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Date of Independence | none (overseas territory of the UK) |
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National holiday | Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, usually celebrated the Monday after the second Saturday in June (1926) |
Legal system | English common law |
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Constitution | |
History | Previous 1960; latest put into force 20 October 2010 (The Montserrat Constitution Order 2010) |
Amendments | Amended 2011, 2020 |
Citizenship | |
Executive Branch | |
Chief of state | King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor Sarah TUCKER (since 6 April 2023) |
Head of government | Premier Easton TAYLOR-FARRELL (since 19 November 2019) |
Cabinet | Executive Council consists of the governor, the premier, 3 other ministers, the attorney general, and the finance secretary |
Elections/appointments | the monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party usually becomes premier |
Legislative branch | |
Description | Unicameral Legislative Assembly (12 seats; 9 members directly elected in a single constituency by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds to serve 5-year terms; the speaker, normally elected from the outside by the Assembly for a 5-year term, and 2 ex-officio members - the attorney general and financial secretary) |
Elections | Last held on 18 November 2019 (next to be held in 2024) |
Election results | Percent of vote by party - MCAP 42.7%, PDM 29.9%, other 17.1%; seats by party - MCAP 5, PDM 3, independent 1; composition - men 8, women 4, percentage women 33.3% |
Judicial branch | |
Highest court(s) | The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the superior court of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; the ECSC - headquartered on St. Lucia - consists of the Court of Appeal - headed by the chief justice and 4 judges - and the High Court with 18 judges; the Court of Appeal is itinerant, traveling to member states on a schedule to hear appeals from the High Court and subordinate courts; High Court judges reside in the member states, with 1 assigned to Montserrat; Montserrat is also a member of the Caribbean Court of Justice |
Judge selection and term of office | Chief justice of Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court appointed by the Her Majesty, Queen ELIZABETH II; other justices and judges appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, and independent body of judicial officials; Court of Appeal justices appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 65; High Court judges appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 62 |
Subordinate courts | Magistrate's court |
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Diplomatic representation from the US | |
Embassy | None (overseas territory of the UK); alternate contact is the US Embassy in Barbados [1] (246) 227-4000; US Embassy Bridgetown, Wildey Business Park, St. Michael BB 14006, Barbados, WI |
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