Events from

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in Vanuatu.

Incumbents

* President:

Tallis Obed Moses Tallis Obed Moses (born 24 October 1954) is a Vanuatuan politician and pastor who served as the president of Vanuatu from 6 July 2017 to 6 July 2022. Biography Moses was originally from Port Vato, West Ambrym. He attended Primary School from 196 ...

(until 6 July),

Seule Simeon Seoule Simeon (also spelled Seule Simeon; born 10 October 1970) is a Vanuatuan politician. A member of Vanuatu's francophone minority, Simeon went to Lycée Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, but did not seek higher education. In the 2016 general ...

(acting),

Nikenike Vurobaravu Nikenike Vurobaravu (born 1964) is a Vanuatuan diplomat and politician who has served as President of Vanuatu since 23 July 2022. Previously having been employed in numerous diplomatic and government positions, including as the first resident Hig ...

(from 23 July) * Prime Minister:

Bob Loughman Bob Loughman Weibur (born 8 March 1961) is a Vanuatuan politician who served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu between April 2020 and November 2022.

(until 4 November); Ishmael Kalsakau onwards

Events

* Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania * Early 2022 –

2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami On 20 December 2021, an eruption began on Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai, a submarine volcano in the Tongan archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean. The eruption reached a very large and powerful climax nearly four weeks later, on 15 January 2022 ...

* 18 August – An explosion destroyed a barge at Southwest Bay on the island of Malekula. * 13 October –

2022 Vanuatuan general election Snap general elections were held in Vanuatu on 13 October 2022 to elect all 52 seats in Parliament. President Nikenike Vurobaravu dissolved Parliament in August 2022 on advice of the Council of Ministers ahead of a no-confidence vote against Prime ...

: Vanuatuans head to the polls in a snap election to vote for the members of their parliament. *4 November – Ishmael Kalsakau is elected unopposed by

secret ballot The secret ballot, also known as the Australian ballot, is a voting method in which a voter's identity in an election or a referendum is anonymous. This forestalls attempts to influence the voter by intimidation, blackmailing, and potential vote ...

as the new prime minister, succeeding

Bob Loughman Bob Loughman Weibur (born 8 March 1961) is a Vanuatuan politician who served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu between April 2020 and November 2022.

Elections

* 2022 Vanuatuan presidential election

Sports

* Vanuatu at the 2022 Commonwealth Games * Vanuatu at the 2022 World Athletics Championships

References

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