Queen of the Bahamas

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ceremonial head of state constitutional monarchy position

Queen of the Bahamas was the constitutional monarch and ceremonial head of state of the Bahamas, represented locally by a governor-general within the country’s parliamentary democracy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Queen of the Bahamas canonical	2
Queen of the United Kingdom as colonial monarch of the Bahamas	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ceremonial head of state ⓘ constitutional monarchy position ⓘ
appointedRepresentative	Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ
ceremonialDuties	symbolic role in state ceremonies in the Bahamas ⓘ
constitutionalDocument	Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas ⓘ
constitutionalFunctions	appointing other ministers on advice ⓘ appointing the Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ appointing the Prime Minister of the Bahamas on advice ⓘ giving royal assent to Bahamian legislation ⓘ serving as commander-in-chief of the Bahamian armed forces, in law ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple	the Queen reigns but does not rule in the Bahamas ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	constitutional monarch ⓘ
country	Bahamas ⓘ
currentStatus	title effectively held by the reigning British monarch as monarch of the Bahamas ⓘ
flagAssociated	Royal Standard of the Bahamas ⓘ
governmentForm	parliamentary democracy ⓘ
headOfCommonwealthRealm	Bahamas ⓘ
lastIncumbent	Elizabeth II ⓘ
legalPersonality	Crown in right of the Bahamas ⓘ surface form: the Crown in right of the Bahamas
legalSystemContext	Westminster-style constitutional monarchy ⓘ
membership	Commonwealth realm monarchy ⓘ
monarchTitleGenderedForm	King ⓘ Queen ⓘ
oathReference	Crown in right of the Bahamas ⓘ surface form: the Crown of the Bahamas
officeCreated	10 July 1973 ⓘ
officeCreatedBy	independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom ⓘ
powerType	largely ceremonial ⓘ
predecessorOffice	Queen of the Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Queen of the United Kingdom as colonial monarch of the Bahamas
religionInLaw	no separate established church in the Bahamas ⓘ
representedBy	Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ
representedInCountryBy	Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ
residence	no official royal residence in the Bahamas ⓘ
residenceOfRepresentative	Government House, Nassau ⓘ
role	head of state of the Bahamas ⓘ symbolic representative of the Bahamian nation ⓘ
separationOfPowers	distinct from the Bahamian Parliament ⓘ distinct from the Bahamian executive cabinet ⓘ distinct from the Bahamian judiciary ⓘ
sharesMonarchWith	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ other Commonwealth realms ⓘ
style	Her Majesty ⓘ His Majesty ⓘ
succession	hereditary according to the British line of succession ⓘ
titleUsedBy	Elizabeth II ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Elizabeth II → title → Queen of the Bahamas ⓘ

Queen of the Bahamas → predecessorOffice → Queen of the Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen of the United Kingdom as colonial monarch of the Bahamas

King of the Bahamas → predecessorOffice → Queen of the Bahamas ⓘ