named_after list of governors of virginia
The Lieutenant ___MASK83___ is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia . The Lieutenant ___MASK83___ is elected every four years along with the ___MASK83___ and Attorney General . The office is currently held by Democrat Ralph Northam . The ___MASK83___ and lieutenant ___MASK83___ are elected separately and thus may be of different political parties . The lieutenant ___MASK83___ ' s office is located in the Oliver Hill Building on Capitol Square in Richmond , Virginia . The lieutenant ___MASK83___ serves as the President of the Senate of Virginia and is first in the line of succession to the ___MASK83___ ; in the event the ___MASK83___ dies , resigns , or otherwise leaves office , the lieutenant ___MASK83___ becomes ___MASK83___ . Unlike the ___MASK83___ , the Lieutenant ___MASK85___ can run for re - election . Command generally refers to the ability to " dominate an area of situation ". There are several definitions of command and control ( C2 ). According to older versions of U . S . Army FM ___MASK94___ - 0 , C2 in a military organization is the exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commanding officer over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission . The term may also refer to command and control systems within a military system . Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of Government . Impeachment does not necessarily mean removal from office ; it is only a formal statement of charges , akin to an indictment in criminal law , and is thus only the first step towards removal . Once an individual is impeached , he or she must then face the possibility of conviction via legislative vote , which then entails the removal of the individual from office . Head of government is a generic term used for either the highest or second highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state , a federated state , or a self - governing colony , ( commonly referred to as countries , nations or ___MASK30___ - states ) who often presides over a cabinet , a group of ministers or secretaries who lead executive departments . The term " head of government " is often differentiated from the term " head of state ", ( e . g . as in article ___MASK60___ of the ___MASK66___ Convention on the Law of Treaties , article 1 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons , including Diplomatic Agents and the United Nations protocol list ), as they may be separate positions , individuals , and / or roles depending on the country . The following is a list of the Governors of the Commonwealth of ___MASK25___ . The ___MASK83___ is the head of the executive branch of ___MASK25___ ' s state government and the commander - in - chief of the state ' s military forces . The ___MASK83___ has the duty to enforce state laws , and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the ___MASK25___ General Assembly , to convene the legislature , and to grant pardons , except in cases of impeachment . The first constitution of 1776 created the office of ___MASK83___ , to be elected annually by the state legislature . The ___MASK83___ could serve up to three years at a time , and once out of office , could not serve again for four years . The 1830 constitution changed the thrice renewable one - year term length to a non - renewable three - year term , and set the start date at the first day in January following an election . This constitution also prevented governors from succeeding themselves , a prohibition that exists to the present day . The 1851 constitution increased terms to four years and made the office elected by the people , rather than the legislature . The commencement of the ___MASK83___ ' s term was moved to the first day in February by the 1902 constitution , and then to the Saturday after the second Wednesday in January by the 1971 and current constitution . If the office of ___MASK83___ is vacant due to disqualification , death , or resignation , the lieutenant ___MASK83___ becomes ___MASK83___ . The office of lieutenant ___MASK83___ was created in 1851 Prior to then , a Council of State existed , which chose a president among its members who would be `` Lieutenant - ___MASK83___ '' , who would act as ___MASK83___ in a time of absence in the office . Officially there have been 72 governors of ___MASK25___ ; the acting governors are not counted . The Senate of ___MASK25___ is the upper house of the ___MASK25___ General Assembly . The Senate is composed of 40 Senators representing an equal number of single - member constituent districts . The Senate is presided over by the Lieutenant ___MASK85___ . Prior to the American War of Independence , the upper house of the General Assembly was represented by the ___MASK25___ Governor ' s Council , consisting of up to 12 executive counselors appointed by the Colonial Royal Governor as advisers and jurists . A veto  Latin for " I forbid "  is the power ( used by an officer of the state , for example ) to unilaterally stop an official action , especially the enactment of legislation . A veto can be absolute , as for instance in the United Nations Security Council , whose permanent members ( China , ___MASK10___ , ___MASK23___ , United Kingdom , United States of America ) can block any resolution . Or it can be limited , as in the legislative process of the United States , where a two - thirds vote in both the House and Senate may override a Presidential veto of legislation . A veto gives power only to stop changes , not to adopt them ( except for the rare " amendatory veto "). Thus a veto allows its holder to