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Government
Long-form name: none.
Type: parliamentary democracy.
Capital: Bridgetown.
Administrative divisions: 11 parishes; Christ Church, Saint
Andrew, Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph,
Saint Lucy, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip, Saint
Thomas; note--there may a new city of Bridgetown.
Independence: 30 November 1966 (from UK).
Constitution: 30 November 1966.
Legal system: English common law; no judicial review of
legislative acts.
National holiday: Independence Day, 30 November (1966).
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 Assembly.
Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Judicature.
Leaders:
Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952),
represented by Governor General Sir Hugh SPRINGER
(since 24 February 1984);
Head of Government--Prime Minister Lloyd Erskine SANDIFORD
(since 2 June 1987).
Political parties and leaders: Democratic Labor Party (DLP),
Erskine Sandiford; Barbados Labor Party (BLP), Henry Forde;
National Democratic Party (NDP), Richie Haynes.
Suffrage: universal at age 18.
Elections: House of Assembly--last held 28 May 1986 (next
to be held by May 1991); results--DLP 59.4%, BLP 40.6%;
seats--(27 total) DLP 24, BLP 3; note--a split in the DLP
in February 1989 resulted in the formation of the NDP, changing
the status of seats to DLP 20, NDP 4, BLP 3.
Communists: negligible.
Other political or pressure groups: Industrial and General
Workers Union, Bobby Clarke; People's Progressive Movement,
Eric Sealy; Workers' Party of Barbados, Dr. George Belle.
Member of: ACP, CARICOM, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT,
IADB, IBRD, ICAO, IDB--Inter-American Development Bank,
IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ISO, ITU,
IWC--International Wheat Council, NAM, OAS, PAHO, SELA,
UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Sir William DOUGLAS;
Chancery at 2144 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008;
telephone (202) 939-9200 through 9202; there is a Barbadian
Consulate General in New York and a Consulate in Los Angeles;
US--Ambassador-nominee G. Philip HUGHES; Embassy at Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce Building, Broad Street, Bridgetown
(mailing address is P.O. Box 302, Bridgetown or FPO Miami
34054); telephone (809) 436-4950 through 4957.
Flag: three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow,
and blue with the head of a black trident centered on the
gold band; the trident head represents independence and
a break with the past (the colonial coat of arms contained
a complete trident).