Martinique Regierung Profil 2006

Hauptstadt

Name: Fort-de-France
geographische Koordinaten: 14 36 N, 61 05 W
Zeitunterschied: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Unabhängigkeit

none (overseas department of France)

Nationalfeiertag

Bastille Day, 14 Juli (1789)

Konstitution

4 Oktober 1958 (French Constitution)

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Jacques CHIRAC of France (seit dem 17 May 1995); Prefect Yves DASSONVILLE (seit dem 14 January 2004); note - took office 8 February 2004
Regierungschef: Staatspräsident of the General Council Claude LISE (seit dem 22 March 1992); Staatspräsident of the Regional Council Alfred MARIE-JEANNE (seit dem NA March 1998)
cabinet: NA
elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; the presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by the members of those councils for six-year terms