The executive power is exercised by a governor elected to a four year term.

For the most part, however, the powers of the Crown are exercised on a day-to-day basis by elected and appointed individuals, leaving the governor to perform the various ceremonial duties the sovereign otherwise carries out when in the country ; at such a moment, the governor removes him or herself from public, though the presence of the monarch does not affect the governor's ability to perform governmental roles.

As a colony or other dependent state or territory lacks the authority to vest in a true head of state of its own, it either has no comparable office, simply receiving those roles exercised by the paramount powers ( in person or, most of the time, through an appointed representative, often styled governor or lieutenant-governor, but also various other titles, on the Cook Islands even simply King / Queen's Representative ) or has one, such as a formerly sovereign dynasty, but under a form of metropolitan guardianship, such as protection, vassal or tributary status.

Executive power is exercised by the governor.

For the most part, however, the powers of the Crown are exercised on a day-to-day basis by elected and appointed individuals, leaving the governor general to perform the various ceremonial duties the sovereign otherwise carries out when in the country ; at such a moment, the governor general removes him or herself from public, though the presence of the monarch does not affect the governor general's ability to perform governmental roles.

After he had exercised his privilege for a year, governor Felipe de Neve directed him to suspend administering the sacrament until he could present the papal brief.

In 1950, governor Alfred E. Driscoll exercised the need for the state-wide expressway, citing that " it is unwise to expect city streets to bear the brunt of through, truck and passenger traffic.

With considerable experience in the General Assembly – first as Speaker of the House, and later presiding over the Kentucky Senate as lieutenant governor – Carroll exercised a great deal of control over the proceedings of the legislature.

) The expression " India " shall mean British India together with any territories of any native prince or chief under the suzerainty of Her Majesty exercised through the Governor-General of India, or through any governor or other officer subordinate to the Governor-General of India.

* On the Greek island of Crete, after the President of the Executive Commission of the Cretan Assembly, Ioannis Sfakianakis ( b. 1848-d. 1924 ), had exercised executive power 20 March-21 December 1898 after evicting the last Ottoman Wāli ( Ottoman governor ), a Supreme Plenipotentiary Commissioner of the ( Christian protecting ) Powers headed the official administration of the 20 March 1898 instituted Cretan State ( formally under Ottoman suzerainty until union with Greece was unilaterally declared on 6 October 1908 ):

It may also be exercised by the executive branch ( i. e., through the president, prime minister, premier, governor or mayor ) of a political jurisdiction, deploying the police or military to maintain public order.

Schweitzer is known for his unsparing use of the veto, a power he has exercised 95 times in his eight years as governor.

The Governor-General of Australia exercises certain rights that in the states would be exercised by a state governor, such as the power to issue writs for elections.

During the administration of Governor George Pataki, Silver was criticized for participating in a " three men in a room " system of government in which Silver, the governor, and Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno exercised nearly all control over government business in the state.

If a man was good, if he was going to be governor, you felt it and you wanted him to go on forever.

Aiding him in his actions was his good friend, Herod Agrippa, who became governor of the territories of Batanaea and Trachonitis after Caligula became emperor in AD 37.

This move, however, resulted in no special favors for the Brazilians from Francia, who was also on good, if limited, terms with Juan Manuel Rosas, the Argentine governor.

The first governor, Arthur Phillip, was instructed explicitly to establish friendship and good relations with the Aborigines and interactions between the early newcomers and the ancient landowners varied considerably throughout the colonial period — from the mutual curiosity displayed by the early interlocutors Bennelong and Bungaree of Sydney, to the outright hostility of Pemulwuy and Windradyne of the Sydney region, and Yagan around Perth.

They drew up regulations for good government, but the Bahamian governor, William Shirley, drew up his own regulations for the Turks and ordered that no one might work at salt raking who had not signed assent to his regulations.

For example Aruban governor Frits Goedgedrag's name is Dutch for " good behavior ", whereas football player Edson Braafheid's name means " goodness ".

During his time in New York he was thought to have demonstrated good administrative abilities, but his manner was considered imperious by his opponents among the colonists, and he made numerous enemies during his tenure as governor.

The governor, Chen Yi, while pretending to negotiate in good faith with leaders of the protest movement, called for troops from mainland China.

He showed me many courtesies, and I still thought feelings in 1964 that he would make a good governor and could be elected on the Republican ticket.

Hunter was courageous, and a good officer, but the circumstances in which he was placed made it very difficult for him to be completely successful as a governor.

Moore's reward for good performance as Jamaica's governor was first to be made a Baronet, and then in 1764 he was named royal governor for New York.

He was sent to Strasbourg, where he lived in the house of Eulogius Schneider, the notorious Jacobin governor of Alsace, but a good Greek scholar.

Herodotus, who portrays Mardonius as a somewhat evil adviser ( as opposed to a number of other good advisers whose arguments are never followed ), says that Mardonius simply wanted to become satrap ( governor ) of Greece.

The governor offers them a promise of conditional amnesty, but he wants to keep the pact under wraps, lest the public become angry, so they will still be wanted by the law until such time as the governor decides they have proven their good intentions.

