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political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in
Kiribati Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),Kiribati
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. Kiribati has an informal party system, and the website of the
House of Assembly 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 Fij ...
says the following on the topic:"Political parties"
, House of Assembly of Kiribati :''"The parties are loose groupings rather than disciplined blocks, with little or no structure. Members may change allegiance on a number of occasions during their tenure. It is also common for members to vote according to the special interests of their electorate on certain issues."''


Current parties

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Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party The Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party (BKM) is a political party in Kiribati from the merger of the Kiribati First Party and Boutokaan te Koaua in 2020. History The party was established in May 2020, after the merger of the Pillars of Truth wit ...
(BKM), created in May 2020 by a merger of
Pillars of Truth Pillars of Truth ( gil, Boutokaan te Koaua; BK or BTK) was a political party in Kiribati, until 2020 when it merged with the Kiribati First Party to create the Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party. The party was created through a split in the Nati ...
(''Boutokaan te Koaua'') and the
Kiribati First Party The Kiribati First Party ( gil, Kiribati Moa Party; KMP) was a political party in Kiribati until it merged with Pillars of Truth to create the Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party in 2020. History The party was established in November 2019 after Banu ...
(''Kiribati Moa Party''); *
Tobwaan Kiribati Party The Tobwaan Kiribati Party ( en, Embracing Kiribati Party; TKP) is a political party in Kiribati. History The party was established in January 2016 as a merger of the Maurin Kiribati Party and the United Coalition Party. The two parties had won ...
(TKP), created by a merger between: **
Maurin Kiribati Party The Maurin Kiribati Party (''Protect Kiribati Party'') was a political party in Kiribati. At the presidential elections of 4 July 2003, its candidate Banuera Berina won 9.1%. On 29 January 2016, it merged with Teburoro Tito's United Coalition ...
** National Progressive Party **
Protect the Maneaba Protect the Maneaba ( gil, Maneaban te Mauri) is a political party in Kiribati created by the merger of the National Progressive Party and the Christian Democratic Party. At the last presidential elections of July 4, 2003, its candidate Harry Ton ...
(''Maneaban Te Mauri'')


Former parties

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Gilbertese National Party The Gilbertese National Party (GNP) was a political party in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony founded in 1965. It was the first ever party in this British colony. History Racial tensions between Gilbertese and Ellice Islanders became ...
(1965), first party of the
Gilbert and Ellice Islands The Gilbert and Ellice Islands (GEIC as a colony) in the Pacific Ocean were part of the British Empire from 1892 to 1976. They were a protectorate from 1892 to 12 January 1916, and then a colony until 1 January 1976. The history of the colony w ...
colony; * National Progressive Party created in the
Gilbert Islands The Gilbert Islands ( gil, Tungaru;Reilly Ridgell. ''Pacific Nations and Territories: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.'' 3rd. Ed. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1995. p. 95. formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill IslandsVery often, this n ...
colony *
United Coalition Party The United Coalition Party ( gil, Karikirakean Te I-Kiribati; KTK), also known as the Improving I-Kiribati Welfare Party, was a political party in Kiribati. History The party was established in August 2010 as a merger of the Kiribati Independent ...
(2010-2016)


See also

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Politics of Kiribati Politics of Kiribati takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the ''Beretitenti'', President of Kiribati, is both the head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive p ...
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List of political parties by country This is a list of ruling political parties by country, in the form of a table with a link to an overview of political parties in each country and showing which party system is dominant in each country. A political party is a political organizat ...


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