Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis

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The Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis is the monarch’s appointed viceregal representative who performs ceremonial, constitutional, and community duties on behalf of the head of state in the federation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
viceregal representative ⓘ
appointedBy monarch of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
appoints Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
members of certain constitutional bodies ⓘ
other ministers of government ⓘ
associatedWith The Crown in right of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
surface form: Crown of Saint Kitts and Nevis
constitutingInstrument Constitution of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
constitutionalRole ensures there is always a Prime Minister and government in place ⓘ
may exercise reserve powers in exceptional circumstances ⓘ
country Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
countryGovernmentType constitutional monarchy ⓘ
duty acts on advice of Cabinet in most matters ⓘ
confers national honours and awards ⓘ
dissolves Parliament of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
gives royal assent to legislation ⓘ
prorogues Parliament of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
represents the head of state at official ceremonies ⓘ
summons Parliament of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
hasOfficialFlag Standard of the Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
jurisdiction Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
surface form: Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
legalStatus representative of the Crown in right of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
location Basseterre ⓘ
island of Saint Kitts ⓘ
surface form: Saint Kitts
memberOf Commonwealth realms ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth realm viceregal offices
nominatingProcess usually appointed on advice of Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
officeCreated 1983 ⓘ
officeCreatedOnEvent independence of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
officeHoldersTitleStyle Her Excellency ⓘ
His Excellency ⓘ
officeScope federal ⓘ
officeType non-partisan ⓘ
participatesIn community events ⓘ
state ceremonies ⓘ
represents head of state of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
King of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
surface form: monarch of Saint Kitts and Nevis
residence Government House, Basseterre ⓘ
residenceType official residence ⓘ
role ceremonial head within Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
exercises certain constitutional powers ⓘ
monarch’s representative in Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
performs community duties ⓘ
seat Basseterre ⓘ
symbolizes continuity of constitutional government ⓘ
termLength serves at pleasure of the monarch ⓘ

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

Queen of Saint Kitts and Nevis → representedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Queen of Saint Kitts and Nevis → appointsOnAdvice → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Saint Kitts and Nevis → representativeOfHeadOfStateTitle → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Constitution of Saint Kitts and Nevis → representsHeadOfState → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
this entity surface form: governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Constitution of Saint Kitts and Nevis → definesRole → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
this entity surface form: governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis
King of Saint Kitts and Nevis → representedInSaintKittsAndNevisBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
King of Saint Kitts and Nevis → appoints → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
King of Saint Kitts and Nevis → constitutionalPowersExercisedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
King of Saint Kitts and Nevis → oathTakenBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis → appointedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis → reportsTo → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis → coexistsWithOffice → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
The Crown in right of Saint Kitts and Nevis → exercisesPowersThrough → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
this entity surface form: governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis
National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis → canBeDissolvedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis → headOfStateRepresentedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Basseterre → isSeatOf → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Premier of Nevis → appointedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Cabinet of Saint Kitts and Nevis → appointedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Cabinet of Saint Kitts and Nevis → advises → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
attorney-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis → appointedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
public service commissions → reportsTo → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
subject surface form: Public Service Commissions (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
public service commissions → membersAppointedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
subject surface form: Public Service Commissions (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Nevis Island Assembly → canBeDissolvedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis on advice of Premier of Nevis
Nevis Island Assembly → headOfStateRepresentative → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis → representedInCountryBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Government House, Basseterre → occupant → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Government House, Basseterre → associatedWithOffice → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Standard of the Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis → representsOffice → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Standard of the Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis → usedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
National Assembly Building → associatedWithOffice → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
subject surface form: National Assembly Building (Saint Kitts and Nevis)