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Executive branch agencies and departments nominally under the authority of the Governor include: [1] [2] Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Florida Board of Governors
The 1865 and 1868 constitutions created the office of lieutenant governor, [50] [51] who would similarly act as governor. This office was abolished in 1885, with the president of the senate again taking on that duty. [52] The 1968 constitution recreated the office of lieutenant governor, who now becomes governor in the absence of the governor. [53]
DeSantis became governor of Florida on January 8, 2019. [144] Inaugurated at age 40, he was the youngest person to assume the office since Park Trammell in 1913 and the youngest Republican ever to serve in the position. [ 145 ]
The governor's office has turned over many records so far—and disclosed that Uthmeier and other staff used personal email addresses and phones rather than their state-issued ones—but it is ...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to guests at The Trumpettes Red, White and Blue Celebration at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 1, 2020. DeSantis exit would fuel turmoil at top
DeSantis expressed support for the Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative after it passed in November 2018, saying he was "obligated to faithfully implement [it] as it is defined" when he became governor. In April 2019, DeSantis directed Florida's elections chief to expand the availability of Spanish-language ballots and Spanish ...
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Assumed office February 17, 2025: Preceded by: Kenneth A. Jessell: 20th Lieutenant Governor of Florida; In office January 8, 2019 – February 16, 2025: Governor: Ron DeSantis: Preceded by: Carlos Lopez-Cantera: Succeeded by: Vacant: Speaker pro tempore of the Florida House of Representatives; In office November 22, 2016 – November 20, 2018 ...