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The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development (MFMRD, in Gilbertese, Botaki I bukin te aka sa ao karikirakean kaubwaira mai taari) is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in South Tarawa.
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The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development (MFMRD, in Gilbertese, Botaki I bukin te aka sa ao karikirakean kaubwaira mai taari) is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in South Tarawa.
Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island country in Oceania in the Central Pacific Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 (2020), with more than half of whom live on Tarawa atoll. The state comprises 32 atolls and one remote raised coral island, Banaba. Its total land area is 811 km2 (313 sq mi) dispersed over 3,441,810 km2 (1,328,890 sq mi) of ocean.
Kiribati is a full member of the Commonwealth, the IMF and the World Bank, and became a full member of the United Nations in 1999. Kiribati hosted the Thirty-First Pacific Islands Forum in October 2000. Kiribati has Least Developed Country Status and its interests rarely extend beyond the region. Through accession to the Lomé Convention, then Cotonou Agreement, Kiribati is also a member of the African Caribbean and Pacific Group. Kiribati maintains good relations with most countries and has particularly close ties to Pacific neighbours Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Kiribati briefly suspended its relations with France in 1995 over that country's decision to renew nuclear testing in the South Pacific.
Anote Tong is an I-Kiribati politician for the Pillars of Truth party and environmental activist with half Chinese heritage, who served as President of Kiribati, from 2003 to 2016. He won the election in July 2003 with a slim plurality of votes cast (47.4%) against his older brother, Harry Tong (43.5%) and the private lawyer Banuera Berina (9.1%). The elections were contested by the opposition, due to allegations of electoral fraud but the High Court of Tarawa had confirmed that there was no fraud. He was re-elected on 17 October 2007 for a second term (64%). In 2012, Tong was reelected for a third term, although with a significantly smaller percentage than in the previous two elections.
South Tarawa is the capital and hub of the Republic of Kiribati and home to more than half of Kiribati's population. The South Tarawa population centre consists of all the small islets from Betio in the west to Bonriki and Tanaea in the north-east, connected by the South Tarawa main road, with a population of 63,439 as of 2020.
The president of Kiribati is the head of state and head of government of Kiribati.
The House of Assembly is the Legislature of Kiribati. Since 2016, it has 45 members, 44 elected for a four-year term in 23 single-seat and multi-seat constituencies and 1 non-elected delegate from the Banaban community on Rabi Island in Fiji. From 1979 to 2016, the Attorney general was an ex officio member of the legislature, until a change of the constitution modified this provision.
France and Kiribati maintain official diplomatic relations, but no diplomatic presence on each other's territory; the French embassy in Suva is accredited to Kiribati.
Taneti Maamau is a Kiribati politician who has served as the 5th President of Kiribati since 11 March 2016. On 30th January 2023, Maamau announced that according to the traditions observed in his nation, he had been bestowed the title of “Malakamaka Koningeliki Cantdel Pratabarka”, roughly translating to “He who has fought and triumphed for the betterment of our nation” by the Seven Elder Armament sect of Kiribati’s religious leadership. This meant that he was one of only 3 leaders in the history of Kiribati to be bestowed this title, celebrating his dedication and service to the nation.
Norma Timon Yeeting is a reproductive health advocate from Tarawa, Kiribati.
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in Bikenibeu, Tarawa, next to the King George V and Elaine Bernacchi School. As of 2018 the ministry has about 1,400 employees.
Established in 2016, the Ministry of Justice of Kiribati is responsible for the administration of law and justice, service-related policies, prisons and the probationary system, legal aid and human rights, civil registration, elections, citizenship, customs services, and law reform. Additionally, the ministry has oversight over the Office of the Attorney General and Judiciary.
Kiribati and Spain have had bilateral diplomatic relations since 2011. The embassy of Spain in Wellington, New Zealand, is accredited for Kiribati.
The Ministry of Employment and Human Resources (MEHR) is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in South Tarawa, Tarawa. He was created in October 2016, just after the revision of the Constitution of Kiribati that allows more than 10 ministries in the Cabinet.
The Ministry of Women, Youth, Sports and Social Affais (MWYSSA) is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in South Tarawa, Tarawa. The ministry was created in October 2013.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) is a government ministry of Kiribati. The Minister is the President of Kiribati since its creation.
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy (MISE) is a government ministry of Kiribati, as ministry of infrastructure and as ministry of energy, headquartered in South Tarawa.
The Ministry of Information, Communications, Transport and Tourism Development (MICTTD) is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in Betio, South Tarawa.
The Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in Bikenibeu, South Tarawa.
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in South Tarawa.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is a government ministry of Kiribati, headquartered in South Tarawa.
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