Governor of Arizona/old

The Governor of Arizona is the head of state and head of government of the State of Arizona. The Governor leads the executive branch of the State government (the Arizona Executive Department) and is the commander-in-chief of all military forces of the State and of all State, county, and municipal police forces in the State, at all times in the case of the former and only during a state of emergency or a state of war in the case of the latter.

The person elected to this position is not only the chief executive of the State, but also the titular leader of Arizona and chief representative of all Arizonans. Due to this, the Governor of Arizona is frequently described as the most powerful Office in the State of Arizona.

Article III-C of the Arizona Constitution vests all executive and military powers of the State in the Office of Governor, and requires him to take Care that all State laws are faithfully executed; of appointing, by and with the Advice and Consent of the State Senate, all civil and military officers of the State (e.g., members of the Cabinet, Judges, heads of State agencies, and members of the Arizona Defense Force and Arizona State Police); and with making, by and with the Advice and Consent of the State Senate, Treaties with other States and with foreign States. The Governor is further empowered to grant pardons and reprieves (except in cases of impeachment and treason), and to convene and prorogue (adjourn) either or both Houses of the Legislature under extraordinary circumstances.

The Governor is directly elected by the People of Arizona to a Term of four Years, renewable once consecutively. A person may serve as Governor for two full Terms (e.g., elected Governor twice consecutively), or part of one term and one full Term (e.g., succeeding to the office of Governor and finishing out the Term of the previously-elected Governor, and then being elected to a full-Term in their own right), but is not again eligible to the office of Governor until a period of four Years have intervened. Only Arizona citizens may vote in any election in Arizona, and likewise only Arizona citizens are eligible to any Office of Profit or Trust under the State of Arizona or any political subdivision thereof. In Arizona, the Governor is the only statewide elected Officer.

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Timeline of governors
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Lists relating to Arizona governorship
List of Governors of Arizona

Categories

 * Category:Arizona gubernatorial history

Articles

 * Executive Office of the Governor of Arizona
 * Imperial governorship
 * The Imperial governorship
 * Imperiled governorship
 * Governor of the Province of Arizona
 * Second-term curse
 * Arizona gubernatorial line of succession in fiction
 * Arizona Secretary of State and Foreign Affairs (as first in line to succeed the Governor)