Pitcairn Islands Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands

Type: British dependent territory

Capital: Adamstown—main settlement

Legal system: Island Court; provisions for a Supreme Court

Branches: administered locally by Island Council consisting of four elected island officers, a secretary, and five nominated members

Government leader: Terence D. O’LEARY, Governor and UK High Commissioner to New Zealand (since 1982); B. YOUNG, Island Magistrate and Chairman of the Island Council (since 1985)

Suffrage: 18 years old and 3 years residency

Elections: annual; Island Magistrate elected for a 3-year term

Communists: none

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