Kiribati: Polity Style: 1979-2025

12 Jul 1979	the territories constituting the colony of the Gilbert Islands become an independent state under the name of Kiribati on 12 Jul 1979, the date appointed by an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (House of Commons on 11 Jun 1979, House of Lords on 19 Jun 1979, received Royal Assent on 19 Jun 1979) (Public General Acts, 1979, Part I, pp. 667-672) [1]
12 Jul 1979	Kiribati is declared a sovereign democratic republic in accordance with the Constitution of Kiribati, appended as a Schedule to the Kiribati Independence Order 1979, coming into operation on 12 Jul 1979, the date appointed by the Kiribati Independence Order 1979, made on 26 Jun 1979 (Statutory Instruments, 1979, Part II, pp. 1680-1744)
12 Jul 1979 -	Republic of Kiribati

Full title: An Act to make provision for and in connection with the attainment by the Gilbert Islands of fully responsible status as a Republic within the Commonwealth under the name of Kiribati (may be cited as the Kiribati Act 1979).