Who is the Governor-General in Jamaica?
Patrick AllenSince 2009
Jamaica/Governor-general
His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Linton Allen, ON, GCMG, CD, KSt. J was appointed Governor-General of Jamaica on 26th February 2009.
Who is the current Governor-General in Canada?
Mary Simon
Queen Elizabeth II has a new representative in Ottawa. Mary Simon was officially installed as the 30th governor general and first Indigenous governor general of Canada on Monday, ending a six-month period that became the position’s longest vacancy in Canadian history.
Who was Jamaica’s first Governor-General?
The country was also making its final journey to political independence, which it achieved on August 6, 1962. Blackburne was sworn in that day as independent Jamaica’s first governor-general, having agreed to stay on for a transitional period of several months.
How much does the Governor General make in Canada?
| Governor General of Canada | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1 July 1867 |
| First holder | The Viscount Monck |
| Deputy | Deputies of the Governor General of Canada Secretary to the Governor General Justices of the Supreme Court |
| Salary | CA$288,900 annually |
Who is the Governor General of Australia 2019?
The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd). The Governor-General was sworn-in on 1 July 2019.
What does it mean to be a Governor General?
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2015) Governor-general (plural governors-general) or governor general (plural governors general), in modern usage, is the title of an office-holder appointed to represent the monarch of a sovereign state in the governing of an independent realm.
Who is the current Governor General of Canada?
On July 13, 2017 the Prime Minister of Canada announced that Her Majesty The Queen approved the appointment of Ms. Julie Payette as the 29th Governor General of Canada since Confederation. Her Excellency was sworn into office on October 2, 2017, at a ceremony in the Senate Chamber on Parliament Hill.
Why was the Office of Governor General changed?
In these cases, the former office of colonial governor was altered (sometimes for the same incumbent) to become governor-general upon independence, as the nature of the office became an entirely independent constitutional representative of the monarch rather than a symbol of previous colonial rule.