Government

Government type	republic
Head of State	Head of State and Head of Government: President HE The Hon Marcus Stephen
Independence	31 January 1968 (from the Australia-, NZ-, and UK-administered UN trusteeship)
Constitution	29 January 1968; amended 17 May 1968
Legal system	acts of the Nauru Parliament and British common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage	20 years of age; universal and compulsory
Administrative divisions	14 districts; Aiwo, Anabar, Anetan, Anibare, Baiti, Boe, Buada, Denigomodu, Ewa, Ijuw, Meneng, Nibok, Uaboe, Yaren

Nauru