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2019 Pitcairnese General Election
General elections were held in the Pitcairn Islands on 6 November 2019. Charlene Warren-Peu was elected as mayor, becoming the first woman to hold the position.Charlene Warren-Peu, Pitcairn Island's first female mayor Stuff, 7 November 2019 The contest for Deputy Mayor was won by Kevin Young, whilst Lea Brown, Michele Christian, , Ariel Harding and Leslie Jaques were elected to the Island Council. Warren-Peu took office on 1 January 2020. R ...
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Pitcairn Islands
The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four islands— Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno—are scattered across several hundred miles of ocean and have a combined land area of about . Henderson Island accounts for 86% of the land area, but only Pitcairn Island is inhabited. The islands nearest to the Pitcairn Islands are Mangareva (of French Polynesia) at 688 km to the west and Easter Island at 1,929 km to the east. The Pitcairn Islanders are a biracial ethnic group descended mostly from nine ''Bounty'' mutineers and a handful of Tahitian consorts—as is still apparent from the surnames of many of the islanders. The mutiny and its aftermath have been the subject of many books and films. As of January 2020, the territory had only 47 permanent inhabitants. History P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlene Warren-Peu
Charlene Evelyn Dolly Warren-Peu (born 9 June 1979)Who Are the Pitcairners? Pitcairn Island Study Center is a Pitcairnese , who has served as Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands since 2020. She is the first woman to hold the position on a permanent basis. She previously served as Deputy Mayor, and was on the |
Shawn Christian (mayor)
Shawn Brent Christian (born 14 September 1975) is a Pitcairnese politician, who served as Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands between 2014 and 2019. He previously served in prison after being convicted of child rape. Biography Christian was born to Steve Christian and Olive Jal Brown, and was named after Shawn Branigan, the son of friends of his parents. He is a patrilineal descendant of Fletcher Christian. In 1998 he moved to Australia and studied in Newcastle, New South Wales.Pitcairn Islander guilty of child sex The Australian, 10 January 2007 Along with his father, who was then serving as the islands' mayor, and older brother Randall, he was implicated in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Council (Pitcairn)
The Island Council is the legislature of the Pitcairn Islands. Structure The Council has ten members, seven (five Councillors, the Mayor, and the Deputy Mayor) of whom are elected by popular vote and are the only members that are allowed to vote during any Council meeting. The other three are '' ex-officio'' members: the Administrator (who serves as both the head of government and the representative of the Governor of the Pitcairn Islands), the Governor, and the Deputy Governor. The Councillors and the Deputy Mayor all serve two year terms. The Mayor is elected for three years and is eligible to serve a second term in office, whilst the Administrator is appointed by the Governor for an indefinite term. History The presiding officer of the council was traditionally the ''Magistrate'', who held executive, legislative, and judicial authority. Following a constitutional review in 1998, this office was divided and replaced by the ''Mayor'' and the ''council chairman,'' effective f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Elections In Oceania
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Elections In The Pitcairn Islands
The Pitcairn Islands are a British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific Ocean, with a population of about 50. The politics of the islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Mayor is the head of government. The territory's constitution is the Local Government Ordinance of 1964. In terms of population, the Pitcairn Islands is the smallest democracy in the world. The government's administrative offices are in Auckland, New Zealand. Executive branch , King , Charles III , (None) , 8 September 2022 , - , Governor (non-) , Iona Thomas , (None) , 9 August 2022 , - , Administrator (non-) , Nicholas Kennedy , (None) , August 2018 , - , Mayor , Charlene Warren-Peu , (None) , 1 January 2020 The King is represented by the Governor of the Pitcairn Islands, who is the British High Commissioner to New Zealand. A non-resident Commissioner, appointed by the Governor, serves as the Governor's Representative to the terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |