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Antigua and Barbuda (Spanish for
Ancient and Bearded) is an island nation located in the eastern
Caribbean Sea, on the sea's boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. There are
two major islands - Antigua, which are close neighbors within the middle
of the Leeward Islands, roughly 17 degrees north of the equator.
The islands of Antigua and Barbuda are part of the Lesser Antilles
archipelago. To the south of Antigua and Barbuda lie the islands of
Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.
The politics of Antigua and Barbuda takes
place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative
democratic monarchy, whereby the Head of State is the monarch, who
appoints the Governor-General as vice-regal representative. In 2007
Louise Lake-Tack became the first female to hold the position of
Governor-General in the history of Antigua and Barbuda. A Council of
Ministers is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the
Prime Minister, currently Baldwin Spencer. The Prime Minister is the
head of the government. Vere Cornwall Bird, Antigua and Barbuda's first
Prime Minister, is credited with having brought Antigua and Barbuda and
the Caribbean into a new era of independence. |
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- St. George
- St. John
- St. Mary
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- St. Paul
- St. Peter
- St. Phili
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