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Government
Long-form name: none.
Type: parliamentary democracy.
Capital: Castries.
Administrative divisions: 11 parishes; Anse-la-Raye, Castries,
Choiseul, Dauphin, Dennery, Gros-Islet, Laborie, Micoud,
Praslin, Soufriere, Vieux-Fort.
Independence: 22 February 1979 (from UK).
Constitution: 22 February 1979.
Legal system: based on English common law.
National holiday: Independence Day, 22 February (1979).
Executive branch: British monarch, governor general, prime
minister, Cabinet.
Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of an
upper house or Senate and a lower house or House of Assembly.
Judicial branch: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952),
represented by Governor General Stanislaus Anthony JAMES
(since 10 October 1988);
Head of Government--Prime Minister John George Melvin COMPTON
(since 3 May 1982).
Political parties and leaders: United Workers' Party (UWP),
John Compton; St. Lucia Labor Party (SLP), Julian Hunte;
Progressive Labor Party (PLP), George Odlum.
Suffrage: universal at age 18.
Elections: House of Assembly--last held 6 April 1987 (next
to be held April 1992); results--percent of vote by party
NA; seats--(17 total) UWP 10, SLP 7.
Communists: negligible.
Member of: ACP, CARICOM, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IBRD,
ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, NAM, OAS, OECS, PAHO,
UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Dr. Joseph Edsel EDMUNDS;
Chancery at Suite 309, 2100 M Street NW, Washington DC 30037;
telephone (202) 463-7378 or 7379; there is a St. Lucian
Consulate General in New York; US--none.
Flag: blue with a gold isosceles triangle below a black
arrowhead; the upper edges of the arrowhead have a white border.