King's Representative in the Cook Islands

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The King's Representative in the Cook Islands is the viceregal official who performs the constitutional and ceremonial duties of the British monarch within the self-governing Cook Islands.

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King's Representative in the Cook Islands canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional office
political office
viceregal representative
appointedBy Charles Philip Arthur George
surface form: King Charles III

monarch of New Zealand
appointmentMethod on advice of the Cook Islands Government
category Government of the Cook Islands
Politics of the Cook Islands
ceremonialRole receives foreign dignitaries
represents the monarch at official events in the Cook Islands
constitutingInstrument Cook Islands Constitution Act 1964
surface form: Constitution of the Cook Islands

Cook Islands Constitution Act 1964
country Cook Islands
firstOfficeHolder Sir Gaven Donne
firstOfficeHolderEndDate 1984
firstOfficeHolderStartDate 1982
flag Flag of the King's Representative in the Cook Islands
flagCaption Standard of the King's Representative
formationDate 1982
fourthOfficeHolder Tom Marsters
fourthOfficeHolderStartDate 2013
governmentalContext self-governing state in free association with New Zealand
incumbent Tom Marsters
incumbentSince 27 July 2013
jurisdiction Cook Islands
nativeNameLanguage en
oathRequirement swears oath of allegiance to the monarch of New Zealand
officeHoldersNumber 3
officeLocation Avarua, Rarotonga
powers appoints ministers on advice of the Prime Minister
appoints the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
gives royal assent to legislation
may dissolve Parliament on advice of the Prime Minister
predecessorOffice New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands
relatedOffice Governor-General of New Zealand
represents Charles Philip Arthur George
surface form: King Charles III

King of New Zealand
surface form: monarch of New Zealand
residence Government House, Rarotonga
role de facto head of state of the Cook Islands
seat Rarotonga
secondOfficeHolder Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa
secondOfficeHolderEndDate 1990
secondOfficeHolderStartDate 1984
style Her Excellency
His Excellency
termLength three years
termRenewable true
thirdOfficeHolder Sir Frederick Tutu Goodwin
thirdOfficeHolderEndDate 2013
thirdOfficeHolderStartDate 2001

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Cook Islands representativeOfMonarch King's Representative in the Cook Islands
Parliament of the Cook Islands canBeDissolvedBy King's Representative in the Cook Islands
Parliament of the Cook Islands relatedTo King's Representative in the Cook Islands