Political status and decolonisation
Sources: Saint Helena and dependencies political status
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Politics of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the territory's renaming from "Saint Helena and Dependencies" and the 1 September 2009 constitution giving the three islands equal status, and on governance under the British monarch, a governor, an Executive Council and a Legislative Council.
Cited on: Saint Helena and dependencies political status, History of Saint Helena and dependencies political status, Saint Helena and dependencies political status: current status · Source record
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St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009 (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the 2009 Constitution Order making the three islands equal constituent parts of the territory, ending Ascension's and Tristan da Cunha's prior dependency status, and on the separate local administrators appointed for Ascension and for Tristan da Cunha (roughly 2,170 km from Saint Helena), while the islands share a governor, Chief Justice, Supreme Court and Attorney General.
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