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Constitutional monarchy as a system of government in Barbados from 1966 to 2021 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The monarchy of Barbados was a system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign and head of state of Barbados. Barbados shared the Sovereign with the other Commonwealth realms, with the country's monarchy being separate and legally distinct. The Barbadian monarch's operational and ceremonial duties were mostly delegated to her representative, the Governor-General of Barbados.[2]
Queen of Barbados | |
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Details | |
Style | Her Majesty |
First monarch | Elizabeth II |
Last monarch | Elizabeth II |
Formation | 30 November 1966 |
Abolition | 30 November 2021 |
Residence | Government House[1] |
Appointer | Hereditary |
The Barbadian monarchy was created by the Barbados Independence Act 1966, which transformed the Colony of Barbados into the independent sovereign state of Barbados of today. The only Barbadian monarch to reign from the independence of Barbados to the monarchy's abolition was Elizabeth II. As a result, the monarch was officially titled Queen of Barbados and, in this capacity, she and other members of the Barbadian Royal Family undertook public and private functions domestically and abroad as representatives of the Barbadian state. The Crown primarily functioned as a guarantor of continuous and stable governance and a nonpartisan safeguard against the abuse of power.
In September 2020, the government of Barbados announced that it planned to remove the Queen as head of state by the end of November 2021. The Barbadian monarchy was abolished on 30 November 2021, when Barbados became a republic within the Commonwealth with the president of Barbados as its head of state.