User:LizArchive/Lieutenant Governor of Superior

The Lieutenant Governor of Superior is the second-highest executive of the Commonwealth of Superior. Prior to the adoption of Amendment V, the governor and lieutenant governor ran on a ticket for the offices during presidential years. Currently, the lieutenant governor is appointed, along with the other cabinet members, by the governor. Gubernatorial candidates may select their lieutenant governor candidate. If the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. Under the Superior Constitution, the Attorney General is next in the line of succession to the Governor's office after the lieutenant governor but does not succeed to the Lieutenant Governor's office.

The current Lieutenant governor is New Republican George HW Bush since 1999.

After it was dissolved in 1991, the office was re-established as an appointment under Amenedment V.

Duties
The lieutenant governor can take on other duties as assigned by the governor or initiate duties of his or her own. The lieutenant governor is also a member of the Cabinet of Superior

Qualifications
The Lieutenant Governor of Superior serves four-year terms. A lieutenant-governor is required to be a citizen of Superior

Replacement
In 1991 Governor Cayden Tyrell passed amendment III, abolishing the Lt Gov position and replacing it with a position known as Chancellor, The Chancellor was made by merging Lt Gov and Auditor General, this was later reversed