_#_Legislative branch: unicameral Nitijela
_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State and Head of Government—President Amata KABUA (since 1979)
_#_Political parties and leaders: no formal parties; President KABUA is chief political (and traditional) leader
_#_Suffrage: universal at age 18
_#_Elections:
President—last held NA November 1987 (next to be held November 1991); results—President Amata KABUA was reelected;
Parliament—last held NA November 1987 (next to be held November 1991); results—percent of vote NA; seats—(33 total)
_#_Communists: none