Isle of Man Government

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Isle of Man
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Lord of Mann: Elizabeth II Lieutenant Governor: Sir Paul Haddacks Deputy Governor: Michael Kerruish Tynwald President of Tynwald: Noel Cringle Legislative Council President: Noel Cringle House of Keys Speaker: Steve Rodan Government Council of Ministers Chief Minister: Tony Brown Treasury Minister: Allan Bell Home Minister: Martyn Quayle Health Minister: Eddie Teare Education Minister: Annie Craine Industry Minister: David Cretney Tourism Minister: Adrian Earnshaw Transport Minister: David Anderson DAFF Minister: Phil Gawne DLGE Minister: John Shimmin Manx Judiciary First Deemster: Michael Kerruish Second Deemster: David Doyle Deputy Deemster: Andrew Williamson Judge of Appeal : Geoffrey Tattersall High Bailiff: Michael Moyle Deputy High Bailiff: Alastair Montgomerie Attorney General: John Corlett Chief Secretary: Mary Williams Constituencies Local Government Parish Captains Political parties Elections: 2006 general Officials of State
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The Isle of Man Government (Reiltys Ellan Vannin in Manx) is the government of the Isle of Man. The head of the Isle of Man Government is the Chief Minister.

Douglas, the largest town on the Isle of Man is its capital and seat of government, where the Government offices and the parliament chambers (Tynwald) are located.

The Civil Service has 9000 employees, roughly 10% of the population of the Island, and a full 23% of the working population. This does not include any military forces, as defence is the resonsibility of the United Kingdom.

More surprising is that fact that the 30,000 private sector workers on the Isle of Man are able to support this hugely excessive number of public sector workers. This is even more baffling considering that it is widely accepted that the average Civil Servant on the Isle of Man earns 13% more than their equivalent private sector worker. Put this on top of the fact that the only final salary pension scheme being run on the Isle of Man is being run for public sector workers and the maths behind this simply do not add up and no doubt add to the Islands image of being a bit "dodgy".

[edit] Government Structure

The Government consists of nine Departments, ten Statutory Boards and three Offices all reporting to the Council of Ministers. The Departments all report directly to the Council of Ministers.

Statutory Boards and Offices are listed below the Department that they report via.

Council of Ministers
- The Personnel Office
  - Civil Service Commission
  - Whitley Council (for manual workers)
- Chief Secretary's Office
- Attorney General's Chambers

Departments
- Department of the Treasury
  - Financial Supervision Commission
  - Insurance and Pensions Authority
  - General Registry
- Department of Home Affairs
  - Communications Commission
- Department of Health and Social Security
- Department of Education
- Department of Trade and Industry
  - Office of Fair Traiding
  - Post Office
  - Water Authority
  - Electricity Authority
- Department of Tourism and Leisure
- Department of Transport
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Department of Local Government and the Environment

Manx National Heritage is a non-departmental organisation, run by trustees appointed by Tynwald.[1]
The Gambling Control Commission is an independent commission created in 1960, with commissioners appointed by the Council of Ministers.