Red saltire (Saint Andrew's Cross) on a white square on a red field; national colors: red, white.
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Date of Independence | none (overseas collectivity of France) |
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National holiday | Bastille Day, 14 July (1789) |
Legal system | French civil law |
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Constitution | |
History | 4 October 1958 (French Constitution) |
Amendments | French constitution amendment procedures apply |
Citizenship | |
Executive Branch | |
Chief of state | President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017); represented by Administrator Superior Blaise GOURTAY (since 1 August 2023) |
Head of government | President of the Territorial Assembly Munipoese MULI'AKA'AKA (since 20 March 2022) |
Cabinet | Council of the Territory appointed by the administrator superior on the advice of the Territorial Assembly |
Elections/appointments | French president elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); administrator superior appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; the presidents of the Territorial Government and the Territorial Assembly elected by assembly members |
Legislative branch | |
Description | Unicameral Territorial Assembly or Assemblee Territoriale (20 seats - Wallis 13, Futuna 7; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms) Wallis and Futuna indirectly elects 1 senator to the French Senate by an electoral college by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 6-year term, and directly elects 1 deputy to the French National Assembly by absolute majority vote for a 5-year term |
Elections | Territorial Assembly - last held on 20 March 2022 (next to be held in March 2027) French Senate - last held on 24 September 2023 (next to be held on 30 September 2026) French National Assembly - last held on 12 and 19 June 2022 (next to be held in June 2027) |
Election results | Territorial Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - 2 members are elected from the list Ofa mo'oni ki tou fenua and 2 members are elected from list Mauli fetokoniaki, 1 seat each from 16 other lists; composition - men NA, women NA, percent of women NA French Senate representative - LR 1 French National Assembly representative - independent 1 |
Judicial branch | |
Highest court(s) | Court of Assizes or Cour d'Assizes (consists of 1 judge; court hears primarily serious criminal cases); note - appeals beyond the Court of Assizes are heard before the Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel (in Noumea, New Caledonia) |
Judge selection and term of office | NA |
Subordinate courts | Courts of first instance; labor court; note - justice generally administered under French law by the high administrator, but the 3 traditional kings administer customary law, and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu |
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