Politics of Gibraltar Politics of Gibraltar The Chief Minister of Gibraltar is the leader of the largest party in the Gibraltar House of Assembly, and is formally appointed by the Governor of Gibraltar, representative of the British Crown. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chief Minister of Gibraltar"
The disputed status of Gibraltar arises from the United Kingdom and Gibraltarians on the one hand, and Spain on the other hand, holding opposed views to each others on the issue of the Gibraltar's sovereignty and future. ...more on Wikipedia about "Disputed status of Gibraltar"
One of the sources of the dispute is surely the lack of appropriate definitions of what had been actually ceded to Great Britain. The Treaty of Utrecht did not include any map or specific description of the ceded elements, so that the article X is subject to different interpretations from each side. According to the Article X of the Treaty of Utrecht, dominion is ceded over the town and castle of Gibraltar, together with the port, fortifications, and forts thereunto belonging ( Article X of the Treaty of Utrecht ). ...more on Wikipedia about "Disputed status of the isthmus between Gibraltar and Spain"
The Gibraltar House of Assembly is the legislature of the British territory of Gibraltar, which consists primarily of the Rock of Gibraltar, the northern side of the Strait of Gibraltar which is the passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gibraltar House of Assembly"
The Governor of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Gibraltar. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The role of the Governor is to act as the de facto head of state, and he or she is responsible for appointing the Chief Minister, along with other members of the Council of Ministers. In addition, he appoints the Financial Development Secretary and the Attorney-General and is a member of the advisory Gibraltar Council. The Governor also has sole responsibility for the Royal Gibraltar Police. ...more on Wikipedia about "Governor of Gibraltar"
Politics of Gibraltar takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Chief Minister is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Gibraltar is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, with full internal self-government under its 1969 Constitution. The preamble to that Constitution states that "Her Majesty's Government will never enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another state against their freely and democratically expressed wishes.". ...more on Wikipedia about "Politics of Gibraltar"
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