From: kuehnel@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Hans Kuehnel)
Subject: SUMMARY: Current members of the Commonwealth
Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:30:36 GMT

Hello out there, 

here is the summary I promised:
I didn't crosscheck the two answers I received, 
yet they proved very valuable for me.

Hans K"uehnel (kuehnel@physik.tu-muenchen.de, +49-89-3209-3766)
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My original posting:

Hello everybody,
 
I think the subject said it all:
Can anybody mail me (kuehnel@physik.tu-muenchen.de) a list of the
current members of the Commonwealth (if possible including the name of the
capital). I'll summarize the results for the newsgroup then.

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Thanks to:

yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee)
L.Newnham@bradford.ac.uk (Leonard Newnham)
clamen@CS.CMU.EDU (Stewart Clamen)

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From: yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee)

> From: clamen@CS.CMU.EDU (Stewart Clamen)
> 
> In article <12460@audetf> audetf@Software.Mitel.COM (Francois Audet) writes:
> 
> > Question for information: does a country have to have the Queen as
> > head of state to be a member of the Commonwealth.
> 
> Not at all.  In fact, at five members have their own ruling monarchs
> (Lesotho, Swaziland, Tonga, Western Samoa, and the Sultanate of
> Brunei).
> 
> In case people are interested, here is a summary of the form of
> governments practiced in the Commonwealth countries, according to the
> CIA World Factbook.  It seems that a member country can have any sort
> of government they want.  In fact, they don't even seem to have to be
> democracies.
> 
> 
> Country                 Form of Government              Head of State
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Antigua and Barbuda     Parliamentary Democracy         Queen E/Gov Gen
> Australia               Federal Parliamentary State     Queen E/Gov Gen
> The Bahamas             Commonwealth                    Queen E/Gov Gen
> Bangladesh              Republic                        President
> Barbados                Parliamentary Democracy         Queen E/Gov Gen
> Belize                  Parliamentary Democracy         Queen E/Gov Gen
> Botswana                Parliamentary Republic          President
> Brunei                  Constitutional Sultanate        Sultan
> Canada                  Confederation                   Queen E/Gov Gen
>                           with Parliamentary Democracy
> Cyprus                  Republic                        President
> Dominica                Parliamentary Democracy         President
> The Gambia              Republic                        President
> Ghana                   Military Republic               Chmn of the Provisional
>                                                          Def. Council
> Grenada                 Parliamentary Democracy         Queen E/Gov Gen
> Guyana                  Republic                        Executive President/
>                                                         First Vice President
> India                   Federal Republic                President
> Jamaica                 Parliamentary Democracy         Queen E/Gov Gen
> Kenya                   Republic                        President
> Kiribati                Republic                        President
> Lesotho                 Constitutional Monarchy         Letsie III
> Malawi                  Republic (1 party state)        President (for Life)
> Malaysia                Constitutional Monarchy         Paramount Ruler
>                                                         (most states are
>                                                          monarchies as well)
> Maldives                Republic                        President
> Malta                   Parliamentary Democracy         President
> Mauritius               Parliamentary Democracy         Queen E/Gov Gen
> Namibia                 Republic                        President
> New Zealand             Parliamentary Democracy         Queen E/Gov Gen
> Nauru                   Republic                        President
> Nigeria                 Military Republic               President of Armed
>                                                          Forces Ruling Council
> Pakistan                Republic                        President
> Papua New Guinea        Parliamentary Democracy         Queen E/Gov Gen
> Saint Kitts and Nevis   Constitutional Democracy        Queen E/Gov Gen
> Saint Lucia             Parliamentary Democracy         Queen E/Gov Gen
> Saint Vincent &         Constitutional Monarchy         Queen E/Gov Gen
>  the Grenadines
> Seychelles              Republic (1 party)              President
> Sierra Leone            Republic                        President
> Singapore               Republic                        President
> Solomon Islands         Parliamentary State             Queen E/Gov Gen
> Sri Lanka               Republic                        President
> Swaziland               Kingdom                         Mswati III
> Tanzania                Republic                        president
> Tonga                   Hereditary Constitutional       Taufa'ahau Tupou IV
>                           Democracy
> Trinidad and Tobago     Parliamentary Democracy         President
> Tuvalu                  Democracy                       Queen E/Gov Gen
> Uganda                  Republic                        President
> United Kingdom          Constitutional Monarchy         Elizabeth II
> Vanuatu                 Republic                        President
> Western Samoa           Constitutional Monarchy         Tanumafili II
>                           under native chief
> Zambia                  Republic                        President
> Zimbabwe                Parliamentary Democracy         President
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From: L.Newnham@bradford.ac.uk <Leonard Newnham>

This is from the cia world fact book (1991).

_#_Commonwealth (C)

established--31 December 1931;

aim--voluntary association that evolved from the British Empire and
that seeks to foster multinational cooperation and assistance;

members--(48) Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica,
The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati,
Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, NZ,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,
Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and
Tobago, Uganda, UK, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, Zambia, Zimbabwe;

special members--(2) Nauru, Tuvalu
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