Commonwealth of Nations vice-regal offices

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Commonwealth of Nations vice-regal offices are the ceremonial and constitutional representative positions of the British monarch in member states and territories within the Commonwealth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial office ⓘ
constitutional office ⓘ
political institution ⓘ
appliesTo British Overseas Territories ⓘ
Commonwealth realms ⓘ
Crown dependencies ⓘ
some Commonwealth republics ⓘ
areDistinctFrom head of government ⓘ
areSubordinateTo British monarch as head of state ⓘ
basedOn Westminster system ⓘ
canExercise reserve powers in constitutional crises ⓘ
ceremonialDutiesInclude attending remembrance ceremonies ⓘ
opening sessions of parliament ⓘ
presiding over national celebrations ⓘ
characterizedBy non-partisanship ⓘ
political neutrality ⓘ
evolvedWith decolonisation of the British Empire ⓘ
emergence of independent Commonwealth realms ⓘ
hasLegalBasis letters patent ⓘ
local statutes ⓘ
national constitutions ⓘ
royal instructions ⓘ
hasRole exercise certain royal prerogatives ⓘ
perform ceremonial duties ⓘ
represent the British monarch ⓘ
historicallyDerivedFrom colonial governorships of the British Empire ⓘ
includesOffice administrator ⓘ
governor ⓘ
governor-general ⓘ
high commissioner (in some internal contexts) ⓘ
lieutenant governor ⓘ
mayBeAppointedOnAdviceOf local cabinet ⓘ
oftenHoldsTitle Her Excellency ⓘ
His Excellency ⓘ
partOf Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
performsFunction act as commander-in-chief in some jurisdictions ⓘ
appoint prime ministers or chief ministers ⓘ
confer honours and awards ⓘ
grant royal assent to legislation ⓘ
receive foreign dignitaries ⓘ
summon and dissolve parliament or legislature ⓘ
relatedConcept Crown in right of each realm ⓘ
constitutional monarchy in the Commonwealth ⓘ
represents British monarch ⓘ
symbolizedBy coat of arms of the office-holder ⓘ
viceregal standard ⓘ
usuallyAppointedBy British monarch ⓘ
usuallyAppointedOnAdviceOf local prime minister ⓘ

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

Governor-General of Tuvalu → membership → Commonwealth of Nations vice-regal offices ⓘ
Janet Austin → partOf → Canadian viceregal offices ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth of Nations vice-regal offices