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| Country name |
conventional long form: territory of guam conventional short form: guam local long form: guahan |
| Government type | NA |
| Capital | Hagatna (Agana) |
| Administrative divisions | none (territory of the US) |
| Independence | none (territory of the US) |
| National holiday | Discovery Day, first Monday in March (1521) |
| Constitution | Organic Act of 1 August 1950 |
| Legal system | modeled on US; US federal laws apply |
| Suffrage | 18 years of age; universal; US citizens, but do not vote in US presidential elections |
| Executive branch |
chief of state: president george w. bush of the us (since 20 january 2001); vice president richard b. cheney (since 20 january 2001) election results: felix p. p. camacho elected governor; percent of vote - felix p. p. camacho (republican party) 55.4%, robert a. underwood (democratic party) 44.6% elections: us president and vice president elected on the same ticket for a four-year term; governor and lieutenant governor elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year term; election last held 5 november 2002 (next to be held na november 2006) head of government: governor felix p. p. camacho (since 6 january 2003) and lieutenant governor kaleo moylan (since 6 january 2003) cabinet: executive departments; heads appointed by the governor with the consent of the guam legislature |
| Legislative branch | unicameral Legislature (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms)
elections: last held 5 november 2002 (next to be held 2 november 2004) note: Guam elects one nonvoting delegate to the US House of Representatives; election last held 5 November 2002 (next to be held 2 November 2004); results - Madeleine BORDALLO (Democratic Party) was elected as delegate; percent of vote by party - Democratic Party 64.6%, Republican Party 35.4%; seats by party - Democratic Party 1 election results: percent of vote by party - na; seats by party - democratic party 9, republican party 6 |
| Judicial branch | Federal District Court (judge is appointed by the president); Territorial Superior Court (judges appointed for eight-year terms by the governor) |
| Political parties and leaders | Democratic Party (controls the legislature) [speaker, Vicente (Ben) PANGELINAN]; Republican Party (party of Governor CAMACHO) [leader NA] |
| Political pressure groups and leaders | NA |
| International organization participation | Interpol (subbureau), IOC |
| Diplomatic representation in the US | none (territory of the US) |
| Diplomatic representation from the US | none (territory of the US) |
| Flag description | territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; US flag is the national flag |
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