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The islands of Antigua and Barbuda are part of the Lesser Antilles archipelago.
The politics of Antigua and Barbuda takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the Head of State is the monarch, who appoints the Governor-General as vice-regal representative. In 2007 Louise Lake-Tack became the first female to hold the position of Governor-General in the history of Antigua and Barbuda. A Council of Ministers is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister, currently Baldwin Spencer. The Prime Minister is the head of the government. Vere Cornwall Bird, Antigua and Barbuda´s first Prime Minister, is credited with having brought Antigua and Barbuda and the Caribbean into a new era of independence.
Antigua and Barbuda is an island nation located in the eastern Caribbean Sea, on the sea´s boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. There are two major islands - Antigua and Barbuda, which are close neighbors within the middle of the Leeward Islands, roughly 17 degrees north of the equator.
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