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Smith was the last governor of the united Gilbert and Ellice Islands before it was divided into Tuvalu and what later became Kiribati. [1] Smith was educated at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, University College London, and University College, Oxford. He joined the Colonial Service in 1950 and was stationed in Nigeria from 1951 to 1970.
Arkansas Governor's Mansion: Seat: State Capitol, Little Rock, Arkansas: Term length: Four years, renewable once: Constituting instrument: Constitution of Arkansas: Precursor: Governor of Arkansas Territory: Inaugural holder: James Sevier Conway: Formation: September 13, 1836 (188 years ago) () Deputy: Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: Salary ...
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.
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 ...
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The 1966 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1966. Winthrop Rockefeller was elected governor of Arkansas, becoming the first Republican to be elected to the office since Reconstruction in 1872. The election occurred amidst strong midterm results for the Republican Party nationally, and in the traditionally-Democratic South.
Wallace served as the last colonial Governor of the Gilbert Islands from 1978 to 12 July 1979. [3] The Gilbert Islands, which separated from the neighboring Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu) in 1975, became the independent nation of Kiribati on 12 July 1979. He also served as deputy governor of Gibraltar in his later life
The 2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of Arkansas, concurrently with the election to Arkansas's Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.