Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory Totally Explained

Everything about the Commissioner Of The British Indian Ocean Territory totally explained

The Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory is the head of government in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Commissioner is appointed by the British monarch on the advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Commissioner doesn't reside in the territory, as it has had no native population since the 1970s, and the only population is the military of the United States and the United Kingdom at the joint base at Diego Garcia.
   The Commissioner's role is to administer the territory on behalf of the British government. This involves the passing of any necessary legislation for the territory, usually Orders in council or Statutory Instruments. The Commissioner is also responsible for liaising with the military of the United States in matters concerning the territory. An Administrator of the British Indian Ocean Territory acts as the Commissioner's assistant. The Commissioner also appoints a representative on the territory, who is the senior British military officer at Diego Garcia.
   The current Commissioner is Leigh Turner.
   Unlike the other governors and commissioners of other British overseas territories, there's no separate flag for the Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory. This is mainly because he's never resident in the territory, and he'd be unable to fly any flag from his offices in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.

Further Information

Get more info on 'Commissioner Of The British Indian Ocean Territory'.

External Link Exchanges

Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:

<a href="http://commissioner_of_the_british_indian_ocean_territory.totallyexplained.com">Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory Totally Explained</a>

Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned.