Cayman Islands
 

to 14 May 1958

Adopted 14 May 1958

Adopted 25 Jan 1999 Government Ensign

Map of the Cayman Islands Hear National Anthem  "God Save the Queen" Hear Local Anthem "Beloved Isle Cayman" Adopted 1930 Constitution Order (6 Nov 2009) -------------------------------- 1972 Constitution (22 Aug 1972 - 6 Nov 2009) Capital: George Town Currency: Caymanian Dollar (KYD)  National Holiday: 1st Monday in July (1959) Constitution Day Population: 47,862 (2008) GDP: $1.93 billion (2004)  Exports: $2.52 million (2004) Imports: $866.9 million (2004)  Ethnic groups: mixed 40%, white 20%, black 20%, expatriates of various ethnic groups 20% Total Active Police Force: 170 (1987) Defense is the Responsibility of the U.K. Merchant marine: 109 ships (2008) Religions: Christian 78.17% (mainly United Church [Presbyterian and Congregational], also Anglican, Baptist),  Spiritist 3.96%, Jew 1.77%, Bahai 0.77%, Hindu 0.25% (2000) International Organizations/Treaties: Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UNESCO (associate), UPU  Cayman Islands Chronology May 1503                   Discovered and claimed for Spain by Columbus,                              named Islas Las Tortugas. 18 Jul 1670                English colony, part of Jamaica (Cayman Islands). c.1734                     First permanent settlements established.  4 Jul 1959                Separate British crown colony.  4 Jul 1959 - 31 May 1962  Part of the Federation of the West Indies.

Chief magistrates
1750 - 1776                William Cartwright
1776 - 1823                William Bodden                     (b. 17.. - d. 1823)
1823 - 1829                James Coe the Elder
1829 - 1842                John Drayton
1842 - 1855                James Coe the Younger
1855 - 1879                William Eden
1879 - 1888                William Bodden Webster
1888 - 1898                Edmund Parsons                     (b. 1850 - d. ....)
Commissioners
1898 - Aug 1906            Frederick Shedden Sanguinetti      (b. 1847 - d. 1906)
1906 - 1907                Charles Henry Yorke Slader
1907 - 1912                George Stephenson Shirt Hirst      (b. 1871 - d. 1912)
1912 - 1913                Hugh Houston Hutchings (1st time)  (b. 1869 - d. 1937)
                             (acting)
1913 - 1916                Aubrey Charles Robinson
1916 - 1919                Cecil Everard Mellish
1919 - 1929                Hugh Houston Hutchings (2nd time)  (s.a.)
1929 - 1931                Geoffrey Hammond Frith
1931 - 1934                Ernest Arthur Weston               (b. 1880 - d. 1940)
1934 - 1940                Allan Wolsey Cardinall             (b. 1887 - d. 1956)
1940 - 1941                Albert Colinridge Panton, Sr.
                             (acting)
1941 - 1946                John Penry Jones                   (b. 1886? - d. 1974)
1946 - 1952                Ivor Otterbein Smith               (b. 1907 - d. 2003)
1952 - 1956                Andrew Morris Gerrard              (b. 1916)
1956 -  4 Jul 1959         Alan Hilliard Donald               (b. 1917)
Administrators
 4 Jul 1959 - 1960         Alan Hilliard Donald               (s.a.)
1960 - 1964                Jack Rose                          (b. 1917)
1964 - 1968                John Alfred Cumber                 (b. 1920 - d. 1991)
1968 - 22 Aug 1971         Athelstan Charles Ethelwold Long   (b. 1919)
Governors
22 Aug 1971 - 1974         Kenneth Roy Crook                  (b. 1920)
1974 - 1981                Thomas Russell                     (b. 1920)
1982 - 10 Jun 1987         George Peter Lloyd                 (b. 1926 - d. 2007)
10 Jun 1987 - 14 Sep 1992  Alan James Scott                   (b. 1934)
14 Sep 1992 - 16 Oct 1995  Michael Edward John Gore           (b. 1935)
16 Oct 1995 -  5 May 1999  John Wynne Owen                    (b. 1939)
 5 May 1999 -  9 May 2002  Peter John Smith                   (b. 1942)
 9 May 2002 - 29 May 2002  James Ryan (acting)                (b. 1944)
29 May 2002 - 28 Oct 2005  Bruce Harry Dinwiddy               (b. 1946)
28 Oct 2005 - 23 Nov 2005  George A. McCarthy (acting)
23 Nov 2005 -              Stuart Duncan Macdonald Jack       (b. 1949)

Leaders of Government Business (official post from 30 Jun 2003)
Nov 1992 - 1994            Thomas C. Jefferson                (b. 1941 - d. 2006)  Non-party
1994 - 21 Nov 2000         Truman Bodden                      (b. 1945)            Non-party
21 Nov 2000 -  8 Nov 2001  Kurt Tibbetts (1st time)           (b. 1954)            Non-party
 8 Nov 2001 - 18 May 2005  McKeeva Bush (1st time)            (b. 1955)            UDP
18 May 2005 - 27 May 2009  Kurt Tibbetts (2nd time)           (s.a.)               PPM
27 May 2009 -  6 Nov 2009  McKeeva Bush (2nd time)            (s.a.)               UDP
Premier
 6 Nov 2009 -              McKeeva Bush                       (s.a.)               UDP

Party abbreviations: PPM = People's Progressive Movement; UDP = United Democratic Party (est.2001)