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The lieutenant governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President's pleasure. Since the union territories of Delhi , Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry have a measure of self-government with an elected legislature and council of ministers , the role of the lieutenant governor there is ...
Took office Left office Duration; 1 U. R. Panicker 1 November 1956 7 November 1956 7 days 2 S. Mony 8 November 1956 21 September 1958 1 year, 318 days 3 C. K. Balakrishna Nair 22 September 1958 5 December 1961 2 years, 349 days 4 M. Ramunni: 6 December 1961 8 April 1965 4 years, 3 days 5 C. H. Naire 9 April 1965 31 October 1969
The lieutenant governor is the second-highest-ranking government official in 45 of the 50 U.S. states and four of the five territories.In those states and territories, the lieutenant governor is the first in the line of succession in case of a vacancy in the office of governor (Note: in Massachusetts and West Virginia, the lieutenant governor only assumes powers and duties as acting governor ...
Duncan announced he would run for lieutenant governor of Georgia on April 10, 2017. [15] He resigned from the Georgia House in September 2017 to focus on running for lieutenant governor in 2018. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] He was described as an "underdog" candidate against David Shafer , who had served as president pro tempore of the Georgia State Senate .
The office of Lieutenant Governor was created by a state constitutional revision in 1945. Prior to that time, Georgia did not have such an office. Elected in 1946 (for a term to begin in 1947) Georgia's first lieutenant governor, Melvin E. Thompson became involved in the three governors controversy .
State Lieutenant Governor Date of birth Date of inauguration Age at inauguration Length of term to date Current age Party Alabama: Will Ainsworth March 22, 1981 January 14, 2019 () 37 years, 298 days 6 years, 37 days 43 years, 335 days Republican Alaska: Nancy Dahlstrom August 13, 1957 December 5, 2022 ()
Doug Burgum, the former governor of North Dakota, leads the Department of the Interior, which is responsible for the management and conservation of federal lands and natural resources. .
Under the 1983 Constitution, Georgia also has magistrate courts, probate courts, juvenile courts, state courts; the General Assembly may also authorize municipal courts. [9] Other courts, including county recorder 's courts, civil courts and other agencies in existence on June 30, 1983, may continue with the same jurisdiction until otherwise ...