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🇱🇨 Saint Lucia
Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy (Commonwealth realm)
SystemParliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy (Commonwealth realm)
Head of stateKing Charles III, represented by Governor-General Sir Errol Charles
Head of governmentPrime Minister Philip J. Pierre (Saint Lucia Labour Party)
LegislatureBicameral Parliament · a 17-seat elected House of Assembly and an appointed Senate
ElectionsFree and competitive elections that had changed the government at every poll for 24 years until 2025
Last election2025-12-01 · general election, a landslide for the governing Labour Party
Next election2031 · general election due
Philip Pierre's December 2025 landslide made him the first Saint Lucian leader since independence to improve his position while winning a second consecutive term, ending a long streak of single-term governments. The opposition United Workers Party was reduced to one seat. Tourism dominates the economy and the island is birthplace to two Nobel laureates, a point of national pride.
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