" We here observe that God is the only supreme governor and independent being in whom all fullness and perfection dwell ; who is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient ; without beginning of days or end of life ; and that in him every good gift and every good principle dwell ; and that he is the Father of lights ; in him the principle of faith dwells independently, and he is the object in whom the faith of all other rational and accountable beings center for life and salvation.

In Liaodong, Taishi Ci became a good friend of a famous local scholar Bing Yuan ( 邴原 ), who introduced him to Gongsun Du, the local governor.

This was his choice, and he appears to have done a good job as pro-consular governor, looking after the best interests of his subjects and not enriching himself at their expense.

Unfortunately although a good governor, Spinther was not a good soldier, and soon found himself trapped and besieged by Caesar's troops in Corfinium where he was forced to surrender.

" Edwards said that this would be his final term as governor and that he cared about leaving a good legacy, which made many hope that the corruption of his previous administrations would not be repeated.

In 1911, California governor Hiram Johnson established the Oregon System of " Initiative, Referendum, and Recall " in his state, viewing them as good influences for citizen participation against the historic influence of large corporations on state lawmakers.

Frank said, " Sargent was seen as a good liberal and some liberals reasoned that if we elect Kevin White as governor, who knows who is going to be Mayor of Boston.

In November 1993, David Hale, the source of criminal allegations against Bill Clinton in the Whitewater affair, alleged that Clinton, while governor of Arkansas, pressured him to provide an illegal $ 300, 000 loan to Susan McDougal, the partner of the Clintons in the Whitewater land deal.

He reprimanded prince Potenziani, the governor of Rome, for failing to adequately deal with corruption in the city, appointed a council of cardinals to remedy the state of the finances and relieve the pressure of imposts, called to account Nicolò Bischi for the spending of funds intended for the purchase of grain, reduced the annual disbursements by denying pensions to many prominent people, and adopted a reward system to encourage agriculture.

As a reward, Blood is appointed the new governor of the colony and has the pleasure to deal with his hostile predecessor, now in serious trouble for dereliction of duty, and finally wins the hand and heart of Arabella.

* Timarchus is appointed governor of Media in western Persia by Antiochus IV to deal with the growing threat from the Parthians while Timarchus ' brother, Heracleides, becomes minister of the royal finances.

* Tiberius Gracchus Major goes to Hispania as Roman governor to deal with uprisings there.

In 2011, outgoing governor David Paterson announced having reached a deal with the tribe.

In Carthage Donatus refused to surrender buildings and the local Roman governor called for a " police " action, sending troops in to deal with the Donatists.

David Hale, the source of criminal allegations against President Bill Clinton in the Whitewater affair, claimed in November 1992 that Bill Clinton, while governor of Arkansas, pressured him to provide an illegal $ 300, 000 loan to Susan McDougal, the partner of the Clintons in the Whitewater land deal.

He organised the voluntary migration of former slaves, freed by the British as part of a deal to reward their loyalty to the Crown during the American War of Independence, to Sierra Leone, where he became governor.

The rejection came amidst new concerns raised by bank of Canada governor Mark Carney regarding foreign control of clearing systems and opposition to the deal by Ontario's finance minister.

He was replaced as governor in May 1774 by General Thomas Gage, and went into exile in England, where he advised the government on how to deal with the Americans.

After the delineation of borders, the Ottoman Empire changed the governor of Preveza and appointed one from Gjirokastër, in order to deal with the spreading nationalist activities of the Albanian population of Preveza, led by Abdyl Frashëri.

On 2005-11-04 Benson made a deal with Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco that would postpone two important termination deadlines in the team's Super dome lease until after the 2006 season.

Pliny the Younger ( c. 61-c. 112 ), the provincial governor of Pontus and Bithynia, wrote to Emperor Trajan c. 112 concerning how to deal with Christians, who refused to worship the emperor, and instead worshiped " Christus ".

He therefore makes a deal with them: if they can stay out of trouble for a considerable but unspecified period of time (" until the governor figures we deserve amnesty ") and not tell anyone about their arrangement, they will be cleared of all charges.

He is member of the North Carolina Democratic Party and became the first North Carolina governor to admit to a felony in a deal that halted a lengthy federal investigation.

Easily elected governor in 1928, Gardner assumed control over a state that was in debt and soon had to deal with the effects of the Great Depression.

He also recommended responsible government, in which the governor general would be a figurehead and the legislative assembly would hold a great deal of power.

How to deal with this divided colonists among themselves and with the governor, and would not be resolved until the 1760s.

In 1609, acting under instructions from Phillip III, the Spanish governor of Asunción made a deal with the Jesuit Provinical of Paraguay.

During his two terms, he oversaw the dedication of the new Texas State Capitol, resolved the Jaybird-Woodpecker War, and became the only Texas governor to call a special session to deal with a treasury surplus.

As historian George W. Knepper observed, the governor was compelled, near the outset of his administration, to " deal with the highly emotional aftermath of the battle of Shiloh ", a costly victory in which Ohio alone suffered 2, 000 casualties.

During his nine years as territorial governor, Edwards made a good deal of money through several profitable ventures, including farming, land speculation, and investment in sawmills, grist mills, and stores.

Muḥammad Ghori returned west to Ghazni to deal with the threat to his western frontiers from the unrest in Iran, but he appointed Aibak as his regional governor for northern India.