protect the status quo . The ___MASK25___ General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of ___MASK25___ , and the oldest continuous law - making body in the New World , established on July 30 , 1619 . The General Assembly is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house , the ___MASK25___ House of Delegates , with ___MASK18___ members , and an upper house , the Senate of ___MASK25___ , with 40 members . Combined together , the General Assembly consists of 140 elected representatives from an equal number of constituent districts across the commonwealth . The House of Delegates is presided over by the Speaker of the House , while the Senate is presided over by the Lieutenant ___MASK85___ . The House and Senate each elect a clerk and sergeant - at - arms . The Senate of ___MASK25___ ' s clerk is known as the " Clerk of the Senate " ( instead of as the " Secretary of the Senate ," the title used by the U . S . Senate ). The ___MASK25___ House of Delegates is one of two parts in the ___MASK25___ General Assembly , the other being the Senate of ___MASK25___ . It has ___MASK18___ members elected for terms of two years ; unlike most states , these elections take place during odd - numbered years . The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House , who is elected from among the House membership by the Delegates . The Speaker is almost always a member of the majority party and , as Speaker , becomes the most powerful member of the House . The House shares legislative power with the Senate of ___MASK25___ , the upper house of the ___MASK25___ General Assembly . The House of Delegates is the modern - day successor to the ___MASK25___ House of Burgesses , which first met at Jamestown in 1619 . The House is divided into Democratic and Republican caucuses . In addition to the Speaker , there is a majority leader , majority caucus chair , minority leader , minority caucus chair , and the chairs of the several committees of the House . An upper house , sometimes called a Senate , is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature ( or one of three chambers of a tricameral legislature ), the other chamber being the lower house . The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller , and often has more restricted power , than the lower house . Examples of upper houses in countries include the UK ' s House of Lords , Canada ' s Senate , ___MASK69___ ' s Rajya Sabha , ___MASK23___ ' s Federation Council , ___MASK47___ ' s Seanad , Germany ' s Bundesrat and the United States Senate . Civilian control of the military is a doctrine in military and political science that places ultimate responsibility for a country ' s strategic decision - making in the hands of the civilian political leadership , rather than professional military officers . The reverse situation , where professional military officers control national politics , is called a military dictatorship . A lack of control over the military may result in a state within a state . One author , paraphrasing Samuel ___MASK33___ . Huntington ' s writings in " The Soldier and the State ", has summarized the civilian control ideal as " the proper subordination of a competent , professional military to the ends of policy as determined by civilian authority ". A commander - in - chief is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a ___MASK30___ ' s military forces or significant elements of those forces . In the latter case , the force element is those forces within a particular region , or associated by function . As a practical term ; it refers to military competencies that reside in a ___MASK30___ - state ' s executive leadership  either a head of state , a head of government , a minister of defence , a national cabinet , or some other collegial body . Often , a given country ' s commander - in - chief ( if held by an official ) need not be or have been a commissioned officer or even a veteran . This follows the principle of civilian control of the military . The ___MASK83___ of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four - year term . The current holder of the office is Terry McAuliffe , who was sworn in on January ___MASK38___ , 2014 . His term will expire on January 13 , 2018 . McAuliffe is a member of the Democratic Party and was elected to the office on November ___MASK54___ , 2013 , to succeed Republican Bob McDonnell . A head of state ( or chief of state ) is the public ___MASK87___ that officially represents the national unity and legitimacy of a sovereign state . In developing the current Constitution of France ( 1958 ), former French president Charles de Gaulle said the head of state should embody " the spirit of the nation " (""). In some countries , typically those with parliamentary governments , the head of state is a ceremonial figurehead that does not actually guide day - to - day government activities and may not even be empowered to exercise any kind of political authority ( e . g ., Queen ___MASK35___ in the United Kingdom ). In other countries , the head of state is also the head of government , such as in the U . S ., where the president is both a public figurehead and the actual highest ranking political leader who , in practice , oversees the executive branch . An indictment , in the common law system , is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime . In jurisdictions that use the ___MASK39___ of felonies , the most serious criminal offence is a felony ; jurisdictions that do not use the ___MASK39___ of felonies often use that of an indictable offence  an offence that requires an indictment .