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| Country name: |
conventional long form:
Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional short form:
Jersey
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| Dependency status: |
British crown dependency
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| Administrative divisions: |
none (British crown dependency)
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| Independence: |
none (British crown dependency)
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| National holiday: |
Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
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| Constitution: |
unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
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| Legal system: |
English law and local statute
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| Suffrage: |
NA years of age; universal adult
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| Executive branch: |
chief of state:
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
head of government:
Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Air Chief Marshall Sir John CHESHIRE (since 24 January 2001) and Bailiff Philip Martin BAILHACHE (since NA February 1995)
cabinet:
committees appointed by the Assembly of the States
elections:
none; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch
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| Legislative branch: |
unicameral Assembly of the States (55 voting members - 12 senators, 12 constables or heads of parishes, 29 deputies; all elected for six-year terms, half elected every third year; the bailiff and the deputy bailiff; and 3 non-voting members - the Dean of Jersey, the Attorney General and the Solicitor General all appointed by the monarch
elections:
last held NA (next to be held NA)
election results:
percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 52
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| Judicial branch: |
Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)
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| Political parties and leaders: |
none; all independents
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| Political pressure groups and leaders: |
none
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| Diplomatic representation in the US: |
none (British crown dependency)
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| Diplomatic representation from the US: |
none (British crown dependency)
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| Flag description: |
white with a diagonal red cross extending to the corners of the flag and in the upper quadrant, surmounted by a yellow crown, a red shield holding the three lions of England in yellow
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