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The parliament of Vanuatu elects Sato Kilman as the new prime minister, replacing Ishmael Kalsakau. Vanuatu entered a political crisis after opposition parties lodged a no-confidence petition criticizing then Kalsakau for signing a security pact with Australia.
2023-09-4

Opposition parties in Vanuatu boycott the parliament after a failed no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau.
2023-08-17

Ishmael Kalsakau is elected unopposed by secret ballot as the new prime minister, succeeding Bob Loughman.
2022-11-4

Prime Minister Bob Loughman wins a confidence vote by the parliament after a no-confidence motion had been introduced to remove his government by opposition leader Ralph Regenvanu. However, Loughman's hold on power remains tenuous as the Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that the seats of 19 government MPs were to be declared vacant. Loughman's government has already appealed the ruling.
2021-06-29

Prime Minister Bob Loughman declares Vanuatu free of COVID-19 again after the first case recovered. Loughman stressed that the virus-free status is not important but that the capacity to contain a positive case was what actually mattered.
2020-12-2

Bob Loughman is elected Prime Minister of Vanuatu with 31 votes in Parliament. Loughman defeated former foreign minister Ralph Regenvanu, who received 21 votes.
2020-04-20

Baldwin Lonsdale, the President of Vanuatu, dies suddenly of a heart attack at age 67. Parliament Speaker Esmon Saimon takes his post as acting president.
2017-06-17

Charlot Salwai is elected Prime Minister of Vanuatu following the January snap election. Salwai takes office the same day.
2016-02-11

A dozen members of the Australian Federal Police are expelled from Vanuatu, following a diplomatic row over the arrest of the Prime Minister of Vanuatu's private secretary in Australia last month. [http:--au.news.yahoo.com-thewest-a---world-13653101-australian-police-thrown-out-of-vanuatu- (AFP via Yahoo News Australia)]date=July 2019
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