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STAT	British Indian Ocean Territory	Netherlands	HISTORY
Country name > Conventional long form	British Indian Ocean Territory	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Country name > Conventional short form	none	Netherlands
Executive branch > Cabinet	NA	Council of Ministers appointed by the monarch
Executive branch > Chief of state	Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)	King WILLEM-ALEXANDER (since 30 April 2013)
Executive branch > Elections	none; the monarchy is hereditary; commissioner and administrator appointed by the monarch	the monarchy is hereditary; following Second Chamber elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch; deputy prime ministers appointed by the monarch
Executive branch > Head of government	Commissioner Colin ROBERTS (since July 2008); Administrator John MCMANUS (since April 2011)	Prime Minister Mark RUTTE (since 14 October 2010); Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk ASSCHER (since 5 November 2012)
Flag description	white with six blue wavy horizontal stripes; the flag of the UK is in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the striped section bears a palm tree and yellow crown (the symbols of the territory) centered on the outer half of the flag; the wavy stripes represent the Indian Ocean; although not officially described, the six blue stripes may stand for the six main atolls of the archipelago	three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue; similar to the flag of Luxembourg, which uses a lighter blue and is longer; the colors were those of WILLIAM I, Prince of Orange, who led the Dutch Revolt against Spanish sovereignty in the latter half of the 16th century; originally the upper band was orange, but because it tended to fade to red over time, the red shade was eventually made the permanent color; the banner is perhaps the oldest tricolor in continuous use
Legal system	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply	civil law system based on the French system; constitution does not permit judicial review of acts of the States General
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International	Mauritius and Seychelles claim the Chagos Islands; Negotiations between 1971 and 1982 resulted in the establishment of a trust fund by the British Government as compensation for the displaced islanders, known as Chagossians, who were evicted between 1967-73; in 2001, the former inhabitants of the archipelago were granted UK citizenship and the right of return; in 2006 and 2007, British court rulings invalidated the immigration policies contained in the 2004 BIOT Constitution Order that had excluded the islanders from the archipelago; in 2008 a House of Lords' decision overturned lower court rulings, once again denying the right of return to Chagossians; in addition, the United Kingdom created the world's largest marine protection area around the Chagos islands prohibiting the extraction of any natural resources therein	none

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