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- Government
-
- Long-form name: none
-
- Type: British crown dependency
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- Capital: Douglas
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- Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency)
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- Independence: none (British crown dependency)
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- Constitution: 1961, Isle of Man Constitution Act
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- Legal system: English law and local statute
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- National holiday: Tynwald Day, 5 July
-
- Executive branch: British monarch, lieutenant governor, prime
- minister, Executive Council (cabinet)
-
- Legislative branch: bicameral Tynwald consists of an upper
- house or Legislative Council and a lower house or House of Keys
-
- Judicial branch: High Court of Justice
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- Leaders:
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- Chief of State: Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6
- February 1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor Air Marshal
- Sir Laurence JONES (since NA 1990)
-
- Head of Government: President of the Legislative Council Sir
- Charles KERRUISH (since NA 1990)
-
- Political parties and leaders: there is no party system and
- members sit as independents
-
- Suffrage: universal at age 21
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- Elections:
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- House of Keys: last held in 1991 (next to be held NA 1996);
- results - percent of vote NA; no party system; seats - (24
- total) independents 24
-
- Member of: none
-
- Diplomatic representation: none (British crown dependency)
-
- Flag: red with the Three Legs of Man emblem (Trinacria), in the
- center; the three legs are joined at the thigh and bent at the
- knee; in order to have the toes pointing clockwise on both
- sides of the flag, a two-sided emblem is used ria), in the
- center; the three legs are joined at the thigh and bent at the
- knee; in order to have the toes pointing clockwise on both sides
- of the flag, a two-sided emblem is used
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