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<text id=93CT1201>
<title>
St. Lucia--Government
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Saint Lucia
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: none</l>
<l> conventional short form: Saint Lucia</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: ST
</p>
<p>Type: parliamentary democracy
</p>
<p>Capital: Castries
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 11 quarters; Anse La Raye, Castries,
Choiseul, Dauphin, Dennery, Gros Islet, Laborie, Micoud,
Praslin, Soufriere, Vieux Fort
</p>
<p>Independence: 22 February 1979 (from UK)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 22 February 1979
</p>
<p>Legal system: based on English common law
</p>
<p>National holiday: Independence Day, 22 February (1979)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: United Workers' Party (UWP),
John COMPTON; Saint Lucia Labor Party (SLP), Julian HUNTE;
Progressive Labor Party (PLP), George ODLUM
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> House of Assembly: last held 27 April 1992 (next to be held
by April 1997); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats -
(17 total) UWP 11, SLP 6
</p>
<p>Executive branch: British monarch, governor general, prime
minister, Cabinet
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of an upper
house or Senate and a lower house or House of Assembly
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952),
represented by Acting Governor General Sir Stanislaus Anthony
JAMES (since 10 October 1988)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Prime Minister John George Melvin
COMPTON (since 3 May 1982)
</p>
<p>Member of: ACCT (associate), ACP, C, CARICOM, CDB, ECLAC, FAO,
G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO,
INTERPOL, LORCS, NAM, OAS, OECS, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU,
WCL, WHO, WMO
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Dr. Joseph Edsel EDMUNDS</l>
<l> chancery: Suite 309, 2100 M Street NW, Washington, DC
30037</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 463-7378 or 7379</l>
<l> consulate general: New York</l>
</list>
<p>US diplomatic representation: no official presence since the
Ambassador resides in Bridgetown (Barbados)
</p>
<p>Flag: blue with a gold isosceles triangle below a black
arrowhead; the upper edges of the arrowhead have a white border
</p></body></article></text>