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ANGUILLA

CARIBBEAN-CENTRAL AMERICA PROFILE 2018

TRADE AGREEMENTS AND Assembly. An Independent candidate won the INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT TREATIES seventh seat. The incumbent Anguilla United TRANSPORTATION
The United Kingdom retains responsibility Movement failed to win a seat. The next
for Anguilla’s foreign affairs. Anguilla has elections must be held by the year 2020. LAND
membership (Associate Membership in most Railroads: None.
cases) in regional associations such as: GOVERNMENT LEADERS Bus Service: Limited.
• Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Governor Highways: Anguilla has about 279 km of roads
of which 253 km are paved.
Tim Foy
• The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean Government House,
States (OECS) The Valley, Anguilla SEA
• The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Tel: (264) 497-2622 Sea Ports: The principal port is located at Road
Bay in Sandy Ground. There is a smaller port at
(ECCB) Fax: (264) 497-3151 Blowing Point that serves the passenger ferries
• The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Web: www.gov.ai to St. Martin.
• The Eastern Caribbean Securities Chief Minister
Regulatory Commission (ECSRC) Victor F. Banks AIR
• The United Nations Economic Commission The Secretariat, Airport: Wallblake Airport, located one mile
from the capital, is the international airport with
for Latin America and the Caribbean The Valley, Anguilla a 6,000 ft. tarmac runway.
(ECLAC) Tel: (264) 497-2518
Fax: (264) 497-3389
By virtue of the Diplomatic Privileges CONTACTS
(Extension) Act Anguilla have extended MINISTRIES Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
diplomatic privileges and immunities to several Ministry of Finance, Economic P.O. Box 89,
international organizations. These organisations Development, Commerce, Land & Physical Basseterre, St. Kitts
are declared to be accorded diplomatic privileges Planning and Tourism Tel: (869) 465-2537
by Order of the Governor in Council and these Secretariat Fax: (869) 465-9562
privileges extend to representatives, officers The Valley, Anguilla E-mail: info@eccb-centralbank.org
and members of staff of the organisations Tel: (264) 497-2451
concerned. Anguilla Chamber of Commerce
Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Box 321,
GOVERNMENT Labour, Human Rights, Gender Affairs, The Valley, Anguilla
The Anguilla Constitution Order came into Environment, Constitutional Reform and Tel: (264) 497-2839
effect on April 1, 1982, giving Anguilla the Information and Broadcasting E-mail: info@anguillachamber.com
status of a British Dependent Territory. A Secretariat
governor, who presides over the Executive The Valley, Anguilla Anguilla Financial Services Commission
Council and is responsible for defense, external Tel: (264) 497-2451 P.O. Box 1575
affairs, internal security, offshore finance, The Valley, AI2640
and the public service, represents the British Ministry of Infrastructure, Anguilla
Monarch. Communications, Utilities and Housing Tel: (264) 497-5881
Secretariat Fax: (264) 497-5872
The Executive Council consists of the chief The Valley, Anguilla Email: info@fsc.org.ai
minister and not more than three other ministers Tel: (264) 497-2451
(appointed by the governor from the elected Anguilla Tourist Board
members of the House of Assembly) and two Ministry of Health and Social Development Coronation Avenue
ex-officio members (the attorney general and Secretariat The Valley, Anguilla
deputy governor). The House of Assembly is The Valley, Anguilla Tel: (264) 497-2759
elected for five years by universal adult suffrage Tel: (264) 497-2451 Fax: (264) 497-2710
and consists of seven elected members, two ex- E-mail: ivisitanguilla.com
officio members and two members nominated EDUCATION
by the governor: one acting in accordance with Anguilla’s education system models that of the IN THE U.S.
the advice of the chief minister, and the other British system. The official school age is 5 - 17. Caribbean Division, British Embassy
after consultation with the chief minister and the The literacy rate on the island is approximately 3100 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
leader of the opposition, if any. A Magistrate’s 95%. This is due to the official policy of free Washington, D.C. 20008
Court, a High Court and a Court of Appeal under and compulsory education up to high school Tel: (202) 462-1340
the aegis of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme or secondary level. University and higher Fax: (202) 898-4255
Court of Justice administer the judicial system. education training is often sought abroad,
mainly in the US, UK and at the Caribbean Anguilla Tourist Board
ELECTIONS campuses of the University of the West Indies. 246 Central Avenue
General elections were held in Anguilla on 22 The Government has declared its intention to White Plains, NY 10606
April 2015. The result was a victory for the establish a national tertiary institution to provide Tel: (914) 287-2400
Anguilla United Front alliance, which won further education at the trade skills, technical, Fax: (914) 287-2404
six of the seven elected seats in the House of middle management and professional levels. E-mail: mwturnstyle@aol.com

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