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Government
Long-form name: none.
Type: parliamentary democracy.
Capital: Kingston.
Administrative divisions: 14 parishes; Clarendon, Hanover,
Kingston, Manchester, Portland, Saint Andrew, Saint Ann,
Saint Catherine, Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint Mary,
Saint Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland.
Independence: 6 August 1962 (from UK).
Constitution: 6 August 1962.
Legal system: based on English common law; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction.
National holiday: Independence Day (first Monday in August),
6 August 1990.
Executive branch: British monarch, governor general, prime
minister, Cabinet.
Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of an
upper house or Senate and a lower house or House of Representatives.
Judicial branch: Supreme Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952),
represented by Governor General Sir Florizel A. GLASSPOLE
(since 2 March 1973);
Head of Government--Prime Minister Michael MANLEY (since
9 February 1989).
Political parties and leaders: People's National Party (PNP),
Michael Manley; Jamaica Labor Party (JLP), Edward Seaga;
Workers' Party of Jamaica (WPJ), Trevor Munroe.
Suffrage: universal at age 18.
Elections: House of Representatives--last held 9 February
1989 (next to be held by February 1994); results--PNP 57%,
JLP 43%; seats--(60 total) PNP 45, JLP 15.
Communists: Workers' Party of Jamaica (Marxist-Leninist).
Other political or pressure groups: Rastafarians (black
religious/racial cultists, pan-Africanists).
Member of: ACP, CARICOM, CCC, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT,
IADB, IAEA, IBA, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDB--Inter-American Development
Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ISO,
ITU, NAM, OAS, PAHO, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Keith JOHNSON; Chancery
at Suite 355, 1850 K Street NW, Washington DC 20006; telephone
(202) 452-0660; there are Jamaican Consulates General in
Miami and New York; US--Ambassador Glen HOLDEN; Embassy
at 3rd Floor, Jamaica Mutual Life Center, 2 Oxford Road,
Kingston; telephone [809] 929-4850.
Flag: diagonal yellow cross divides the flag into four triangles--
green (top and bottom) and black (hoist side and fly side).