Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles,lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territory consists of the main island of Anguilla,approximately 16 miles long by 3 miles (5 km) wide at its widest point,together with a number of much smaller islands and cays with no permanent population. The territory's capital is The Valley. The total land area of the territory is 35 square miles (91 km2),with a population of approximately 15,753 (2021).
Politics of Anguilla takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency,whereby the Premier is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. Anguilla,the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles,is an internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The United Nations Committee on Decolonization includes Anguilla on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories. The territory's constitution is Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982. Executive power is exercised by the Premier and the Executive Council. Legislative power is vested in both the Executive Council and the House of Assembly. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Military defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.
Dufferin "Duff" Roblin was a Canadian businessman and politician. He served as the 14th premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967. Roblin was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In the government of Brian Mulroney,he served as government leader in the Senate. He was the grandson of Sir Rodmond Roblin,who also served as Manitoba Premier. His ancestor John Roblin served in the Upper Canada assembly.
Calgary-Foothills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,Canada. It is located in the northwest corner of Calgary. It elected six consecutive Progressive Conservative MLAs from its creation in 1971 until ousted Premier Jim Prentice disclaimed his winning seat on the 2015 general election night,later electing a member of the Wildrose in the following by-election.
Omar Ayub Khan is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition. He was the last Federal Minister for Economic Affairs under the Prime Ministership of Imran Khan from April 2021 until April 2022. He previously served as Federal Minister for Energy from 11 September 2018 to 16 April 2021. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. He is the grandson of the former President of Pakistan,Field Marshal Ayub Khan and the son of Gohar Ayub Khan,who was also a politician. Previously,he served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2014 to 2015. He also served as the Minister of State for Finance in the federal cabinet from 2004 to 2007. He is serving as secretary general of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf since 27 May 2023.
The House of Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Anguilla. It has 13 members,7 members in single-seat constituencies,4 members representing the island at-large and 2 ex officio members. Anguilla has a multi-party system.
Jayant Rajaram Patil is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He has been representing Islampur in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for more than 3 decades. He was the Cabinet Minister of the Water Resources Department in Uddhav Thackeray ministry. Previously he has been the Rural Development Minister,the Finance Minister and the Home Minister of Maharashtra.
David Zirnhelt is a Canadian politician,businessman and rancher from British Columbia. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party,he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Cariboo and Cariboo South from 1989 to 2001,and served in the cabinets of premiers Mike Harcourt,Glen Clark,Dan Miller and Ujjal Dosanjh.
General elections were held in Anguilla on 21 February 2005 to elect the seven elected seats in the House of Assembly. The Anguilla United Front,an alliance of the Anguilla National Alliance and the Anguilla Democratic Party,won the elections retaining four of the elected seats.
Victor Michael Dominello,is an Australian former politician who was the New South Wales Minister for Customer Service in the second Berejiklian ministry from April 2019,and in the Perrottet ministry until March 2023. Dominello is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly,representing the electorate of Ryde for the Liberal Party from 2008 until his retirement in 2023.
Dr. Dion George is a South African politician,the Shadow Minister of Finance,and a Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). He serves as a member–elected Trustee and Chair of the Investment Sub–Committee of the Political Office Bearers Pension Fund and in the DA's national leadership as Federal Finance Chair. He is a member of the Party’s Federal Council,Federal Executive and National Management Committee.
Camille Henri Thériault is a Canadian politician from New Brunswick. He served as the 29th premier of New Brunswick from 1998 to 1999.
General elections were held in Anguilla on 15 February 2010. Seven seats in the House of Assembly were contested in the election.
Michael Joseph Coteau is a Canadian politician who serves as the Member of Parliament for Don Valley East in the House of Commons of Canada. From 2011 to 2021,he was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the provincial district of Don Valley East in Toronto. He served in the Cabinet of Ontario under Premier Kathleen Wynne from 2013 to 2018 in several portfolios,including Citizenship and Immigration,Tourism,Culture and Sport and Community and Social Services. After the 2018 Ontario general election,Coteau was one of seven Liberals re-elected,and he subsequently ran in the 2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election,placing second with 16.9% of the vote.
General elections were held in Anguilla on 22 April 2015. The result was a victory for the Anguilla United Front alliance,which won six of the seven elected seats in the House of Assembly. The ruling Anguilla United Movement failed to win a seat.
Federal elections were held in the West Indies Federation for the first and only time on 25 March 1958. The result was a victory for the West Indies Federal Labour Party,which won 25 of the 45 seats in the House of Representatives.
Anthony Akoto Osei was a Ghanaian banker and politician. Osei was in the cabinet of President John Agyekum Kufuor first as Minister of State for Finance and Economic Planning and then Acting Minister of Finance. He was a member of Parliament for the electoral district of Old Tafo in the Ashanti region.
Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers is an Anguillan politician,lawyer,athlete,former model and beauty pageant titleholder. A member of the Anguilla Progressive Movement,Kentish-Rogers has served as the Minister for Education and Social Development in the government of Ellis Webster since 2020. She has also represented the constituency of Valley South in the House of Assembly since 2020. Since 2021,she has been a Millennium Fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington,D.C.
Muhammad Hammad Azhar is a Pakistani politician from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He was elected from NA-126 (Lahore-IV) in 2018 Pakistani general election and remained a member of National Assembly of Pakistan between August 2018 to January 2023. He served in various ministerial positions in Imran Khan ministry between 2018 and April 2022. He served as Energy Minister of Pakistan and Finance Minister of Pakistan between 16 April 2021 to 3 April 2022 and 29 March 2021 to 16 April 2021 respectively.
Michael John Cardo is a South African author and politician who served as the Shadow Minister of Employment and Labour from June 2019 until February 2024. He was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in May 2014. Between June 2015 and June 2019,he was the Shadow Minister of Economic Development. He resigned from Parliament effective on 31 January 2024. Cardo is a member of the Democratic Alliance.
