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Politics of Jamaica
Politics
in
Jamaica
takes place in the framework of a
representative
parliamentary
democratic
constitutional monarchy
. The 1962
Constitution of Jamaica
established a
parliamentary system
whose political and legal traditions closely follow those of the United Kingdom. As the
head of state
,
Queen Elizabeth II
- on the advice of the
Prime Minister of Jamaica
- appoints a
governor-general
as her representative in
Jamaica
. The governor-general has a largely ceremonial role.
Jamaica
constitutes an independent
Commonwealth realm
.
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