Governor-General of Papua New Guinea

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head of state office vice-regal office

The Governor-General of Papua New Guinea is the country's vice-regal head of state who performs constitutional and ceremonial duties on behalf of the monarch.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state office → vice-regal office →
advisedBy	National Executive Council of Papua New Guinea → Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea →
appointedBy	Charles III → monarch of Papua New Guinea →
appointedFor	acting on behalf of the monarch →
awards	confers national honours of Papua New Guinea →
category	Commonwealth governors-general → Government of Papua New Guinea →
ceremonialDuties	opens sessions of National Parliament of Papua New Guinea → represents Papua New Guinea at official events →
constitutingInstrument	Constitution of Papua New Guinea →
country	Papua New Guinea →
firstHolder	Sir John Guise →
flag	Flag of the Governor-General of Papua New Guinea →
flagCaption	Standard of the Governor-General of Papua New Guinea →
formationDate	1975-09-16 →
hasPrecursor	Governor of Papua and New Guinea →
inauguralHolder	Sir John Guise →
jurisdiction	Papua New Guinea →
legalSystemContext	constitutional monarchy of Papua New Guinea →
locatedIn	Oceania →
memberOf	Commonwealth realm vice-regal offices →
monarch	Charles III → King of Papua New Guinea →
nativeName	Governor-General bilong Papua Niugini →
nominatedBy	National Parliament of Papua New Guinea →
officeHoldersMustBe	citizen of Papua New Guinea → qualified to be elected to National Parliament of Papua New Guinea →
officeType	non-partisan office →
powers	appoints Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea → appoints ministers on advice of Prime Minister → dissolves National Parliament of Papua New Guinea → gives royal assent to legislation → summons National Parliament of Papua New Guinea →
reportsTo	monarch of Papua New Guinea →
represents	Charles III → monarch of Papua New Guinea →
residence	Government House, Port Moresby →
role	ceremonial head of state → constitutional head of state → vice-regal head of state →
seat	Port Moresby →
style	Her Excellency → His Excellency →
symbol	Coat of arms of Papua New Guinea →
termLength	6 years →
termRenewable	once →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Crown in right of Papua New Guinea → King of Papua New Guinea → Queen of Papua New Guinea →	representedBy
King of Papua New Guinea →	appointedRepresentative
Queen of Papua New Guinea →	dayToDayDutiesPerformedBy
Constitution of Papua New Guinea ("Office of the Governor-General of Papua New Guinea") →	establishes
Governor-General of Papua New Guinea ("Governor of Papua and New Guinea") →	hasPrecursor
Order of Logohu →	isAwardedBy
Governor-General of Papua New Guinea ("Governor-General bilong Papua Niugini") →	nativeName
King of Papua New Guinea →	representedDomesticallyBy
King of Papua New Guinea →	representedInPapuaNewGuineaBy