Gibraltar Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Gibraltar

Type: British dependent territory

Capital· none

Legal system · English law; constitutional talks in July 1968, new system effected in 1969 after electoral inquiry

Branches: parliamentary system comprising the Gibraltar House of the Assembly (15 elected members and 3 ex officio members), the Council of Ministers headed by the Chief Minister, and the Gibraltar Council; the Governor is appointed by the Crown

Government leaders· Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter TERRY, Governor and Commander in Chief (since 1985); Sir Joshua A. HASSAN, Chief Minister (1964-69 and since 1972)

Suffrage: all adult Gibraltarians, plus other UK subjects resident six months or more

Elections: every four years; last held in January 1984

Political parties and leaders: Gibraltar Labor Party/Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (GCL/AACR), Sir Joshua Hassan; Democratic Party of British Gibraltar (DPBG), Peter Isola; Socialist Labor Party, Joe Bossano

Voting strength: (January 1984) House of the Assembly—GCL/AACR, 8 seats; Socialist Labor, 7 seats

Communists: negligible

Other political or pressure groups: Housewives Association, Chamber of Commerce, Gibraltar Representatives Organization

NOTE: The information regarding Gibraltar on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gibraltar 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gibraltar 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.