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DominiCa*
H.E. Gerald D. Burton
Chairman, Electoral Commission
PArt i PArt ii
CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
1. Country Name LEGISLATURE
DOMINICA
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Official Name Unicameral
Commonwealth of Dominica
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Government House of Assembly
Parliamentary Republic
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of the Government nominated
Prime Minister – Roosevelt Skerrit The President is appointed to serve a 5-year
term. In the House of Assembly, 9 members are
5. Head of the State appointed to serve 3-year terms and 21 members
President – Charles Savarin are elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms
6. Capital 4. Popular House
Roseau House of Assembly
7. Currency 5. Type of Electoral System
Eastern Caribbean Dollar FPTP
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) PArt iii
African descent 86.6%, mixed 9.1%, indigenous
2.9%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.2% (2001 est.) ELECtorAL sYstEM
9. Date of Independence and from which Country (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
3 November 1978 (from the UK)
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution 1. Name of the EMB(S
3 November 1978. Electoral Office
11. Language (s) 2. Website Address
English (official) http://electoraloffice.gov.dm
12. Literacy Levels 3. Head of EMB
93.78% Male literacy rate is 93.79%, for females is (Parliament met for the first time after the
93.76% December 6th 2019 general election on
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