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{{Politics of Anguilla}}
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'''Politics of Anguilla''' takes place in a framework of a [[parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[representative democracy|representative democratic]] [[Dependent territory|dependency]], whereby the Premier is the [[head of government]], and of a  [[multi-party system]]. '''[[Anguilla]]''', the most northerly of the [[Leeward Islands]] in the [[Lesser Antilles]], is an internally self-governing [[British overseas territory|overseas territory]] of the United Kingdom. The United Nations Committee on Decolonization includes Anguilla on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. The territory's constitution is Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982 (amended 1990 and 2019). [[Executive power]] is exercised by the premier and the executive council. [[Legislative power]] is vested in both the executive council and the [[Anguilla House of Assembly|House of Assembly]]. 
The [[Judiciary]] is independent of the executive and the legislature. Military defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.

==Executive branch==
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|Monarch
|[[Charles III]] 
|
|8 September 2022
|-
|Governor
|[[Julia Crouch (diplomat)|Julia Crouch]]
|
|11 September 2023
|-
|Premier
|[[Cora Richardson-Hodge]]
|[[Anguilla United Front|AUF]]
|27 February 2025
|}
The Premier appointed by the governor from among the members of the House of Assembly. 
His cabinet, the Executive Council, is appointed by the governor from among the elected members of the House of Assembly.

==Legislative branch==
Anguilla elects on territorial level a legislature. The '''[[Anguilla House of Assembly|House of Assembly]]''' has 13 members, 7 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat [[constituency|constituencies]], 4 members elected at-large and 2 ex officio members. The suffrage is from 18 years. Anguilla has a [[multi-party system]].

==Political parties and elections==
{{elect|1=List of political parties in Anguilla|2=Elections in Anguilla}}

==Judicial branch==
The courts of Anguilla are:
* The [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] in London; this is Anguilla's final [[appeal court]].
* The [[Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court]], including:
** the Court of Appeal, and
** the High Court, based in Anguilla.
* Anguilla's domestic courts (which enjoy appeals to the Court of Appeal), including:
** the Magistrates' Court, and
** the Juvenile Court.<ref name="Anguilla court system">{{cite web|url=http://www.acclawyers.org/resources/anguilla/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331011119/http://www.acclawyers.org/resources/anguilla/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2014-03-31 |title=Anguillan criminal court system |publisher=Association of Commonwealth Criminal Lawyers |access-date=2010-12-25}}</ref>

==International relations==
Anguilla is a member of [[Caribbean Community|CARICOM]] (associate), [[Caribbean Development Bank|CDB]], [[International Criminal Police Organization - Interpol]] (subbureau), [[Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States|OECS]] (associate) and [[United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean|ECLAC]] (associate).

==External links==
*[http://www.gov.ai/ Official website of the government of Anguilla]

==References==
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