tion: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

Government Man, Isle of

Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form:
Isle of Man

Dependency status: British crown dependency

Government type: parliamentary democracy

Capital: Douglas

Administrative divisions: there are 24 local authorities each with its
own elections

Independence: none (British crown dependency)

National holiday: Tynwald Day, 5 July

Constitution: unwritten; note - The Isle of Man Constitution Act, 1961,
does not embody the Manx Constitution

Legal system: English common law and Manx statute

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: chief of state: Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II (since
6 February 1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor His Excellency
Sir Timothy DAUNT (since 27 October 1995) election results: Richard
CORKILL elected chief minister by the Tynwald elections: the monarch is
hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch for a five-year
term; the Chief Minister is elected by the Tynwald; election last held
6 December 2001 (next to be held NA December 2006) head of government:
Chief Minister Richard CORKILL (since 6 December 2001) cabinet: Council
of Ministers

Legislative branch: bicameral Tynwald consists of the Legislative
Council (an 11-member body composed of the President of Tynwald, the
Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and 8 others
named by the House of Keys) and the House of Keys (24 seats; members
are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: House
of Keys - last held 22 November 2001 (next to be held NA November 2006)
election results: House of Keys - percent of vote by party - Man Labor
Party 17.3%, Alliance for Progressive Government 14.6%; seats by party -
Man Labor Party 2, Alliance for Progressive Government 3, independents 19

Judicial branch: High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by the
Lord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenant governor)

Political parties and leaders: Man Labor Party [leader NA]; Alliance
for Progressive Government [leader NA]; Man Nationalist Party [leader NA]
note: most members sit as independents

Political pressure groups and leaders: none

International organization participation: none

Diplomatic representation in the US: none (British crown dependency)

Diplomatic representation from the US: none (British crown dependency)

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