Politics of Jersey
States of Jersey | |
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Coat of arms of Jersey | |
| Polity type | Unitary parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy |
| Legislative branch | |
| Name | States Assembly |
| Type | Unicameral |
| Meeting place | States Chamber |
| Presiding officer | Timothy Le Cocq, Bailiff |
| Executive branch | |
| Head of state | |
| Title | Monarch |
| Currently | King Charles III |
| Appointer | Hereditary |
| Head of government | |
| Title | Chief Minister |
| Currently | Lyndon Farnham |
| Cabinet | |
| Name | Council of Ministers |
| Headquarters | Broad Street Offices |
| Ministries | 9 |
The Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown dependency, unitary state and parliamentary representative democracy and constitutional monarchy. Since 2005, Jersey has a system of ministerial government, with a Chief Minister and Council of Ministers appointed from among the 49 elected members of the States Assembly. The Bailiff is chief judge, President of the States Assembly, and civic head. The current monarch and head of state is King Charles III.
Other powers are exercised by the Connétable and Parish Assembly in each of the twelve parishes.
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As one of the Crown dependencies, Jersey is sovereign territory of the Crown, but is not part of the United Kingdom. Jersey can be best described as "neither a colony nor a conquest, but a peculiar and immediate dependency of the Crown." The island is part of the British Islands, a political term encompassing the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies. This island is for the most part self-governing, with its own independent legal, administrative and fiscal systems.
The link between the island and the monarchy, rather than through Parliament, has led to an effectively independent political development on the island. In medieval times, the island was treated as a possession of the King by the English government, rather than part of the English state.