head of government: Prime Minister Anfinn KALLSBERG (since 15 May 1998)
cabinet: Landsstyri appointed by the prime minister
elections: the monarch is hereditary; high commissioner appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the party that wins the most seats is usually elected prime minister by the Faroese Parliament; election last held 30 April 1998 (next to be held no later than April 2002)
election results: Anfinn KALLSBERG elected prime minister; percent of parliamentary vote - 52.8%
note: coalition of People's Party, Republican Party and Home Rule
Party
Fiji:
note: armed ethnic Fijian terrorists, led by George SPEIGHT
stormed the Parliament building on 19 May 2000; ethnic Indo-Fijian
Prime Minister Mahendra CHAUDHRY and his government were held
hostage for 56 days; following the attempted coup, the Commander of
the Fiji Military Forces, naval Commodore Frank BAINIMARAMA declared
martial law and dissolved the government on 29 May 2000; an interim
government, headed by interim Prime Minister Laisenia QARASE, was
appointed to serve until a new constitution was initiated and
subsequent elections held; in November 2000, Fiji's High Court
upheld the 1997 constitution and ruled that Ratu Sir Kamisese MARA
remained the president; Justice Anthony GATES concluded that MARA
should recall the pre-May 19th Parliament and appoint a prime
minister to form a new government; the Fiji Court of Appeals upheld
GATES' decision on 1 March 2001; it ruled that the 1997 constitution
had not been abrogated, Parliament had not been dissolved, only
prorogued for six months, and that the presidency remained vacant
since MARA's resignation took effect 15 December 2000; President
Ratu Josefa ILOILO reinstated QARASE's interim government as the
caretaker government and elections were scheduled for August 2001;
approximately 23 fluid political parties are currently jockeying for
power
chief of state: President Ratu Josefa ILOILO (since NA 2000); Vice
President Jope SENILOLI (since NA 2000)
head of government: Prime Minister Laisenia QARASE (since NA 2000);
Deputy Prime Minister Epeli NAILATIKAU (since NA 2000)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister from among the members of Parliament and is responsible to Parliament; note -there is also a Presidential Council that advises the president on matters of national importance and a Great Council of Chiefs which consists of the highest ranking members of the traditional chiefly system
elections: president elected by the Great Council of Chiefs for a five-year term; prime minister appointed by the president