Governor (Kingdom of Sierra)
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In the Kingdom of Sierra, a governor is the chief executive and commander-in-chief of each of the 23 provinces within Sierra and each of the eight states of Hawaii functioning as the head of state and head of government. In the Deseret, the equivalent of governors are area commissioners. Governors are responsible for overseeing their respective provinces or states. They also head the operations of the executive branch and are usually overseen by a Lord Superintendent while also supported by a lieutenant governor. Sierran governors advance and pursue new policies and programs using a wide variety of tools, such as executive orders, within their province or state and also oversee budgets, legislative proposals, and vetoes. Governors carry out their management and leadership responsibilities and objectives with the support of their own respective cabinet and provincial/state government ministries and agencies, whose ministers are appointed to their positions by the governors themselves often times with the consent and approval of provincial or state legislatures.
Governors are supported by lieutenant governors who are generally elected to the position by serving as running mates with the governor during gubernatorial or legislative elections. In provinces with bicameral legislatures, the lieutenant governor is the legislative president of the upper house while in those with unicameral legislatures, the lieutenant governor serves as the speaker. Lords Superintendent supervise the governor and serve as representatives for the monarchy and must take into account the concerns and wills of the monarch when they are voiced. Lieutenant governors serve as a supporting role and take over as acting governor if the latter dies, resigns, is removed from office, or is unable to continue their executive duties. Lieutenant governors help oversee legislative procedures and debates, but do not participate or vote in them. In most Sierran provinces and all Hawaiian states, the governor is the head of the executive and is popularly elected by the citizenry. In provinces which operate under the Westminster system, the governor is usually a member of the legislature (almost always from the lower house, where applicable) and is elected by their peers in provincial legislative elections.
Powers and role
History
Prior to the kingdom's formation, the California Republic was a federal presidential republic that was composed of ten states, each of which had their own governor which lead the state. The California Republic had its government inspired by the United States and structured its federalist system after the neighboring United States, including having the country be made up of states with their own governments, legislatures, and leaders in the form of the governor. In general, governors in the California Republic were usually elected in state-wide elections, however governors in the states located in the Eastern Frontier were personally appointed by the president themselves due to the fragile stability that the state governments in the east actually had which resulted in limited trust in said governments by the California federal government in San Francisco City.
When the Kingdom of Sierra was formed in November 1858, the country went through a major reorganization of government by King Charles I of Sierra who dissolved the ten Californian states and reorganized them into 23 provinces within Sierra and helped oversee the formation of stable and functioning provincial governments. The earliest governors of these provinces were personally appointed by Charles I with the support of the Prime Minister, but by the 1860s this practice was discontinued with the signing of the Provincial Autonomy Act of 1866 which laid out the groundwork for provincial governments which included making the governor the chief executive head of each province who would be appointed in a provincial gubernatorial election.
During the Sierran Civil War, several governors of the provinces in the Styxie joined the self-proclaimed Second California Republic led by Isaiah Landon and were placed under the administration of the republican revolutionary government. When the war had ended, these governments were seized by the federal government during the Reconstruction Era and replaced by an occupational administration until the 1880s when they were restored. During the Reconstruction Period, provincial governors in the Styxie were appointed by the Prime Minister with the consent of Parliament and the Crown and it was not until the early 1880s that these governors could be appointed in provincial gubernatorial elections after the Styxie provinces were reincorporated into the union after years of occupation and political negotiations.
Demographics
Party affiliation
The majority of Sierran governors are affiliated with the Royalist and Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party of Sierra respectively with 12 governors being affiliated with the Royalist Party and another 9 being members of the Democratic-Republican Party within Federal Sierra. In the same constituent country, there exists one Green Party governor, Kaitlyn Gans of Shasta. The Social Democrats hold more governorships in Hawaii, holding four out of eight state governorships. In Federal Sierra, the party only has one with Allison Perry of San Joaquin, who joined the party in 2020 after resigning from the DRPS. The Hawaiian Sovereignty Party only has one governorship in Kamehameha.
Age
Gender
Of the 31 total gubernatorial offices in both Sierra and Hawaii, there are 9 female governors (8 in Federal Sierra and 1 in Hawaii). All other governorships are held by male politicians.
Race and ethnicity
In Federal Sierra, there are seven governors who are people of color with Martin Louis King, Jr. being the only African Sierra of the Gold Coast to hold a gubernatorial office. Most other Sierran governors are White Sierrans in Federal Sierra while there are three Native Hawaiian governors in Kamehameha, West Leeward, and Hawaii.
LGBT
Salary
List of current governors and area commissioners
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Democratic-Republican | November 9, 1960 | Lieutenant Governor, Apache Assembly | April 12, 2018 | 2022 | List | |||
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Royalist | March 3, 1977 | No prior public experience | January 14, 2016 | 2024 (term limits) | List | |||
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Royalist | October 30, 1979 | No prior public experience | December 16, 2016 | 2020 | List | |||
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Royalist | May 21, 1964 | Treasurer | May 17, 2017 | 2021 (term limits) | List | |||
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Social Democrats | September 23, 1955 | K.S. Bureau of Indigenous Affairs, K.S. House | April 1, 2018 | 2022 | List | |||
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People's | February 22, 1974 | Deseret Council of Fifty | May 1, 2020 | 2024 | List | |||
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Royalist | June 13, 1963 | Provincial Comptroller, Eureka Senate, Eureka General Assembly | August 12, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
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Royalist | January 5, 1969 | Flagstaff Senate, Sheriff of Pima County | April 1, 2018 | 2022 | List | |||
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Royalist | August 6, 1977 | Gold Coast Senate, Gold Coast Provincial Assembly, Ventura County Board of Supervisors | December 6, 2016 | 2020 | List | |||
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Democratic-Republican | July 4, 1972 | Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Commissioner of Gaming and Fishing | May 1, 2020 | 2024 | List | |||
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Democratic-Republican | May 19, 1972 | Lieutenant Governor, Honolulu Grand Council | December 6, 2014 | 2022 | List | |||
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Democratic-Republican | February 8, 1961 | Imperial Provincial Senate, Imperial Provincial Assembly | July 13, 2017 | 2021 | List | |||
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Royalist | March 14, 1958 | Attorney General, Riverside County District Attorney | March 1, 2016 | 2024 | List | |||
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People's | October 22, 1971 | Deseret Council of Fifty | June 28, 2015 | 2025 | List | |||