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CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Country Name LEGISLATURE
Barbados
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Official Name Bicameral
Barbados

3. Government 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
Parliamentary Democracy (Parliament) under a House of Assembly and Senate
constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of the Government nominated
Prime Minister – Mia Mottley The House of Assembly has 30 members, elected
for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies.
5. Head of the State
Queen – Elizabeth II The Senate has 21 appointed members: Of which,
Governor-General – Dame Sandra Mason 7 are chosen by the Governor General, 12 by
6. Capital the Prime Minister and 2 by the Leader of the
Bridgetown Opposition.

7. Currency 4. Popular House
Barbadian dollar House of Assembly and Senate

8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) 5. Type of Electoral System
African descent 92.4%, mixed 3.1%, white 2.7%,
East Indian 1.3%, other 0.2%, unspecified 0.3% FPTP
(2010 est.) PArt iii
9. Date of Independence and from which Country ELECtorAL sYstEM
30 November 1966 (from the UK)

10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
22 November 1966

11. Language (s) 1. Name of the EMB(S)
English (official), Bajan (English-based creole Electoral and Boundaries Commission
language, widely spoken in informal settings)
2. Website Address
12. Literacy Levels https://www.gov.bb/Departments/electoral
99.6% www.electoral.barbados.gov.bb

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