Politics of Jamaica

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Politics of Jamaica encompasses the constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy, political parties, and governmental institutions that shape the country’s governance and public policy.

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Politics of Jamaica canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf politics of a country ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType parish ⓘ
antiCorruptionBody Integrity Commission of Jamaica ⓘ
capitalCity Kingston ⓘ
commonPolicyIssues crime and security ⓘ
economic development ⓘ
education ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Constitution of Jamaica ⓘ
constitutionEffectiveFrom 1962 ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
dominantPartySystem two-party system ⓘ
electoralManagementBody Electoral Office of Jamaica ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
executiveBranch Cabinet of Jamaica ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
headOfGovernment Prime Minister of Jamaica ⓘ
headOfState monarch of Jamaica ⓘ
highestCourt Caribbean Court of Justice (appellate jurisdiction) ⓘ
independenceDate 1962-08-06 ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
internationalOrganizationMembership Caribbean Community ⓘ
Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
Organization of American States ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
judicialBranch Judiciary of Jamaica ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legalTradition English common law ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
localGovernment municipal corporations ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
majorPoliticalParty Jamaica Labour Party ⓘ
People's National Party ⓘ
monarch Charles III ⓘ
monarchTitle King of Jamaica ⓘ
numberOfParishes 14 ⓘ
otherPoliticalParty National Democratic Movement ⓘ
parliamentType bicameral legislature ⓘ
partyOrientation_JamaicaLabourParty centre-right ⓘ
partyOrientation_PeoplesNationalParty centre-left ⓘ
politicalCultureFeature competitive elections ⓘ
strong party loyalty ⓘ
previousHighestCourt Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
representativeOfMonarch Governor-General of Jamaica ⓘ
stateStructure unitary state ⓘ
suffrage universal adult suffrage ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Jamaica ⓘ
votingAge 18 ⓘ

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Legislative Council of Jamaica → seeAlso → Politics of Jamaica ⓘ