!!!Grenada: Government
||Country name|''conventional long form'': none \\ ''conventional short form'': Grenada \\ ''etymology'': probably named for the Spanish city of Granada; in Spanish "granada" means "pomegranate" \\ 
||Government type|parliamentary democracy (Parliament); a Commonwealth realm
||Capital|Saint George's[{GoogleMap location='Saint George's' zoom='6'}] \\ ''geographic coordinates'': 12 03 N, 61 45 W \\ ''time difference'': UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) \\ 
||Administrative divisions|6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petite Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick
||Independence|7 February 1974 (from the UK)
||National holiday|Independence Day, 7 February (1974)
||Constitution|previous 1967; latest presented 19 December 1973, effective 7 February 1974, suspended 1979 following a revolution, but restored in 1983; amended 1991 (Constitutional Judicature Act, 1991); note - in late 2015, as part of constitutional reform, Parliament completed its first reading of a package of amendments (2016)
||Legal system|common law based on English model
||International law organization participation|has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
||Citizenship|''citizenship by birth'': yes \\ ''citizenship by descent'': yes \\ ''dual citizenship recognized'': yes \\ ''residency requirement for naturalization'': 7 years for persons from a non-Caribbean state and 4 years for a person from a Caribbean state \\ 
||Suffrage|18 years of age; universal
||Executive branch|''chief of state'': Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Cecile LA GRENADE (since 7 May 2013) \\ ''head of government'': Prime Minister Keith MITCHELL (since 20 February 2013) \\ ''cabinet'': Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister \\ ''elections/appointments'': the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the governor general \\ 
||Legislative branch|''description'': bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (13 seats; members appointed by the governor general - 10 on the advice of the prime minister and 3 on the advice of the opposition party leader; members serve 5-year terms) and the House of Representatives (15 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms) \\ ''elections'': last held on 19 February 2013 (next to be held in 2018) \\ ''election results'': House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NNP 59%, NDC 41%; seats by party - NNP 15 \\ 
||Judicial branch|''highest court(s)'': the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the itinerant superior court of record for the 9-member Organization of Eastern Caribbean States to include Grenada; the ECSC - with its headquarters on St. Lucia - is comprised of the Court of Appeal with 3 justices and the High Court with 19 judges; sittings of the Court of Appeal and High Court rotate among the member states \\ ''judge selection and term of office'': chief justice of Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court appointed by the Her Majesty, Queen ELIZABETH II; other justices and judges appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, and independent body of judicial officials; Court of Appeal justices appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 65; High Court judges appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 62 \\ ''subordinate courts'': magistrates' courts; Court of Magisterial Appeals \\ 
||Political parties and leaders|Grenada United Labor Party or GULP (Wilfred HAYES) \\ National Democratic Congress or NDC (Tillman THOMAS) \\ New National Party or NNP (Keith MITCHELL)
||Political pressure groups and leaders|Committee for Human Rights in Grenada or CHRG \\ New Jewel Movement Support Group \\ The British Grenada Friendship Society \\ The New Jewel 19 Committee
||International organization participation|ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO
||Diplomatic representation in the US|''chief of mission'': Ambassador Ethelstan A. FRIDAY (since 3 September 2013) \\ ''chancery'': 1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 \\ ''telephone'': (1) (202) 265-2561 \\ ''FAX'': (1) (202) 265-2468 \\ ''consulate(s) general'': Miami \\ 
||Diplomatic representation from the US|''chief of mission'': the US does not have an embassy in Grenada; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Grenada \\ ''embassy'': Lance-aux-Epines Stretch, Saint George's \\ ''mailing address'': P. O. Box 54, Saint George's \\ ''telephone'': (1) (473) 444-1173 through 1176 \\ ''FAX'': (1) (473) 444-4820 \\ 
||Flag description|a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a red border around the flag; there are seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg, after Indonesia); the seven stars stand for the seven administrative divisions, with the central star denoting the capital, St. George; yellow represents the sun and the warmth of the people, green stands for vegetation and agriculture, and red symbolizes harmony, unity, and courage
||National symbol(s)|Grenada dove, Bougainvillea flower; national colors: red, yellow, green
||National anthem|''name'': "Hail Grenada" \\ ''lyrics/music'': Irva Merle BAPTISTE/Louis Arnold MASANTO \\  \\ ''__note__'': adopted 1974 \\