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The governor of North Carolina is the head of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. There have been 69 governors of North Carolina, with six serving non-consecutive terms, totaling 75 terms. The current governor is Democrat Roy Cooper, who took office on January 1, 2017.
The governor of North Carolina is the head of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina.Seventy-five people have held the office since its inception in 1776. The governor serves a term of four years and chairs the collective body of the state's elected executive officials, the Council of State.
The government of North Carolina is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. These consist of the Council of State (led by the Governor ), the bicameral legislature (called the General Assembly ), and the state court system (headed by the North Carolina Supreme Court ).
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Wicker served six terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives [2] from 1981 until 1993. [4] In 1985 Republican James G. Martin was seated as Governor of North Carolina, and Democrats in the North Carolina General Assembly attempted to weaken the powers of his office. Wicker proposed a bill to call for a referendum to amend the state ...
North Carolina voters elevated state Attorney General Josh Stein to the governor’s office Tuesday, rejecting scandal-plagued Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.
The North Carolina Cabinet is the group of unelected heads of the executive departments of the Government of North Carolina. It is separate and distinct from the North Carolina Council of State , the members of which are elected statewide, and which makes up the rest of the executive leadership of the government.
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