home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Government
-
- Long-form name: none
-
- Type: dependent territory of the UK
-
- Capital: Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)
-
- Administrative divisions: none (dependent territory of the UK)
-
- Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK)
-
- Constitution: introduced 30 August 1976, suspended in 1986, and a
- Constitutional Commission is currently reviewing its contents
-
- Legal system: based on laws of England and Wales with a small
- number adopted from Jamaica and The Bahamas
-
- National holiday: Constitution Day, 30 August (1976)
-
- Executive branch: British monarch, governor, Executive Council,
- chief minister
-
- Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Council
-
- Judicial branch: Supreme Court
-
- Leaders:
-
- Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1953),
- represented by Governor Michael J. BRADLEY (since 1987)
-
- Head of Government: Chief Minister Washington MISSIC (since NA
- 1991)
-
- Political parties and leaders: People's Democratic Movement
- (PDM), Oswald SKIPPINGS; Progressive National Party (PNP),
- Washington MISSIC; National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Ariel
- MISSICK
-
- Suffrage: universal at age 18
-
- Elections:
-
- 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
-
- Member of: CDB
-
- Diplomatic representation: as a dependent territory of the UK,
- the interests of the Turks and Caicos Islands are represented in
- the US by the UK
-
- US: none
-
- 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
-
-