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- <text id=93CT1442>
- <title>
- Turks & Caicos Islands--Government
- </title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Turks and Caicos Islands
- Government</hdr><body>
- <list>
- <l>Names:</l>
- <l> conventional long form: none</l>
- <l> conventional short form: Turks and Caicos Islands</l>
- </list>
- <p>Digraph: TK
- </p>
- <p>Type: dependent territory of the UK
- </p>
- <p>Capital: Grand Turk
- </p>
- <p>Administrative divisions: none (dependent territory of the
- UK)
- </p>
- <p>Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK)
- </p>
- <p>Constitution: introduced 30 August 1976, suspended in 1986,
- and a Constitutional Commission is currently reviewing its
- contents
- </p>
- <p>Legal system: based on laws of England and Wales with a small
- number adopted from Jamaica and The Bahamas
- </p>
- <p>National holiday: Constitution Day, 30 August (1976)
- </p>
- <p>Political parties and leaders: Progressive National Party
- (PNP), Washington MISSIC; People's Democratic Movement (PDM),
- Oswald SKIPPINGS; National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Ariel
- MISSICK
- </p>
- <p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
- </p>
- <p>Elections:
- </p>
- <p> Legislative Council: last held on 3 April 1991 (next to be
- held NA); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (20
- total, 13 elected) PNP 8, PDM 5
- </p>
- <p>Executive branch: British monarch, governor, Executive
- Council, chief minister
- </p>
- <p>Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Council
- </p>
- <p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court
- </p>
- <p>Leaders:
- </p>
- <p> Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1953),
- represented by Governor Michael J. BRADLEY (since NA 1987)
- </p>
- <p> Head of Government: Chief Minister Washington MISSIC (since
- NA 1991)
- </p>
- <p>Member of: CARICOM (associate), CDB
- </p>
- <p>Diplomatic representation in US: as a dependent territory of
- the UK, the interests of the Turks and Caicos Islands are
- represented in the US by the UK
- </p>
- <p>US diplomatic representation: none
- </p>
- <p>Flag: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
- quadrant and the colonial shield centered on the outer half of
- the flag; the shield is yellow and contains a conch shell,
- lobster, and cactus
- </p></body></article></text>
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