1988 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1988 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Branches
bicameral legislature (Parliament— 16-member appointed Senate, 43-member elected House of Assembly); executive (Prime Minister and Cabinet); judiciary
Capital
Nassau
Communists
none known
Elections
House of Assembly (June 1982); next election constitutionally due in five years Political parties and leaders: Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Sir Lynden O. Pindling; Free National Movement (FNM), • Kendal Isaacs
Government leaders
Sir Lynden Oscar PINDLING, Prime Minister (since 1969); Sir Gerald C. CASH, Governor General (since 1979)
Legal system
based on English common law
National holiday
Independence Day, 10 July
Suffrage
universal over age 18
Type
independent commonwealth recognizing Elizabeth II as Chief of State
Voting strength
73,309 registered voters (July 1977); (1982 election) House of Assembly—PLP 32 seats, FNM 11 seats, others 0 seats