conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey
conventional short form: Guernsey

GK

British crown dependency

NA

Saint Peter Port

none (British crown dependency)

none (British crown dependency)

Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)

unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and
practice

English law and local statute; justice is administered
by the Royal Court

18 years of age; universal

chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
head of government: Lieutenant Governor Sir John COWARD (since NA
1994) and Bailiff De Vic G. CAREY (since NA)
cabinet: Advisory and Finance Committee appointed by the Assembly of
the States
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor
appointed by the monarch; bailiff appointed by the monarch

unicameral Assembly of the States (59 voting
members - 12 councilors serving six-year terms, half elected every
three years; 33 deputies elected from multi- or single-member
districts every four years; 10 representatives from parish
authorities; 2 representatives from Aldenay; the bailiff and deputy
bailiff; and 2 non-voting members - the Attorney General and the
Solicitor General both appointed by the monarch
elections: last held 20 April 1994 (next to be held NA 2000)
election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - all independents

Royal Court

none; all independents

none

none (British crown dependency)

none (British crown dependency)

white with the red cross of Saint George (patron
saint of England) extending to the edges of the flag and a yellow
equal-armed cross of William the Conqueror superimposed on the Saint
George cross