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The governor of Missouri is the head of government of the U.S. state of Missouri and the commander-in-chief of the Missouri National Guard. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Missouri Legislature , to convene the legislature and grant pardons , except in cases of impeachment.
The Governor of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands was the colonial head of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands civil service from 1892 until 1979. The post was established in 1892 with the title 'Resident Commissioner' by Governor of Fiji John Bates Thurston after the islands were made a British protectorate , having previously been under the ...
The average age of governors at the time of their inauguration was about 59 years old. Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [16] As of the 2022 elections, there are 12 female state governors currently serving.
Governors of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (17 P) Pages in category "Gilbert and Ellice Islands people" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Upon Tuvaluan independence, Smith's tenure as governor came to an end. The Gilbert Islands continued as a colony headed by governor Reginald James Wallace until 1979, which it became independent Kiribati. Following his retirement, in 1979, he was appointed College Secretary and Clerk to the Governors of Imperial College, London.
The atolls and islands of the Gilbert Islands lie in an approximate north-to-south line. The northernmost island in the group, Makin, it is approximately 420 nautical miles (780 km) from southernmost, Arorae, as the crow flies. Geographically, the equator is the dividing line
People who were British colonial governors (1972–79) or resident commissioners (1892–1971) of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. From Tuvaluan independence in 1978 until Kiribati independence in 1979, the position was "Governor of the Ellice Islands".
Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet (1787–1860), Governor of the Province of Queen Adelaide, and of Cape Colony from 1847 to 1852; Henry Abel Smith (1900–1993), Governor of Queensland; James Francis Smith (1859–1928), Governor-General of the Philippines; John Hilary Smith (born 1928), Governor of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 1973 to 1978