Short facts about the government of Grenada
| Country
name: |
conventional long
form: none
conventional short form:
Grenada |
| Government
type: |
constitutional monarchy with
Westminster-style parliament |
| Administrative divisions: |
6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou
and Petit Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John,
Saint Mark, Saint Patrick |
| Independence: |
7 February 1974 (from
UK) |
| National
holiday: |
Independence Day, 7 February
(1974) |
| Constitution: |
19 December
1973 |
| Legal
system: |
based on English common
law |
| Suffrage: |
18 years of age;
universal |
| Executive
branch: |
chief of state:
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor
General Daniel WILLIAMS (since 9 August 1996)
head of government:
Prime Minister Keith MITCHELL (since 22 June 1995)
cabinet:
Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime
minister
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor
general appointed by the monarch; prime minister appointed by the governor
general from among the members of the House of
Assembly |
| Legislative
branch: |
bicameral Parliament consists of the
Senate (a 13-member body, 10 appointed by the government and three by the leader
of the opposition) and the House of Representatives (15 seats; members are
elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last
held on 18 January 1999 (next to be held by NA October 2004)
election
results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats
by party - NNP 14, GULP 1 |
| Judicial
branch: |
West Indies Associate States Supreme
Court (an associate judge resides in Grenada) |
| Political
parties and leaders: |
Grenada United Labor Party or GULP
[Herbert PREUDHOMME]; National Democratic Congress or NDC [leader vacant]; New
National Party or NNP [George McGUIRE] |
| Political
pressure groups and leaders: |
NA |
| International organization participation: |
ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77,
IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC,
ISO (subscriber), ITU, LAES, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTrO |
| Diplomatic
representation in the US: |
chief of mission:
Ambassador Denis G. ANTOINE
chancery: 1701 New
Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202)
265-2561
consulate(s) general: New
York |
| Diplomatic
representation from the US: |
chief of mission:
the ambassador to Barbados is accredited to
Grenada
embassy: Point Salines, Saint George's
mailing
address: P. O. Box 54, Saint George's, Grenada, West
Indies
telephone: [1] (473) 444-1173 through
1176
FAX: [1] (473)
444-4820 |
| Flag
description: |
a rectangle divided diagonally into
yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer
side), with a red border around the flag; there are seven yellow, five-pointed
stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom
red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag; there
is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's
second-largest producer of nutmeg, after Indonesia); the seven stars represent
the seven administrative divisions | Source: World Factbook |
