Barbados Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Bridgetown
geographische Koordinaten: 13 06 N, 59 37 W
Zeitunterschied: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Unabhängigkeit

30 November 1966 (from UK)

Nationalfeiertag

Unabhängigkeit, 30 November (1966)

Konstitution

30 November 1966

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Queen ELIZABETH II (seit dem 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Sir Clifford Straughn HUSBANDS (seit dem 1 June 1996)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister David THOMPSON (seit dem 16 January 2008)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister
elections: the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general; the prime minister recommends the deputy prime minister