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The Cayman Islands, an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom with a governor appointed by the Crown, a 15- member elected Legislative Assembly, and an 8-member Cabinet headed by a minister chosen Leader of Government Business. Cabinet, chaired by the Governor, consists of five ministers elected by and from within the elected membership of the Legislature, and three appointed civil servants.
The Cayman Islands is a parliamentary democracy with judicial, executive and legislative branches. The present constitution, which came into effect on 22 August 1972, provides for the government of the Cayman Islands as a British Dependent Overseas Territory. It is the third written constitution issued for the Islands by the British Crown since 1959, though there is a history of over 160 years of representative government.
The Islands' constitution has evolved as the population and economy has grown; however, Cayman has not moved to the stage where there is a chief minister. The Islands pride themselves on having an independent judiciary, emphasizing that the Grand Court was established by the Constitution. In many forms of parliamentary government, executive and legislative branches are not totally separate. In the Cayman Islands, the people elect the members of the legislature, and the legislature elects the majority of the The Cabinet.
There is no second tier of local government. A district commissioner represents the governor in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. In May 2001 the Governor appointed a Constitutional Modernization Review Commission that made recommendations on further changes in the Islands' political process and governmental structure. As a result, the Executive Council became Cabinet, both a Leader of Government Business and a Leader of the Opposition were officially appointed, and an Electoral Boundary Commission was appointed and made recommendations to turn Cayman's districts into one-person, one-vote constituencies.
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