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Grenada Government 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/grenada/grenada_government.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code GJ Government type parliamentary democracy National capital Saint George's 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
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)
Judicial branch West Indies Associate States Supreme Court, an associate judge resides in Grenada Political parties and leaders National Democratic Congress or NDC [George BRIZAN]; Grenada United Labor Party or GULP [Jerry SEALES]; The National Party or TNP [Ben JONES]; New National Party or NNP [Keith MITCHELL]; Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement or MBPM [Terrence MARRYSHOW]; The Democratic Labor Party or DLP [Francis ALEXIS] International organization participation ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, LAES, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
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
NOTE: The information regarding Grenada on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Grenada Government 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Grenada Government 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |