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The House of Assembly of Barbados is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Barbados. It has 30 Members of Parliament (MPs), who are directly elected in single member constituencies using the simple-majority system for a term of five years. The House of Assembly sits roughly 40–45 days a year and is presided over by a Speaker.
On 30 November 2021, Barbados transitioned from a parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the hereditary monarch of Barbados to a parliamentary republic with a ceremonial indirectly elected president as head of state. The prime minister remained head of government while the last governor-general, Sandra Mason, was elected as the country's first president on 20 October 2021, and took office on 30 November 2021.
Mia Amor Mottley, is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as Prime Minister of Barbados since 2018 and as leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the eighth person to hold the office of Prime Minister in Barbados and the first woman to hold either position. She is also Barbados' first prime minister under its republican system, following constitutional changes she introduced which abolished the country's constitutional monarchy.
Dame Sandra Prunella Mason is a Barbadian politician, lawyer, and diplomat who has served as the first president of Barbados since 2021. She was previously the eighth and final governor-general of Barbados from 2018 to 2021, the second woman to hold the office. On 20 October 2021, Mason was elected by the Parliament of Barbados to become the country's first president, and took office on 30 November 2021, when Barbados ceased to be a constitutional monarchy and became a republic.
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- ↑ "Atherley eyes set on St Michael Central | Loop Barbados". Loop News. Archived from the original on 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ "Patsie Nurse replaces Atherley in St Michael West". www.nationnews.com. 2022-01-03. Archived from the original on 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
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