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The Cayman Islands' physical isolation under early British colonial rule allowed the development of an indigenous set of administrative and legal traditions which were codified into a constitution in 1959. A constitution, which devolved some authority from the United Kingdom to the Cayman Islands Government, was passed by referendum on 20 May ...
Government House is the official residence of the governor of the Cayman Islands, located in Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman. It is also the official residence of the head of state of the Cayman Islands (currently King Charles III) when staying in the Cayman Islands. The building was constructed in 1964 as a replacement to the older Government ...
The Parliament of the Cayman Islands is the unicameral legislature of the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands. It is composed of 21 members; 19 elected members for a four-year term and two members ex officio. [1] The Governor may at any time, by Proclamation, prorogue or dissolve the Parliament.
Constitutional Modernisation has come to the forefront of politics recently with the collapse of the now defunct Euro Bank Corporation in 2003. The prosecution in the trial was forced to reveal that the British Government had planted moles (and used wire taps) throughout the banking industry using MI6, with the consent of the Governor.
The ruling Progressives won seven seats, and with the backing of an affiliated independent, were seen as in a good position to form a government. The opposition had mixed fortunes, with longtime MP and Opposition Leader Arden McLean losing his seat and Alric Lindsay, who was a potential Speaker in a proposed Wayne Panton-led opposition coalition, narrowly lost George Town South to incumbent ...
Prior to 2009, the position was known as Leader of Government Business. The premier and Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior ministers) are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to King Charles III , to the Parliament of the Cayman Islands , to their political party and ultimately to the electorate.
The governor of the Cayman Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the Cayman Islands.The governor, a civil servant who has in modern times typically been a British subject normally resident in the United Kingdom, is appointed by the monarch from the staff of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on the advice of the British ...
The Cayman Islands Gazette, sometimes referred to as The Gazette, [1] is the government gazette [2] of the Cayman Islands, [3] published by the Government Information Service fortnightly on alternate Mondays, and on other occasions as ordered by the Governor.