioa (born… - 1977?)
  • 1974 - Mar 1978 Naboua Ratieta (born… - 198…)
  • Mar 1978 - 12 Jul 1979 Ieremia Tabai

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