Governor of Delaware

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The Governor of Delaware is the state's chief executive officer, responsible for overseeing the executive branch, implementing state laws, and guiding public policy for the state of Delaware.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Governor of Delaware canonical 6
President of Delaware 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public office ⓘ
state executive office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Delaware ⓘ
appointedBy voters of Delaware ⓘ
branch Executive branch of Delaware ⓘ
chiefExecutiveOf Executive branch of Delaware ⓘ
commanderInChiefOf Delaware National Guard ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
duty faithfully execute the laws of Delaware ⓘ
firstOfficeHolder John McKinly ⓘ
firstOfficeHolderStartTime 1777 ⓘ
flag Flag of the Governor of Delaware ⓘ
hasComponent Governor’s staff ⓘ
Office of the Governor of Delaware ⓘ
hasJurisdiction State of Delaware ⓘ
linked to: Delaware
headOfGovernmentFor Delaware ⓘ
headOfStateFor Delaware ⓘ
inception 1776 ⓘ
insignia Seal of the Governor of Delaware ⓘ
linked to: Seal of Delaware
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Delaware ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Delaware ⓘ
memberOf Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council (ex officio) ⓘ
National Governors Association ⓘ
nativeLabel Governor of the State of Delaware ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Delaware Constitution of 1776 ⓘ
officeHolder John Carney ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime January 17, 2017 ⓘ
oversees Delaware executive departments ⓘ
Delaware state agencies ⓘ
partOf Government of Delaware ⓘ
power appoint heads of state agencies ⓘ
convene the General Assembly in special session ⓘ
grant reprieves and pardons under state law ⓘ
propose state budget ⓘ
sign bills into law ⓘ
veto legislation ⓘ
precededByOffice President of Delaware ⓘ
residence Delaware Governor’s Mansion ⓘ
seat Dover, Delaware ⓘ
selectionMethod popular vote ⓘ
style The Honorable ⓘ
subordinateOffice Lieutenant Governor of Delaware ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termLimit two consecutive terms ⓘ
worksWith Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Delaware Supreme Court ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Delaware General Assembly → canBeConveneBy → Governor of Delaware ⓘ
Delaware General Assembly → canOverrideVetoOf → Governor of Delaware ⓘ
John Dickinson → positionHeld → President of Delaware ⓘ
subject linked to: President of Pennsylvania
linked to: Governor of Delaware
Government of Delaware → headOfGovernment → Governor of Delaware ⓘ
Government of Delaware → executiveLeaderTitle → Governor of Delaware ⓘ
Caesar Rodney → positionHeld → President of Delaware ⓘ
linked to: Governor of Delaware
Office of the Governor of Delaware → headedBy → Governor of Delaware ⓘ