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===Political system===
{{Main|Politics of Anguilla}}
{{See also|Law of Anguilla}}
Anguilla is an internally self-governing [[British overseas territory|overseas territory]] of the United Kingdom.<ref name="CIA World Factbook- Anguilla"/> Its politics take place in a framework of a [[parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[representative democracy|representative democratic]] [[Dependent territory|dependency]], whereby the [[Premier of Anguilla|Premier]] is the [[head of government]], and of a [[wikt:pluriform|pluriform]] multi-party system.<ref name="CIA World Factbook- Anguilla"/> A governor is appointed by the British government to represent the king.

The [[United Nations Committee on Decolonization]] includes Anguilla on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. The territory's constitution is the Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982 (amended 1990).<ref name="CIA World Factbook- Anguilla"/> [[Executive power]] is exercised by the government, with [[legislative power]] being vested in both the government and the [[Anguilla House of Assembly|House of Assembly]].<ref name="CIA World Factbook- Anguilla"/> The [[judiciary]] is independent of the executive and the legislature.<ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica – Anguilla"/>