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Government
Long-form name: none.
Type: parliamentary democracy.
Capital: Saint John's.
Administrative divisions: 6 parishes and 2 dependencies*;
Barbuda*, Redonda*, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mary,
Saint Paul, Saint Peter, Saint Philip.
Independence: 1 November 1981 (from UK).
Constitution: 1 November 1981.
Legal system: based on English common law.
National holiday: Independence Day, 1 November (1981).
Executive branch: British monarch, governor general, prime
minister, deputy prime minister, Cabinet.
Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of an
upper house or Senate and a lower house or House of Representatives.
Judicial branch: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February
1952), represented by Governor General Sir Wilfred Ebenezer
JACOBS (since 1 November 1981, previously Governor since 1976);
Head of Government--Prime Minister Vere Cornwall BIRD, Sr.
(since NA 1976); Deputy Prime Minister Lester BIRD (since NA 1976).
Political parties and leaders: Antigua Labor Party (ALP),
Vere C. Bird, Sr., Lester Bird; United National Democratic
Party (UNDP), Dr. Ivor Heath.
Suffrage: universal at age 18.
Elections: House of Representatives--last held 9 March 1989
(next to be held 1994); results--percentage of vote by party
NA; seats--(17 total) ALP 15, UNDP 1, independent 1.
Communists: negligible.
Other political or pressure groups: Antigua Caribbean Liberation
Movement (ACLM), a small leftist nationalist group led by
Leonard (Tim) Hector; Antigua Trades and Labor Union (ATLU),
headed by Noel Thomas.
Member of: ACP, CARICOM, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, IBRD,
ICAO, ILO, IMF, ISO, OAS, UN, UNESCO, WHO, WMO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Edmund Hawkins LAKE;
Chancery at Suite 2H, 3400 International Drive NW, Washington
DC 20008; telephone (202) 362-5211 or 5166, 5122, 5225;
there is an Antiguan Consulate in Miami; US--the US Ambassador
to Barbados is accredited to Antigua and Barbuda, and in
his absence, the Embassy is headed by Charge d'Affaires
Roger R. GAMBLE; Embassy at Queen Elizabeth Highway, Saint
John's (mailing address is FPO Miami 34054); telephone (809)
462-3505 or 3506.
Flag: red with an inverted isosceles triangle based on the
top edge of the flag; the triangle contains three horizontal
bands of black (top), light blue, and white with a yellow
rising sun in the black band.