Montserrat Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Montserrat

Type: British dependent territory

Capital: Plymouth

Political subdivisions: 7 districts

Lega! system: English common law

Branches: Executive Council presided over by governor, consisting of two ex-officio members (attorney general and financial officer) and four unofficial members (chief minister and three other ministers); Legislative Council presided over by speaker chosen from outside the Council, seven elected, two official, and two nominated members

Government leader: A. C. WATSON, Governor (since 1984), Dr. J. A. OSBORNE, Chief Minister (since 1978)

Suffrage: universal over age 18

Elections: at least once every five years, last election held February 1983

Political parties and leaders: People’s Liberation Movement (PLM), John Osborne; Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), P. Austin Bramble; United National Front (UNF), Dr. George Irish; National Development Party (NDP), Bertram Osborne

Voting strength: July 1984 elections—PLM, 4 seats; PDP, 3 seats

Communists: probably none

NOTE: The information regarding Montserrat 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 Montserrat 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Montserrat 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.