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An Administrator (Administrator of the Government, Officer Administering the Government) in some countries in the Commonwealth is a person who fulfils a role similar to that of a Governor or a Governor-General. The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as the Commonwealth, is an association of 53 independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ...
Temporary Administrators
Usually, the office of administrator is a temporary appointment, for periods during which the governor is incapacitated, outside the territory, or otherwise unable to perform his/her duties. The process for selecting Administrators varies from country to country.
Canada The Chief Justice of Canada is usually made Administrator, or in his absence the senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Right Hon. ...
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The Supreme Court Building in Ottawa The Supreme Court of Canada (French: Cour suprême du Canada) is highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeal for all litigants in the Canadian justice system. ...
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Australia Main article: Administrator (Australia) The title Administrator of the Government (Administrator) has two uses in Australia. ...
In the Commonwealth of Australia, the Administrator, usually called the Administrator of the Commonwealth, is by convention the longest-serving state Governor.
In the states of Australia, executive authority generally passes to an Administrator, who is usually by default the Chief Justice of the states Supreme Court or the next most senior justice. The Australian States and Territories make up the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ...
In the Northern Territory, the office of Administrator is a permanent appointment, and since the territory was granted self-government in 1978, the office of Administrator has become a largely ceremonial appointment, like that of the Governor in each State. Unlike the Governors, who are appointed by the Sovereign on advice of the Premier, the Administrator is appointed by the Governor-General on advice of the Prime Minister after consultation with the Chief Minister. There is no administrator in the Australian Capital Territory and the Chief Minister is elected by the Legislative Assembly. Emblems: Sturts Desert Rose (floral) Motto: None Slogan or Nickname: The Territory, The NT, The Top End Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Const. ...
The political office of the Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia has been held by the following people. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
The Governors of the Australian states are the representatives in the six states of Australia of Australias head of state, Queen Elizabeth II. The Governors perform the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level. ...
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor) (born 21 April 1926) is the Queen of 16 independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth Realms. ...
The Premiers of the Australian states are the heads of the executive governments in the six states of the Commonwealth of Australia. ...
Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ...
In Australia, a Chief Minister is the head of government of a self-governing territory, while the head of government of a state is a Premier. ...
Emblems: The floral emblem of the ACT is the Royal Bluebell and the faunal emblem is the Gang-gang cockatoo Motto: For the Queen, the Law and the People Slogan or Nickname: (none) Other Australian states and territories Capital Canberra Government Const. ...
The Chief Minister for the Australian Capital Territory is the head of government of the Australian Capital Territory. ...
The Legislative Assembly is the only chamber of parliament in the Australian Capital Territory. ...
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New Zealand Under the Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand 1986, the Chief Justice of New Zealand is made Administrator, followed by the President of the Court of Appeal, and then the Senior Judge of that same court followed by the puisne judges of that Court in order of senority by appointment to that Court or the High Court. This order has become somewhat anomalous since the creation of the Supreme Court given that the judges of that Court are in fact senior to their colleagues on the Court of Appeal. However, the Supreme Court Act 2003 specifically levaes the Letters Patent unchanged. The Chief Justice of New Zealand is the senior judge of the High Court of New Zealand, and presides over the Supreme Court of New Zealand. ...
A Puisne Justice or Puisne Judge (pronounced puny) is the title for a regular member of a Court. ...
The High Court of New Zealand was established in 1841 and known as the Supreme Court until 1980. ...
The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the highest court of appeal in New Zealand, having formally come into existence at the beginning of 2004, and sitting for the first time on 1 July 2004. ...
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- Governor-General of New Zealand
- Administrators of the Government at the Governor-General of New Zealand site
- Patent Constituting the Office of Governor -General of New Zealand
Hong Kong When Hong Kong was a British crown colony the Chief Secretary (Colonial Secretary before 1976) would be the Acting Governor in the absence of the Governor, followed by the Financial Secretary and the Attorney General. The practice has remained after the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China. Rotation takes place between the Chief Secretary, the Financial Secretary and the Secretary for Justice as the Acting Chief Executive. A United Kingdom overseas territory (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (Great Britain and Northern Ireland). ...
The Chief Secretary for Administration (政務å¸å¸é•·), commonly known as Chief Secretary and abbreviated as CS, is the second highest position of Hong Kong Government. ...
Governor of Hong Kongs Flag, 1959–1997 The Governor of Hong Kong (é¦™æ¸¯ç¸½ç£ / 港ç£) was a British official who ruled Hong Kong during the colonial period between 1841 and 1997 and was ex-officio Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of Hong Kong. ...
Financial Secretary, often abbreviated as FS, is a position of the Hong Kong Government. ...
