Politics of French Polynesia

The President of the French Republic is represented by the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia (Haut-Commissaire de la République en Polynésie française). The government is headed by the President of French Polynesia. He submits as Council of Ministers a list of members of the Territorial Assembly, the Assembly of French Polynesia (Assemblée de la Polynésie française), for approval by them to serve as ministers. ==Legislative branch==

French Polynesia elects the Assembly of French Polynesia (Assemblée de la Polynésie française), the unicameral legislature on the territorial level. The Assembly of French Polynesia has 57 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies. Since the territorial elections of March 6, 2001, the parity bill now binds that the number of women matches the number of men at the Assembly. ==Political parties and elections==

The members of the Assembly of French Polynesia are elected in 6 different electoral districts or electoral circumscriptions () which slightly differ from the administrative subdivisions (subdivisions administratives) on the Tuamotus and the Gambier Islands. The 6 electoral circumscriptions (circonscriptions électorales) are: • electoral circumscription of the Windward Islands (circonscription des Îles du Vent) (37 members) • electoral circumscription of the Leeward Islands (circonscription des Îles Sous-le-Vent) (8 members) • electoral circumscription of the Austral Islands (circonscription des Îles Australes) (3 members) • electoral circumscription of the Gambier Islands and the Islands Tuamotu-East (circonscription des Îles Gambier et Tuamotu Est) (3 members) • electoral circumscription of the Islands Tuamotu-West (circonscription des Îles Tuamotu Ouest) (3 members) • electoral circumscription of the Marquesas Islands (circonscription des Îles Marquises) (3 members) ==Judicial branch==

Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Court of the First Instance or Tribunal de Premiere Instance; Court of Administrative Law or Tribunal Administratif. ==Administrative divisions==

French Polynesia has five administrative subdivisions (): • Windward Islands ( or officially subdivision administrative des Îles du Vent) (the two subdivisions administratives Windward Islands and Leeward Islands are part of the Society Islands) • Leeward Islands ( or officially subdivision administrative des Îles Sous-le-Vent) (the two subdivisions administratives Windward Islands and Leeward Islands are part of the Society Islands) • Marquesas Islands ( or officially subdivision administrative des (Îles) Marquises) • Austral Islands ( or officially subdivision administrative des (Îles) Australes) (including the Bass Islands) • Tuamotu-Gambier ( or officially subdivision administrative des (Îles) Tuamotu-Gambier) (the Tuamotus and the Gambier Islands) note: Clipperton Island (), just off the coast of Mexico, was administered by France from French Polynesia. ==International organization participation==

ESCAP (associate), FZ, ITUC, SPC, WMO == See also ==