_#_Executive branch: president, prime minister, Cabinet
_#_Legislative branch: unicameral House of Assembly
_#_Judicial branch: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State—President Sir Clarence Augustus SEIGNORET (since 19 December 1983);
Head of Government—Prime Minister (Mary) Eugenia CHARLES (since 21
July 1980, elected for a third term 28 May 1990)
_#_Political parties and leaders:
Dominica Freedom Party (DFP), (Mary) Eugenia CHARLES;
Dominica Labor Party (DLP), Michael DOUGLAS;
United Workers Party (UWP), Edison JAMES
_#_Suffrage: universal at age 18
_#_Elections:
President—last held 20 December 1988 (next to be held December 1993); the president is elected by the House of Assembly;