Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox official post Template:Politics of Turks and Caicos

The governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's British Overseas Territory of Turks and Caicos Islands. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The role of the governor is to act as the vice-regal representative of the head of state, His Majesty King Charles III. The Governor appoints the Premier and 5 members of the House of Assembly. The official residence of the governor is the Government House of Turks and Caicos Islands, located in Waterloo on the island of Grand Turk.

In August 2009, the United Kingdom suspended the islands' self-government after allegations of ministerial corruption. The prerogative of the ministerial government and the House of Assembly were vested in the Governor until self-government was restored in 2012.

The Governor has her own flag in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Union Flag with the territory's coat of arms superimposed.[1]

History

Script error: No such module "For". Script error: No such module "For".

The islands were a dependency of Jamaica until that colony received independence in 1962. Afterwards the governor of the Bahamas oversaw affairs from 1965 to 1973. With Bahamian independence, the islands received a separate governor in 1973.

Governors of The Turks and Caicos Islands

Image Name Term
File:No image.svg Alexander Graham Mitchell 1973–1975
File:No image.svg Arthur Christopher Watson 1975–1978
File:No image.svg John Clifford Strong 1978–1982
File:No image.svg Christopher J. Turner 1982–1987
File:No image.svg Michael J. Bradley 1987–1993
File:No image.svg Martin Bourke 1993–1996
File:No image.svg John Kelly 1996–2000
File:No image.svg Mervyn Jones 2000–2002
File:No image.svg Cynthia Astwood (acting) 2002
File:No image.svg Jim Poston 2002–2005
File:No image.svg Mahala Wynns (acting) 2005
File:No image.svg Richard Tauwhare 2005–2008
File:No image.svg Mahala Wynns (acting) 2008 – 5 August 2008
File:Henry Bellingham with Governor Gordon Wetherell (5011436688) (Wetherell cropped).jpg Gordon Wetherell 5 August 2008 – 22 August 2011
File:No image.svg Martin Stanley (acting) 22 August – 12 September 2011
File:Turk and Caicos Islands- Damian Roderic Todd (8575102710) (cropped).jpg Ric Todd 12 September 2011 – 15 September 2013
File:Deputy Governor Anya Williams.jpg Anya Williams (acting) 15 September – 9 October 2013
File:Peter Beckingham (cropped).jpg Peter Beckingham 9 October 2013 – 10 October 2016
File:Deputy Governor Anya Williams.jpg Anya Williams (acting) 10–17 October 2016
File:Argentina- John Freeman (8473848056).jpg John Freeman[2] 17 October 2016 – 15 July 2019
File:Nigel Dakin photo 1.jpg Nigel Dakin[3] 15 July 2019 – 29 March 2023
File:Deputy Governor Anya Williams.jpg Anya Williams (acting) 29 March 2023 – 29 June 2023
File:Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam (cropped).jpg Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam 29 June 2023 – present

References

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

External links

Script error: No such module "Navbox". Template:Turks and Caicos topics


Template:TurksCaicos-stub

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Governor_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands&oldid=2360509"