Grenada · Government
Government and administration in Grenada
How the executive, legislature and administrative state are organised, and which body is responsible for what.
The three branches
- Head of state — The King, represented by the Governor-General
- Acts on ministerial advice.
- Executive — Cabinet led by the Prime Minister
- Responsible to the House of Representatives.
- Legislative — Parliament
- House of Representatives (15 elected) and Senate (13 appointed).
- Judicial — Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
- Shared regional court; final appeal to the Privy Council.
How legislation is made
Bills pass three readings in both Houses and receive the Governor-General's assent. Constitutional amendments to entrenched provisions need a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives and then approval by a referendum, a double lock that has defeated every reform package put to voters.
Enforcement institutions
- Royal Grenada Police Force
- National police service, including the Coast Guard.
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
- Independent prosecution authority.
- Grenada Authority for the Regulation of Financial Institutions
- Regulates non-bank financial institutions and international business.
- Integrity Commission
- Established under the Integrity in Public Life Act.
Government bodies and regulators
- executiveMinistry of Legal AffairsPrincipal legal adviser and law revision.
- independentOffice of the Director of Public ProsecutionsIndependent authority for criminal prosecutions.
- independentGrenada Authority for the Regulation of Financial InstitutionsRegulates non-bank financial institutions.
- independentIntegrity CommissionAdministers integrity in public life legislation.
- executiveRoyal Grenada Police ForceNational police service.
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