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Politics of the Falkland Islands
Constitution
Constitution of the Falkland Islands
The Crown
Monarch
King Charles III
Government
Governor
Alison Blake
Executive Council
Chief Executive
Andy Keeling
Financial secretary
Pat Clunie
Attorney General
Simon Young
Legislature
Speaker
Keith Biles
Constituencies
Legislative Council
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Court of Appeal of the Falkland Islands
Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Elections
Elections in the Falkland Islands
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The politics of the Falkland Islands takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary representative democratic dependency as set out by the constitution, whereby the Governor exercises the duties of head of state in the absence of the monarch and the Chief Executive is the head of the Civil Service, with an elected Legislative Assembly to propose new laws, national policy, approve finance and hold the executive to account.
The Falkland Islands, an archipelago in the southern Atlantic Ocean, are a self-governing British overseas territory. Executive power is exercised on behalf of the King by an appointed Governor, who primarily acts on the advice of the Executive Council. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Legislative Assembly. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The military defence and foreign policy of the islands is the responsibility of the United Kingdom. No political parties exist on the islands currently and so Members stand as independents, however the governmental and legal proceedings very closely resemble British standards.
Following the Falklands War in 1982, Lord Shackleton published a report on the economy of the Falkland Islands which recommended many modernisations. On 1 January 1983 the Falkland Islanders gained British citizenship under the British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983, and on 3 October 1985 the Constitution of the Falkland Islands was established. A new constitution came into force on 1 January 2009 which modernised the Chapter on fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, embedding self-determination in the main body of the constitution. The new constitution also replaced the Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly, and better explained the role of the Governor and the Chief Executive.[1]
^"New Falklands constitution agreed". BBC News. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
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