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 all times the commander-in-chief of all military forces of the State and of the Arizona State Police, and (during a state of emergency or a state of war) county Sheriffs and local Police.

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 Office of Governor is frequently described as the most powerful post in the State of Arizona.

Article V 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 commissioning officers 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 or treason), and to convene and prorogue (adjourn) either or both Houses of the Legislature under extraordinary circumstances.

The Governor is directly elected by the Electors of Arizona (Arizona citizens eighteen years and older also not felons) to a Term of four Years, renewable once consecutively. A person may serve as Governor for two full Terms (e.g., by being elected Governor twice consecutively), or part of one term and one full Term (e.g., by 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 his own right), but is not again eligible to the office of Governor until a period of four Years have intervened. All Arizona citizens of or over the age of eighteen Years also not felons are considered Electors, but only registered Electors may vote in elections in Arizona; and only registered Electors 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.

Origin
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Powers and duties
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Legislative role
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Executive role
The Governor is tasked with taking Care that the Laws of the State and of the United States (provided they are not unconstitutional) are faithfully and diligently carried out; and for carrying on the Executive, Administrative, and Bureaucratic business of the State. He nominates, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Arizona Senate, appoints the principle Heads in each of the several Executive Departments (each of them styled, “Secretary”, except for the Attorney-General, who heads the Department of the Attorney-General), and each of them, respectively, are the “principle Advisor to the Governor” in relation to their Department. Led by the Governor, he and the department Heads form the Arizona Executive Council (analogous to the Cabinet or Government in other countries), the senior-most Body in the Arizona Executive Department.

War powers
As the “Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of the State”, the Governor has supreme command over the Arizona Defense Force, and the Arizona State Police when oriented in a military or national defense posture; however, except in Case of actual or imminent Invasion, he cannot deploy the Arizona Defense Force, or any part thereof, outside the boundaries of the State without the express Consent of the Arizona Senate; and numerous inter-State Treaties govern the Manner in which law enforcement of one State may cross into another State, such as when involved in the pursuit of a suspect fleeing justice in which the actual pursuit crosses State borders.

Foreign affairs powers
The Governor has Power to make Treaties with other States, and with foreign States, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Arizona Senate (provided two-thirds of the Senators concur) in relation to all such Powers and legislative Competence as are reserved to the States by the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for the United States.

Administrative powers
The Governor is the superintendent of the civil service. As such, all civil service employees serve at the Pleasure of the Governor, in which any of them may be dismissed by him at any time, for any reason whatever, with or without cause.

Juridical powers
The Governor has Power to nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Arizona Senate, appoint Judges of the supreme, appeals, and superior Courts of Arizona.

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Military role
The Governor is the commander-in-chief of the military forces of the State, which by Law includes the Arizona Defense Force and the Arizona State Police (the latter due to its status as a gendarmerie). However, in Times of War or public Danger, the Governor, if the situation warrants, may also exercise like command over the fifteen county Sheriffs and municipal Police departments.

Ceremonial roles
As head of state, the Governor receives all visiting dignitaries of other States, foreign States, and the United States.

Criticism of gubernatorial evolution
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Selection process
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Eligibility
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Campaigns and nomination
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Election and oath
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Oath of Office
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of Governor of the State of Arizona, and will, with every fiber of my Being, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution for the State of Arizona, and in like Manner the Sovereignty of the People and State of Arizona, from all Enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true Faith and Allegiance to the Constitution for the State of Arizona; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the Duties of the Office on which I am about to enter."

As the Federal Constitution is declared to be the "supreme Law of the Land" by the State Constitution (article II, section 3), the requirement in the Oath of Office that the Governor "preserve, protect, and defend" the State Constitution is the implied requirement that he also "preserve, protect, and defend" the Federal Constitution: By preserving, protecting, and defending the one (the State Constitution), he is to also preserve, protect, and defend the other (the Federal Constitution).

Tenure and term limits
The Governor is elected to a Term of four Years, renewable once consecutively. A incumbent Governor may only succeed himself once consecutively, either by succeeding a duly-elected Governor and then being elected to a full-Term in his own right, or being elected twice. After serving either a partial-Term and one full Term, or two full Terms, he is uneligible to serve as Governor (by election or succession) until a period of four Years have intervened.

Vacancy or disability
In the Event that the Office of Governor becomes Vacant, or if the duly-elected Governor is incapacitated, absent from the State, or is otherwise unable to execute the Powers and Duties of his Office, the Powers and Duties of the said Office devolve upon the President of the Senate (in his capacity as Lieutenant-Governor), who serves as Acting Governor until the duly-elected Governor is able to resume his Post, the disability is removed, the duly-elected Governor returns to the State, or until a new Governor is otherwise elected and qualified.

Compensation
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Post-governorship
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Governors
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Arizona (Aegean Federation)

 * Main article: List of Governors of Arizona § Province of Arizona (1463–1476)

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Arizona (Independent)

 * Main article: List of Governors of Arizona § State of Arizona (1476–1481)

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Republic of Arizona (1481–1612)

 * Main article: List of Governors of Arizona § State of Arizona (1481–1612)

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State of Arizona (1612–present)

 * Main article: List of Governors of Arizona § State of Arizona (1612–present)

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 * Parties

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
 * President of the Arizona Senate (as first in line to succeed the Governor)