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Geography Categories
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JerseyGovernment
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Country name: |
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional short form: Jersey
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Dependency status: |
British crown dependency
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Government type: |
NA
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Capital: |
Saint Helier
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Administrative divisions: |
none (British crown dependency)
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Independence: |
none (British crown dependency)
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National holiday: |
Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
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Constitution: |
unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
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Legal system: |
English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal Court
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Suffrage: |
NA years of age; universal adult
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Executive branch: |
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
head of government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Air Chief Marshall Sir John CHESHIRE (since 24 January 2001) and Bailiff Philip Martin BAILHACHE (since NA February 1995)
cabinet: committees appointed by the Assembly of the States
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch
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Legislative branch: |
unicameral Assembly of the States (55 voting members - 12 senators (elected for 6-year terms), 12 constables or heads of parishes (elected for 3-year terms), 29 deputies (elected for 3-year terms); the bailiff and the deputy bailiff; and 3 non-voting members - the Dean of Jersey, the Attorney General, and the Solicitor General all appointed by the monarch)
elections: last held NA (next to be held NA)
election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 53
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Judicial branch: |
Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)
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Political parties and leaders: |
none; all independents
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Political pressure groups and leaders: |
none
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Diplomatic representation in the US: |
none (British crown dependency)
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Diplomatic representation from the US: |
none (British crown dependency)
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Flag description: |
white with a diagonal red cross extending to the corners of the flag; in the upper quadrant, surmounted by a yellow crown, a red shield with the three lions of England in yellow
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More about Jersey:
Introduction
Geography
People
Economy
Communications
Transportation
Military
Transnational Issues
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World Factbook INDEX:
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1 2 3 4 5 6 A: Page 1 of 6.
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