Politics of

Montserrat Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with r ...

takes place in a framework of a

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representative democratic Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represe ...

dependency, whereby the Premier is the

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, and of a multi-party system. Montserrat is an internally self-governing overseas territory of the

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. The

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Committee on Decolonization includes Montserrat on the

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. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

and the Legislative Assembly. The

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is independent of the executive and the legislature. Military defence is the responsibility of the

Executive branch

, King ,

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, , 8 September 2022 , - ,

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

, Sarah Tucker , , 6 April 2022 , - ,

Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

, Easton Taylor-Farrell , MCAP , 19 November 2019 The Governor is appointed by the

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. The Premier is appointed by the Governor from among the members of the Legislative Assembly. His cabinet is appointed by the Governor from among the elected members of the Legislative Assembly and consists also of the Attorney General, and the Finance Secretary. The current Premier of the island is Easton Taylor-Farrell, of the Movement for Change and Prosperity, replacing the outgoing Premier,

Donaldson Romeo Donaldson Romeo (born 1962) is a politician from Montserrat. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat and served as the island's Premier from September 2014 until November 2019. Having formerly worked as an artist and ...

of the

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, who was the second Premier of Montserrat.

Legislative branch

Montserrat elects on territorial level a

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. The Legislative Assembly has 9 members, elected for a five-year term in one constituency.

Political parties and elections

Political parties do not adhere to a single defined ideology and are difficult to distinguish from each other. Instead, policy emphasis shifts depending on the popular approval of the party leader and their policies.

Most recent election

Judicial branch

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consists of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal.

Administrative divisions

Montserrat is divided in 3 parishes; Saint Anthony, Saint Georges, and

Saint Peter Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...

International organization participation

CARICOM, Caribbean Development Bank, ECLAC (associate), ICFTU,

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(subbureau), Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, WCL

References

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