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 charges him with the execution of State and Federal law, alongside the responsibility, with which he shares with the State Senate, of appointing all civil and military officers of the State (e.g., members of the Cabinet, Judges, heads of State agencies, and commissions all officers of the Arizona Defense Force and the Arizona State Police), and, by and with the Advice and Consent of the State Senate, making Treaties with other States. The Governor is further empowered to grant pardons and reprieves (except in cases of impeachment), 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 any number of times; and only Arizona citizens may vote in any election in Arizona. The Governor is the only elected State Officer in Arizona.

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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
 * Gubernatorial $1 Coin Program (Arizona)
 * Second-term curse
 * Arizona gubernatorial line of succession in fiction
 * President of the Arizona Senate (as first in line to succeed the Governor)