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<text>
<title>
Isle of Man (UK): Government
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Man, Isle of
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: none</l>
<l> conventional short form: Isle of Man</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: IM
</p>
<p>Type: British crown dependency
</p>
<p>Capital: Douglas
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency)
</p>
<p>Independence: none (British crown dependency)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 1961, Isle of Man Constitution Act
</p>
<p>Legal system: English law and local statute
</p>
<p>National holiday: Tynwald Day, 5 July
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: there is no party system and members
sit as independents
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> 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
</p>
<p>Executive branch: British monarch, lieutenant governor, president,
prime minister, Council of Ministers (cabinet)
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: bicameral Tynwald consists of an upper house or
Legislative Council and a lower house or House of Keys
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Court of Tynwald
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> 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)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: President of the Legislative Council Sir
Charles KERRUISH (since NA 1990)
</p>
<p>Member of: none
</p>
<p>Diplomatic representation in US: none (British crown dependency)
</p>
<p>US diplomatic representation: none (British crown dependency)
</p>
<p>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
</p></body></article></text>