Grand Turk is the capital city for the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory. The head of state is the monarch of the United Kingdom who appoints a local governor to a four-year term. A premier and 15 members of the assembly are elected officials while another four seats are appointed. Their offices and meetings are held in the Francis Building, renamed in 2005 after Nathaniel Francis. He was a deputy minister of public works and a Chief Minister during the mid-1980s.
