<item><hi format=bold>National holiday:</hi> Tynwald Day, 5 July
<item><hi format=bold>Constitution:</hi> 1961, Isle of Man Constitution Act
<item><hi format=bold>Legal system:</hi> English law and local statute
<item><hi format=bold>Suffrage:</hi> 21 years of age; universal
<item><hi format=bold>Executive branch:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of state:</hi> Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor Air Marshal Sir Laurence JONES (since NA 1990)
<item>• <hi format=ital>head of government:</hi> President of the Legislative Council Sir Charles KERRUISH (since NA 1990)
<item>• <hi format=ital>cabinet:</hi> Council of Ministers
<item><hi format=bold>Legislative Council:</hi> consists of a 10-member body composed of the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and 8 others named by the House of Keys
<item><hi format=bold>House of Keys:</hi> elections last held in 1991 (next to be held NA 1996); results—percent of vote NA; seats—(24 total) independents 24
<item><hi format=bold>Judicial branch:</hi> Court of Tynwald
<item><hi format=bold>Political parties and leaders:</hi> there is no party system and members sit as independents
<item><hi format=bold>Member of:</hi> none
<item><hi format=bold>Diplomatic representation in US:</hi> none (British crown dependency)
<item><hi format=bold>Flag:</hi> 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