History and Government
Government
It is a hierarchical system. The civic head of the island of Sark is the Seigneur of Sark, and below him, the island’s parliament, the Chief Pleas, with the right to a suspensory veto on its ordinances. The Seigneur appoints a Seneschal of Sark (subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey) who is President of the Chief Pleas and Chairman of Sark’s local Court of Justice, the Seneschal’s Court. The present Seigneur is Michael Beaumont and the Seneschal (or President of the Chief Pleas) is Lt-Col R J Guille.
Guernsey leases the island of Herm to Major A G Wood, who is under contract as a tenant to be responsible for certain administrative duties on the island
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History and Government