Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Emmanuel MACRON *
• Head of Government: President Edouard FRITCH **
• Assembly: French Polynesia has a unicameral Assembly of French Polynesia (Assemblée de la Polynésie Française) with 57 seats.

* Represented by the High Commissioner of the Republic Rene BIDALL.

** The president of the territorial government and the president of the Territorial Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly for five-year terms with no term limits.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• President is elected by parliament.
• In the Assembly of French Polynesia (Assemblée de la Polynésie Française) 57 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms. There are 6 electoral districts with magnitudes ranging from 3 to 37.