Governor-General (representing the monarch)

GPTKB entity

Statements (66)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf government position
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:establishedIn 16th century
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Commonwealth_realms
gptkbp:hasInsignia gptkb:coat_of_arms
Governor-General's standard
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Governor-General (representing the monarch)
gptkbp:mayActOnAdviceOf gptkb:Cabinet
gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mayExerciseReservePowers in constitutional crisis
gptkbp:powers appointing ministers
dissolving parliament
granting royal assent
gptkbp:precedence gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:removes gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:reportsTo gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:residesIn gptkb:palace
gptkbp:responsibility ceremonial functions
constitutional functions
gptkbp:role representative of the monarch
gptkbp:style His Excellency
Her Excellency
gptkbp:symbolizes monarch's authority
gptkbp:termLength at the monarch's pleasure
gptkbp:title Gobernador general
Gouverneur général
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Antigua_and_Barbuda
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Bahamas
gptkb:Belize
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Grenada
gptkb:Jamaica
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkb:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis
gptkb:Saint_Lucia
gptkb:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
gptkb:Solomon_Islands
gptkb:Tuvalu
gptkb:Barbados_(until_2021)
Burma (now Myanmar, until 1948)
Cameroon (until 1961)
Ceylon (now Sri Lanka, until 1972)
Fiji (until 1987)
Ghana (until 1960)
Guyana (until 1970)
Hong Kong (as Governor, not Governor-General)
India (until 1950)
Ireland (until 1936)
Kenya (until 1964)
Malawi (until 1966)
Malta (until 1974)
Mauritius (until 1992)
Nigeria (until 1963)
Pakistan (until 1956)
Sierra Leone (until 1971)
South Africa (until 1961)
Sudan (until 1956)
Tanganyika (now Tanzania, until 1962)
The Gambia (until 1970)
Trinidad and Tobago (until 1976)
Uganda (until 1963)
Zambia (until 1964)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Dominions
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6