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The financial secretary of the Falkland Islands is the government officer responsible for economic and financial matters in the Falkland Islands. The role and powers of the director of finance are set out in Chapter VI of the Falkland Islands Constitution. The position was also known as Director of Finance after the new Constitution came into effect in 2009.
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Barry Alan Rowland is a British administrator and the former Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands. He previously served as Executive Director for Northumberland County Council and Chief Executive of Newcastle City Council.
The Falkland Islands general election of 2021 was held on Thursday 4 November 2021 to elect all eight members of the Legislative Assembly through universal suffrage using block voting,with the Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands acting as returning officer. It was the fourth election since the new Constitution came into force replacing the Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly.
A referendum on reforming the electoral system was held in the Falkland Islands on 24 September 2020,after being postponed from 26 March 2020 following the Coronavirus pandemic. Voters were asked if they wanted to replace the two existing electoral constituencies with a single constituency for the whole of the Islands. Although a majority of those who voted supported the change,the required two-thirds majority in both of the islands' constituencies was not achieved.
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- ↑ "£140,000-a-year Leicester council boss Andy Keeling leaving for Falklands job". Leicester Mercury. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ↑ "Andy Keeling, Falkland Islands Government: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg News . Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ↑ "Andy Keeling: New Chief Executive to arrive in the Falklands next week". MercoPress. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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