Governor-General of Solomon Islands

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constitutional office public office vice-regal office

The Governor-General of Solomon Islands is the monarch’s appointed representative who performs ceremonial duties and exercises certain constitutional powers on behalf of the Crown within the country.

Aliases (1)

office of the Governor-General of Solomon Islands ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional office → public office → vice-regal office →
appointedBy	monarch of Solomon Islands →
appointedByBody	monarch in right of Solomon Islands →
appointedOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister of Solomon Islands →
ceremonialDuties	confers honours and awards → receives foreign dignitaries → represents Solomon Islands at official events →
constitutionalPowers	appoints Prime Minister of Solomon Islands → appoints ministers on advice of Prime Minister → dissolves Parliament of Solomon Islands → gives royal assent to legislation → summons Parliament of Solomon Islands →
country	Solomon Islands →
createdBy	Constitution of Solomon Islands →
currentHolder	Sir David Vunagi →
currentHolderStartDate	2019-07-07 →
firstHolder	Sir Baddeley Devesi →
firstHolderStartDate	1978-07-07 →
flag	Flag of the Governor-General of Solomon Islands →
formationDate	1978-07-07 →
formationEvent	independence of Solomon Islands →
jurisdiction	Solomon Islands →
legalBasis	Constitution of Solomon Islands → surface form: "Chapter II of the Constitution of Solomon Islands"
nominatedBy	National Parliament of Solomon Islands →
officeHoldersInclude	Sir Baddeley Devesi → Sir David Vunagi → Sir Frank Kabui → Sir George Lepping → Sir John Lapli → Sir Moses Pitakaka → Sir Nathaniel Waena →
officeLanguage	English → Solomon Islands Pijin →
partOf	executive branch of Solomon Islands →
predecessorOffice	High Commissioner for the Western Pacific →
represents	British monarch → monarch of Solomon Islands →
representsInCountry	Crown in Solomon Islands →
residence	Government House, Honiara →
roleIn	constitutional monarchy of Solomon Islands →
seat	Honiara →
style	Her Excellency → His Excellency →
termLength	5 years →
termRenewable	true →

Referenced by (5)

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

Queen of Solomon Islands → appoints → Governor-General of Solomon Islands →

Constitution of Solomon Islands → establishes → Governor-General of Solomon Islands →

this entity surface form: "office of the Governor-General of Solomon Islands"

Queen of Solomon Islands → oathTakenBy → Governor-General of Solomon Islands →

Queen of Solomon Islands → representedBy → Governor-General of Solomon Islands →

Constitution of Solomon Islands → representedInSolomonIslandsBy → Governor-General of Solomon Islands →