Governor-General of the Bahamas

E54463

ceremonial head of state political office vice-regal office

The Governor-General of the Bahamas is the monarch’s appointed representative who performs ceremonial and constitutional duties as the de facto head of state in the Bahamas.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Governor-General of The Bahamas	1
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas	1
Governors-General of the Bahamas	1
Office of the Governor-General of The Bahamas	1
chancellor of the Order of Excellence (Bahamas)	1
governor-general of The Bahamas	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ceremonial head of state ⓘ political office ⓘ vice-regal office ⓘ
appointedBy	monarch of the Bahamas ⓘ
appointedOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister of the Bahamas ⓘ
appoints	Cabinet ministers of the Bahamas ⓘ Chief Justice of the Bahamas ⓘ Prime Minister of the Bahamas ⓘ other senior public officials of the Bahamas ⓘ
associatedWith	Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
category	Governor-General of the Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Governors-General of the Bahamas
ceremonialCommanderOf	Bahamas ⓘ surface form: Bahamas armed forces
constitutingInstrument	Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Bahamas
country	Bahamas ⓘ
duty	acts on advice of the Bahamian Cabinet ⓘ delivers the Speech from the Throne ⓘ dissolves Parliament of the Bahamas ⓘ gives royal assent to Bahamian legislation ⓘ performs ceremonial functions on behalf of the monarch ⓘ prorogues Parliament of the Bahamas ⓘ summons Parliament of the Bahamas ⓘ
firstHolder	Milo Butler ⓘ
flag	Flag of the Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ
formationDate	1973-07-10 ⓘ
formationEvent	independence of the Bahamas ⓘ
governmentTypeContext	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of the Bahamas NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	monarch’s representative in the Bahamas ⓘ
location	Nassau ⓘ surface form: Nassau, Bahamas
membership	Governor-General ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth realms’ governors-general
nativeLabel	Governor-General of the Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Governor-General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
officeHolds	chancellor of the Order of Distinction (Bahamas) ⓘ Governor-General of the Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: chancellor of the Order of Excellence (Bahamas) chancellor of the Order of Lignum Vitae (Bahamas) ⓘ chancellor of the Order of Merit (Bahamas) ⓘ chancellor of the Order of the Bahamas ⓘ chancellor of the Order of the Nation (Bahamas) ⓘ
predecessorOffice	Governor of the Bahamas ⓘ
represents	British monarch ⓘ monarch of the Bahamas ⓘ
residence	Government House, Nassau ⓘ
role	de facto head of state of the Bahamas ⓘ
seat	Nassau ⓘ
style	Her Excellency ⓘ His Excellency ⓘ
symbol	Coat of arms of the Bahamas ⓘ
termDefinedBy	Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Bahamas
termLength	at His Majesty’s pleasure ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Queen of the Bahamas → appointedRepresentative → Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ

Government House, Nassau → associatedWith → Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Governor-General of The Bahamas

Governor-General of the Bahamas → category → Governor-General of the Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governors-General of the Bahamas

Royal Governor of the Bahamas → followedBy → Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ

Parliament of the Bahamas → headOfStateRepresentative → Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ

Parliament of the Bahamas → membersAppointedBy → Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ

Governor-General of the Bahamas → nativeLabel → Governor-General of the Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor-General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Government House, Nassau → occupant → Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: governor-general of The Bahamas

Governor-General of the Bahamas → officeHolds → Governor-General of the Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: chancellor of the Order of Excellence (Bahamas)

Queen of the Bahamas → representedBy → Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ

Queen of the Bahamas → representedInCountryBy → Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ

Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas → representsMonarchByOffice → Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor-General of The Bahamas