Government of the United States Virgin Islands

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public administration territorial government

The Government of the United States Virgin Islands is the territorial administration responsible for executive, legislative, and judicial governance of the U.S. Virgin Islands under U.S. sovereignty.

Aliases (5)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public administration → territorial government →
appealsTo	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit →
appliesConstitution	Constitution of the United States →
basicLaw	Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1954 →
budgetAuthority	Legislature of the Virgin Islands →
canBeOverriddenBy	acts of the United States Congress →
capital	Charlotte Amalie →
country	United States Virgin Islands →
createdBy	Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1954 →
currency	United States dollar →
dateEstablished	1954 →
deputyHeadOfGovernment	Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands →
electoralSystem	popular election of governor and legislature →
executiveFunction	implements and enforces territorial laws →
executiveHeadTitle	Governor →
governmentType	territorial presidential representative democratic system →
hasBranch	executive branch of the United States Virgin Islands → judicial branch of the United States Virgin Islands → legislative branch of the United States Virgin Islands →
hasElections	gubernatorial elections in the United States Virgin Islands → legislative elections in the United States Virgin Islands →
hasJurisdictionOver	Saint Croix → Saint John → Saint Thomas → Water Island →
headOfGovernment	Governor of the United States Virgin Islands →
highestCourt	Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands →
judicialBody	Superior Court of the Virgin Islands → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands →
judicialFunction	interprets territorial and applicable federal law →
judicialIndependence	independent branch →
legalSystem	United States Virgin Islands law → United States federal law →
legislativeBody	Legislature of the Virgin Islands →
legislativeFunction	enacts territorial statutes →
legislatureName	Legislature of the Virgin Islands →
legislatureType	unicameral legislature →
numberOfLegislativeChambers	1 →
officialLanguage	English →
parentGovernment	Federal government of the United States →
responsibleFor	public education in the United States Virgin Islands → public health services in the United States Virgin Islands → public safety and law enforcement in the United States Virgin Islands → tax collection in the United States Virgin Islands → territorial infrastructure and transportation →
seatOfGovernment	Charlotte Amalie →
sovereignState	United States of America →
subordinateTo	authority of the United States Congress →
territorialStatus	unincorporated organized territory of the United States →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Saint John → Saint Thomas → Water Island →	governingBody
Governor of the United States Virgin Islands → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ("government of the United States Virgin Islands") → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ("judicial branch of the United States Virgin Islands") →	partOf
Charlotte Amalie Historic District → Tutu →	governedBy
Fort Christian → Henry E. Rohlsen Airport →	owner
Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ("executive branch of the United States Virgin Islands") →	governs
Saint Thomas Harbor ("U.S. Virgin Islands territorial government") →	hasJurisdiction
Charlotte Amalie Harbor →	jurisdiction
Fort Christian →	operator
Legislature Building →	ownedBy
Water Island ("United States Virgin Islands government") →	transferredTo
Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands ("government of the United States Virgin Islands") →	usedBy