!!!Saint Martin: Government
||Country name|''conventional long form'': Overseas Collectivity of Saint Martin \\ ''conventional short form'': Saint Martin \\ ''local long form'': Collectivite d'outre mer de Saint-Martin \\ ''local short form'': Saint-Martin \\ ''etymology'': explorer Christopher COLUMBUS named the island after Saint MARTIN of Tours because the 11 November 1493 day of discovery was the saint's feast day \\ 
||Dependency status|overseas collectivity of France
||Capital|Marigot[{GoogleMap location='Marigot' zoom='6'}] \\ ''geographic coordinates'': 18 04 N, 63 05 W \\ ''time difference'': UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) \\ 
||Independence|none (overseas collectivity of France)
||National holiday|Fete de la Federation, 14 July (1789); note - local holiday is Schoalcher Day (Slavery Abolition Day) 12 July (1848)
||Constitution|4 October 1958 (French Constitution)
||Legal system|French civil law
||Citizenship|see France
||Suffrage|18 years of age, universal
||Executive branch|''chief of state'': President Francois HOLLANDE (since 15 May 2012); represented by Deputy Prefect Philippe CHOPIN (since 16 November 2011) \\ ''head of government'': President of Territorial Council Aline HANSON (since 17 April 2013) \\ ''cabinet'': Executive Council; note - there is also an advisory economic, social, and cultural council \\ ''elections/appointments'': French president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prefect appointed by French president on the advice of French Ministry of Interior; president of Territorial Council elected by its members for a 5-year term; election last held on 17 April 2013 (next to be held in 2018) \\ ''election results'': Aline HANSON elected president by the Territorial Council \\ 
||Legislative branch|''description'': unicameral Territorial Council (23 seats; members directly elected by absolute majority vote to serve 5-year terms) \\ ''elections'': last held on 18 and 25 March 2012 (next to be held in July 2017) \\ ''election results'': percent of seats by party - RRR 34.1%, Team Daniel Gibbs 2012 32%, UPP 13.3%, Saint-Martin pour tous 9.4%, other 11.2%; seats by party - NA; second round, percent of seats by party - RRR 56.9%, Team Daniel Gibbs 43.1%; seats by party - RRR 17, Team Daniel Gibbs 6 \\  \\ ''__note__'': Saint Martin elects 1 member to the French Senate; election last held on 28 September 2014 (next to be held not later than September 2017); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP 1; one seat (shared with Saint Barthelemy) was elected to the French National Assembly on 17 June 2012 (next to be held by June 2017); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP 1 \\ 
||Political parties and leaders|Rally Responsibility Success (Rassemblement Responsabilite Reussite or RRR (Alain RICHARDSON) \\ Team Daniel Gibbs (Daniel GIBBS) \\ Union for Progress (Union Pour le Progres or UPP) (Louis-Constant FLEMING); affiliated with UMP
||Political pressure groups and leaders|NA
||International organization participation|UPU
||Diplomatic representation in the US|none (overseas collectivity of France)
||Diplomatic representation from the US|none (overseas collectivity of France)
||Flag description|the flag of France is used
||National symbol(s)|brown pelican
||National anthem|''name'': "O Sweet Saint Martin's Land" \\ ''lyrics/music'': Gerard KEMPS \\  \\ ''__note__'': the song, written in 1958, is used as an unofficial anthem for the entire island (both French and Dutch sides); as a collectivity of France, in addition to the local anthem, "La Marseillaise" remains official on the French side (see France); as a constituent part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in addition to the local anthem, "Het Wilhelmus" remains official on the Dutch side (see Netherlands) \\