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Who rules the Cayman Islands ?

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Who rules the Cayman Islands ?

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They are a British Overseas Dependent Territory and there is a Governor whose role is largely titular, but who is able to step in where circumstances demand. The Cayman Islands are a parliamentary democracy with judicial, executive and legislative branches.

The Islands' constitution has evolved as the population and economy has grown; however, Cayman has not moved to the stage where there is a chief minister. The Islands pride themselves on having an independent judiciary, emphasising that the Grand Court was established by the Constitution. In many forms of parliamentary government, executive and legislative branches are not totally separate. In the Cayman Islands, the people elect the members of the legislature, and the legislature elects the majority of the The Cabinet.

There is no second tier of local government. A district commissioner represents the governor in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. In May 2001 the Governor appointed a Constitutional Modernisation Review Commission that made recommendations on further changes in the Islands' political process and governmental structure. As a result, the Executive Council became Cabinet, both a Leader of Government Business and a Leader of the Opposition were officially appointed, and an Electoral Boundary Commission was appointed and made recommendations to turn Cayman鈥檚 districts into one-person, one-vote constituencies.
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British territory(I think it's a territory, I know it's British)
The first answerer is right: it's a British territory.
Although they are a British colony, they have their own government that enacts laws, etc.

Under an agreement, they are not required to pay taxes to England, as other colonies do.