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Government
Long-form name: none.
Type: dependent territory of the UK.
Capital: Jamestown.
Administrative divisions: 2 dependencies and 1 administrative
area*; Ascension*, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha.
Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK).
Constitution: 1 January 1967.
Legal system: NA.
National holiday: Celebration of the Birthday of the Queen
(second Saturday in June), 10 June 1989.
Executive branch: British monarch, governor, Executive Council
(cabinet).
Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Council.
Judicial branch: Supreme Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952);
Head of Government--Governor and Commander in Chief Robert F.
STIMSON (since 1987).
Political parties and leaders: St. Helena Labor Party, G.A.O.
Thornton; St. Helena Progressive Party, leader unknown;
note--both political parties inactive since 1976.
Suffrage: NA.
Elections: Legislative Council--last held October 1984 (next
to be held NA); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--
(15 total, 12 elected) number of seats by party NA.
Communists: probably none.
Diplomatic representation: none (dependent territory of the UK).
Flag: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and the St. Helenian shield centered on the outer
half of the flag; the shield features a rocky coastline
and three-masted sailing ship.