Amerikanische Jungferninseln - Regierung - Profil - 2004

Hauptstadt

Charlotte Amalie

Nationalfeiertag

Transfer Day (from Denmark to the US), 27 März (1917)

Konstitution

Revised Organic Act of 22 Juli 1954

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal; note - island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident George W. BUSH of the US (seit dem 20 January 2001)
Regierungschef: Governor Dr. Charles Wesley TURNBULL (seit dem 5 January 1999)
cabinet: NA
elections: US president and vice president elected on the same ticket for four-year terms; governor and lieutenant governor elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms; election last held 5 November 2002 (next to be held NA November 2006)
election results: Dr. Charles Wesley TURNBULL reelected governor; percent of vote - Dr. Charles Wesley TURNBULL (Democrat) 50.5%, John de JONGH 24.4%