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# Svalbard/Government

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Country name:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen?)

Data code: SV

Dependency status: territory of Norway; administered by the Ministry of Industry, Oslo, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in Longyearbyen?, Spitsbergen; by treaty ([9 February]? 1920?) sovereignty was given to Norway

Government type: NA

Capital: Longyearbyen

Independence: none (territory of Norway)

National holiday: NA

Legal system: NA

Executive branch:
chief of state: King HARALD V of Norway (since 17 January 1991?)
head of government: Governor Morten RUUD (since NA November 1998?) and Assistant Governor Rune Baard HANSEN (since NA 1996?)
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor and assistant governor responsible to the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice

International organization participation: none

Flag description: the flag of Norway is used

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