Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania

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The Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania is the executive branch leadership position responsible for overseeing state government, implementing laws, and guiding public policy in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
state government office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania
branchOfGovernment executive branch ⓘ
budgetResponsibility proposes annual state budget to the General Assembly ⓘ
cooperatesWith Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateEstablished 1790 ⓘ
electionFrequency every 4 years ⓘ
electionMethod popular vote ⓘ
governs executive branch agencies of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasDeputy Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
headOfGovernmentFor Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania
jurisdiction Pennsylvania state government ⓘ
executive agencies of Pennsylvania ⓘ
legalForm constitutional office ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Dauphin County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
nextHigherLevel no higher state executive office ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Constitution of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Constitution of 1790 ⓘ
officeType chief executive office ⓘ
statewide elected office ⓘ
partOf Government of Pennsylvania ⓘ
policyArea state economic policy ⓘ
state education policy ⓘ
state health and human services policy ⓘ
state public safety policy ⓘ
positionHeldBy Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
replaces Office of the President of Pennsylvania ⓘ
residence Pennsylvania Governor's Residence ⓘ
residenceLocation Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
role appoints heads of state agencies and departments ⓘ
commands Pennsylvania National Guard when not federalized ⓘ
grants pardons and reprieves under state law ⓘ
guides public policy in Pennsylvania ⓘ
implements state laws ⓘ
issues executive orders ⓘ
oversees state government operations ⓘ
prepares and submits state budget ⓘ
signs or vetoes legislation passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
symbol Seal of the Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termLimits two consecutive terms ⓘ
usesFlag Flag of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennsylvania Constitution → establishes → Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government → executiveBody → Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan area → containsGovernmentOffice → Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Central Pennsylvania → hasMajorInstitution → Pennsylvania Governor's Office ⓘ
linked to: Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania
Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania → replaces → Office of the President of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Capitol → isSeatOf → Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Article IV of the Pennsylvania Constitution → definesBody → Governor’s Cabinet of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of State → parentAgency → Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council → replacedBy → Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