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Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II *
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Freundel STUART **
- Assembly: Barbados has a bicameral Parliament (Parlement) consisting of the Senate with 21 seats and the House of Assembly with 30 seats.
* The Queen is represented by Acting Governor General Eliot BELGRAVE.
** STUART succeeded David Thompson, who died on 23 October 2010 of pancreatic cancer
Description of electoral system:
- The Queen is the hereditary head of state.
- The Prime Minister is appointed by the governor-general.
- In the Senate 21 members are appointed by the governor-general. In the House of Assembly 30 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.
Population:
- Population: 284,589 (July 2010 est.)
Past elections
- Parliamentary - February 21, 2013
- Parliamentary - January 15, 2008
- Parliamentary - May 21, 2003
- Parliamentary - January 20, 1999
Last Updated on 01/10/2013
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