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The Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Ṃajeḷ), [6] officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ), [note 1] is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
The government of the Marshall Islands operates under a mixed parliamentary-presidential system as set forth in its Constitution. [1] Elections are held every four years in universal suffrage (for all citizens above the age of 18), with each of the 24 constituencies (see below) electing one or more representatives (senators) to the lower house of RMI's unicameral legislature, the Nitijela.
Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2019. During World War II, the United States took control of the islands from Japan (which governed them as part of the South Seas Mandate) in the 1944 Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign.
The twenty-four electoral districts into which the country is divided correspond to the inhabited islands and atolls. There are four political parties in the Marshall Islands: Aelon Kein Ad (AKA), Kien Eo Am (KEA), United People's Party (UPP), and United Democratic Party (UDP). Control is shared by the AKA and the KEA.
An amended Compact, enacted December 17, 2003, as Public Law 108-188, provided financial assistance to the Marshall Islands and Micronesia through 2023. The Compact of Free Association agreement with the Republic of Palau, enshrined in US Public Law 99-658, was followed by a Compact Review Agreement signed between the US and Palau in 2018 ...
The membership of the Council of Iroij is defined by the constitution, with five members from the Ralik Chain (of which one is from Ujelang and the other four from the remaining islands) and seven from the Ratak Chain (one each from Airok, Arno, Likiep, Majuro, Mejit, Mili and one representing Ailuk, Aur, Maloelap (excluding Airok), Utrik and Wotje).
The following is a list of presidents of the Marshall Islands, since the establishment of that office in 1979. The president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is the head of state and government of the Marshall Islands. The President is elected by the Nitijeļā (Legislature) from among its members. Presidents pick cabinet members from ...
The Nitijeļā is the law-making branch of the legislature and consists of 33 elected members, every four years. The Nitijeļā also elects from its members the President of the Marshall Islands and, on nomination by the President, other members of the parliament to serve as the Cabinet of the Marshall Islands. The Cabinet is the executive ...