Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis

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constitutional office public office viceregal representative

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis	3

Statements (46)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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	Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Premier of Nevis → appointedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ

Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis → appointedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ

King of Saint Kitts and Nevis → appoints → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ

Queen of Saint Kitts and Nevis → appointsOnAdvice → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ

National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis → canBeDissolvedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ

Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis → coexistsWithOffice → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ

King of Saint Kitts and Nevis → constitutionalPowersExercisedBy → 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

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 → headOfStateRepresentedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ

Basseterre → isSeatOf → 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 → reportsTo → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ

Saint Kitts and Nevis → representativeOfHeadOfStateTitle → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ

Queen of Saint Kitts and Nevis → representedBy → Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ

King of Saint Kitts and Nevis → representedInSaintKittsAndNevisBy → 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