Chronology of Oceania : The thematic eventsof 2010 in Oceania.
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February 27 : Nauruan constitutional referendum in Nauru. The proposed amendments (which would allow the election of the President of the Republic at the direct vote, rather than indirect) were rejected by 67% of the expressed votes.
April 24 : Nauruan parliamentary election in Nauru. It was anticipated elections, to 'unblock' a Parliament where the presidential government and the opposition each benefited of nine deputies out of eighteen. The eighteen outgoing deputies were however renewed, keeping the country in a political doubt state.
August 4 : Parliamentary elections in the Solomon Islands.
August 21 : Parliamentary elections in Australia. The prime minister Julia Gillard, replacing Kevin Rudd at the head of the country following an inner sling in the Labour party, aimed to legitimate her status obtaining a mandate from the citizens, via anticipated elections. The Labours got 72 seats out of 150 at the House of Representatives, as much as the liberal opposition, but could form a government with the support of a green deputy and of three unlabeled deputies.
Septembre 16 : Parliamentary elections in the Tuvalu.
25 novembre : Parliamentary elections in the Tonga. The citizens were led, for the first time, to elect a majority of the deputies. Up to now, the 'People's Representatives' formed a minority at the Parliament, alongside Nobility' Representatives and members of the executive appointed by the king and sat at the Parliament.
Australia
queen : Elisabeth II of Australia
governor-general : Quentin Bryce
prime minister : Julia Gillard
Cook Islands
queen : Elisabeth II of New Zealand
queen's representative : Frederick Goodwin
prime minister : Jim Marurai (up to the November 30), then Henry Puna
Fiji
Paramount chief : Elisabeth II
president : Epeli Nailatikau
prime minister : Frank Bainimarama
Kiribati
president : Anote Tong
Marshall Islands
president : Jurelang Zedkaia
Federated States of Micronesia
president : Manny Mori
Nauru
president : Marcus Stephen
Niue
queen : Elisabeth II of New Zealand
prime minister : Toke Talagi
New Zealand
queen : Elisabeth II of New Zealand
governor general : Anand Satyanand
prime minister : John Key
Palau
president : Johnson Toribiong
Papua New Guinea
queen : Elisabeth II of Papua New Guinea
governor general : Paulias Matane (up to the December 13), then Michael Ogio (temporarily)
prime minister : Michael Somare (Sam Abal ensuring his functions temporarily from the December 14)
Solomon Islands
queen : Elisabeth II of Solomon Islands
governor general : Frank Kabui
prime minister : Derek Sikua (up to the August 25), then Danny Philip
Samoa
O le Ao O le Malo : Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi
prime minister : Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Tonga
king : George Tupou V
prime minister : Feleti Sevele (up to the December 21), then Lord Tu‘ivakano
Tuvalu
queen : Elisabeth II of Tuvalus
governor general : Filoimea Telito (up to the April 16), then Iakoba Italeli
prime minister : Apisai Ielemia (up to the September 29), then Maatia Toafa (up to the December 24), then Willy Telavi
Vanuatu
president : Iolu Abil
prime minister : Edward Natapei (up to the December 2), then Sato Kilman
November 10 : Ambo Declaration, stemming from the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Kiribati
March : Bernard Narokobi, born in 1937, Papua New Guinean politician, diplomat and philosopher.
December 4 : Jacques Lafleur, born on the 20 novembre 1932, died on the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia), New Caledonian politician, old deputy at the French National Assembly (1978-2004), old president of the Assembly of the South Province (1989-2004), historic leader of the anti-independence camp (1977-2004), signatory of the Matignon Agreements in 1988 and of the Nouméa Accord in 1998.
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