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February 11, 2025
Jotham Napat has been elected as the new prime minister of Vanuatu. Napat was elected unopposed in Port Vila today, receiving 50 votes with two void votes. He is the country’s fifth prime minister in four years and will lead a coalition government made up of five political parties — Leaders Party, Vanua’aku Party, Graon ... <a title="Vanuatu parliament elects Jotham Napat as new prime minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/vanuatu-parliament-elects-jotham-napat-as-new-prime-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu parliament elects Jotham Napat as new prime minister">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Vanuatu’s former prime minister and opposition MP Ishmael Kalsakau has stepped down — just two days after he confirmed he was the rightful opposition leader. Kalsakau, MP for Port Vila, confirmed to ABC’s Pacific Beat, and the Vanuatu Daily Post on Thursday that he had resigned along with his ... <a title="Vanuatu’s Kalsakau resigns, calls for delay on constitutional referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/03/vanuatus-kalsakau-resigns-calls-for-delay-on-constitutional-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu’s Kalsakau resigns, calls for delay on constitutional referendum">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2023
RNZ Pacific Four-time Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman has been elected to the top job for a record fifth time in Port Vila, ousting Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau’s nine-month reign as the leader of government. Kilman received a total of 27 votes, while Kalsakau got 23 votes. Kilman, 65, was the deputy Prime Minister in Kalsakau’s ... <a title="Sato Kilman elected as Vanuatu’s new prime minister for record fifth time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/05/sato-kilman-elected-as-vanuatus-new-prime-minister-for-record-fifth-time/" aria-label="Read more about Sato Kilman elected as Vanuatu’s new prime minister for record fifth time">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2022
RNZ Pacific Nikenike Vurobaravu has been voted the 12th President of the Republic of Vanuatu. It took eight rounds of voting by the 58-member Electoral College before he secured the required minimum number of 38 this afternoon. In the end he got a resounding 47 votes, after the Prime Minister, Bob Loughman, reached a deal ... <a title="Vanuatu elects new president after eight rounds of voting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/24/vanuatu-elects-new-president-after-eight-rounds-of-voting/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu elects new president after eight rounds of voting">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2018
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