Secretary for Justice (律政å¸å¸é•·) is a member of the Hong Kong Government responsible for prosecutions and legal matters. ...
In 1982, the governments of the United Kingdom and the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) initiated talks regarding the sovereignty of Hong Kong, which led to the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong. ...
Secretary for Justice (律政å¸å¸é•·) is a member of the Hong Kong Government responsible for prosecutions and legal matters. ...
Donald Tsang The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Traditional Chinese: 香港特別行政å€è¡Œæ”¿é•·å®˜, Simplified Chinese: 香港特别行政区行政长官; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dak6 bit6 hang4 zing3 keoi1 hang4 zing3 zoeng2 gwun1; Mandarin Pinyin: XiÄnggÇŽng Tèbié XÃngzhèngqÅ« XÃngzhèng ZhÇŽngguÄn) is the head of the...
Rhodesia When the colony of Southern Rhodesia unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1965, the Government of Prime Minister Ian Smith ignored the Governor of Rhodesia, Sir Humphrey Gibbs, and instead appointed Deputy Prime Minister Clifford Dupont as Officer Administrating the Government. Dupont retained the administrator title until 1970, when Rhodesia was declared a Republic, after which the same Dupont became President of Rhodesia; only later in 1980 was the country officially decolonised and became Zimbabwe. National motto: Sit Nomine Digna (Latin: May she be worthy of the name} Official language English Capital Salisbury Political system Parliamentary system Form of government Republic - Last President John Wrathall - Prime Minister Ian Smith Area - Total - % water 390 580 km² 1% Population - 1978 est. ...
The Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) was signed on November 11, 1965 by the white minority goverment of Ian Smith, whose Rhodesian Front party opposed rushed moves by the United Kingdom towards black majority rule in the then British colony. ...
The Rt Hon Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, 1964 (official portrait) The Right Honourable Ian Douglas Smith, GCLM ID, (born April 8, 1919) was the Premier of the British Crown Colony of Southern Rhodesia from April 13, 1964 to November 11, 1965 and the Prime Minister of Rhodesia (now...
A governor is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state; furthermore the title applies to officials with a similar mandate as representatives of a chartered company which has...
Sir Humphrey Gibbs, c1965. ...
Clifford Walter Dupont (1905 - 1978) was a British-Rhodesian political figure. ...
Permanent Administrators The term Administrator is also used for a permanent officer representing HM where appointment of a Governor would be inappropriate, and also for representatives of a Governor.
United Kingdom overseas possessions - Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, since the 16 August 1960 Treaty of Establishment of the Republic of Cyprus which made the rest of the island a sovereign republic; traditionally filled by the military Commander of British Forces, for a 1 to 3 years term, about half were knighted, mostly before this appointment
- The British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago, notably Diego Garcia island, where ) since 1965; however here he is the junior to a Commissioner (both always resided in London), who since 1990 has a flag, and mandates the Commander of British Naval forces on Diego Garcia as his Commissioner's Representative and Justice of the Peace, alongside the American Commander U.S. Navy Facility Diego Garcia
- two sparsely populated Atlantic islands, both under the Governor of Saint Helena:
Location within Cyprus Official language English Capital Episkopi Cantonment Administrator Peter Pearson Area 254 km² (98 sq. ...
Map of the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) The Chagos Archipelago is a group of six atolls with more than 600 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, that lies about 500 km (300 miles) due south of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, and 1600 km (1000 miles...
Diego Garcia () is a 44 square kilometre (17 square mile) atoll located in the heart of the Indian Ocean, some 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles) south of Indias southern coast. ...
Anthem: God Save the Queen, Capital Georgetown Status Overseas territory of the United Kingdom Official language(s) English Administrator Michael Hill Area - Total - % water Ranked 77 (United Kingdom) 50 km² 0 Population - Total - Density 1,100 22km² Currency Pound sterling; US Dollar (accepted) Time zone UTC: +6 (DST: ?) Internet TLD . ...
Motto: Our faith is our strength Anthem: God Save the Queen Capital Edinburgh of the Seven Seas Status Dependency of Saint Helena Official language(s) English Governor Michael Clancy Administrator Mike Hentley Area 201 km² Population ~280 Currency Saint Helenian pound (SHP) at parity with the UK Pound Sterling (GBP...
Australia Emblems: Sturts Desert Rose (floral) Motto: None Slogan or Nickname: The Territory, The NT, The Top End Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Const. ...
Lord Howe Island showing Mts Lidgbird and Gower. ...
New Zealand - Tokelau since 1949, when it was attached to the dominion (previously -as Union Group until 1946- it was part of the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands)
The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate from 1892 and colony from 1916 — until 1 January 1976 when the islands were divided into two different colonies which became independent nations shortly after. ...
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