Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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ceremonial head of state constitutional office vice-regal office

The Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the monarch’s appointed representative who performs ceremonial duties and exercises certain constitutional powers within the country’s parliamentary system.

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Label	Occurrences
Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines canonical	29
Governor of Saint Vincent	1
Governor-General’s Office of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1
Governors-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T708394 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Context triple: [Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, representedInCountryBy, Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]

A. Governor-General of Saint Lucia
The Governor-General of Saint Lucia is the monarch’s appointed representative who performs ceremonial duties and exercises certain constitutional powers within the country’s parliamentary democracy.
B. Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis is the monarch’s appointed viceregal representative who performs ceremonial, constitutional, and community duties on behalf of the head of state in the federation.
C. Governor-General of Grenada
The Governor-General of Grenada is the monarch’s appointed representative who performs ceremonial duties and exercises certain constitutional powers within Grenada’s parliamentary democracy.
D. Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda
The Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda is the monarch’s appointed viceregal representative who performs ceremonial, constitutional, and community duties as the de facto head of state within the country.
E. Governor-General of the Bahamas
The Governor-General of the Bahamas is the monarch’s appointed representative who performs ceremonial and constitutional duties as the de facto head of state in the Bahamas.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Target entity description: The Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the monarch’s appointed representative who performs ceremonial duties and exercises certain constitutional powers within the country’s parliamentary system.

A. Governor-General of Saint Lucia
The Governor-General of Saint Lucia is the monarch’s appointed representative who performs ceremonial duties and exercises certain constitutional powers within the country’s parliamentary democracy.
B. Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis is the monarch’s appointed viceregal representative who performs ceremonial, constitutional, and community duties on behalf of the head of state in the federation.
C. Governor-General of Grenada
The Governor-General of Grenada is the monarch’s appointed representative who performs ceremonial duties and exercises certain constitutional powers within Grenada’s parliamentary democracy.
D. Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda
The Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda is the monarch’s appointed viceregal representative who performs ceremonial, constitutional, and community duties as the de facto head of state within the country.
E. Governor-General of the Bahamas
The Governor-General of the Bahamas is the monarch’s appointed representative who performs ceremonial and constitutional duties as the de facto head of state in the Bahamas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ceremonial head of state ⓘ constitutional office ⓘ vice-regal office ⓘ
appointedBy	monarch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
appointedOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
category	Governors-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ linked to: Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
ceremonialRole	confer national honours ⓘ receive foreign dignitaries ⓘ represent the monarch at official events ⓘ
constitutionalPower	appoint members of certain constitutional bodies ⓘ appoint other ministers on advice of the Prime Minister ⓘ appoint the Prime Minister ⓘ dissolve Parliament ⓘ exercise reserve powers in exceptional circumstances ⓘ give Royal Assent to legislation ⓘ prorogue Parliament ⓘ summon Parliament ⓘ
country	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
createdBy	Constitution of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
established	1979 ⓘ
establishedOnEvent	independence of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
flag	Flag of the Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
governmentForm	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
governmentSystem	parliamentary system ⓘ
jurisdiction	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
nominatedBy	Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
oathAdministeredBy	Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude	Cuthbert Woodroffe ⓘ Joseph Lambert Eustace ⓘ Sir David Emmanuel Jack ⓘ Sir Frederick Ballantyne ⓘ Susan Dougan ⓘ
partOf	Commonwealth realm institutions ⓘ Monarchy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ linked to: Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
predecessorOffice	Governor of Saint Vincent ⓘ linked to: Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
reportsTo	monarch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
represents	British monarch ⓘ monarch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
residence	Government House, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
role	de facto head of state in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
seat	Kingstown ⓘ
style	Her Excellency ⓘ His Excellency ⓘ
symbol	Coat of arms of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
termLength	at His Majesty’s pleasure ⓘ
worksWith	Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

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

Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → representedInCountryBy → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → constitutionalPowersExercisedBy → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → headOfStateRoleInLegislation → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → predecessorOffice → Governor of Saint Vincent ⓘ

linked to: Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → category → Governors-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

linked to: Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

judicial branch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → appointingAuthorityForJudges → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Crown of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → representedInCountryBy → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Crown of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → exercisesPowersThrough → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Crown of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → ceremonialFunctionsPerformedBy → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → sovereignRepresentative → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Leader of the Opposition of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → appointedBy → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → appointedBy → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Cabinet of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → advises → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Cabinet of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → appointingAuthority → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Government House, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → hasHeadOfStateRepresentative → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Government House, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → associatedWith → Governor-General’s Office of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

linked to: Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Flag of the Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → representsOfficeOf → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Flag of the Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → usedBy → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Sir Frederick Ballantyne → positionHeld → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Sir Frederick Ballantyne → office → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → reportsTo → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

subject linked to: office of the Prime Minister

Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → appointmentBy → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

subject linked to: office of the Prime Minister

Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → worksWith → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

subject linked to: office of the Prime Minister

Cabinet of Ministers (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) → appointedBy → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

subject linked to: Cabinet of Ministers

Cabinet of Ministers (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) → relatedInstitution → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

subject linked to: Cabinet of Ministers

Vincentian monarchy → representativeInCountry → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Cuthbert Woodroffe → positionHeld → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Cuthbert Woodroffe → officeContested → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Susan Dougan → positionHeld → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

Susan Dougan → office → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

King of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → representedBy → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

King of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → constitutionalPowersExercisedBy → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ

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