Government of the Cayman Islands

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Politics of the Cayman Islands
Constitution Law
Monarchy Sovereign Charles III Governor Jane Owen
Executive Premier Julianna O'Connor-Connolly
Legislative Parliament Speaker: Alden McLaughlin
Elections Recent elections General: 2009 2013 2017 2021 Political parties Cayman Democratic Party (CDP) People's Progressive Movement (PDM)
Administrative divisions
Citizenship Belonger status British Overseas Territories citizen Passport Visa requirements
Foreign relations
Other countries
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The Cayman Islands is a parliamentary representative democratic dependency. As a British Overseas Territories, Charles III is the head of state. The Premier of the Cayman Islands is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government, legislative power is vested in both the government and the Parliament of the Cayman Islands. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.

The Cayman Islands' physical isolation under early British colonial rule allowed the development of an indigenous set of administrative and legal traditions which were codified into a constitution in 1959. A constitution, which devolved some authority from the United Kingdom to the Cayman Islands Government, was passed by referendum on 20 May 2009. Subsequently, the islands have become largely self-governing.

The Cayman Islands Government is aided by a tradition of restrained civil governance from the United Kingdom.