Governor of Pacifica (Napoleon's World)

The Governor of Pacifica is the chief executive of the state of Pacifica and the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacifica State National Guard. The current Governor of Pacifica is Benjamin Kemp, serving since January 2011.

Constitutional Role
The Governor of Pacifica is elected to serve four-year terms every four years. Since 1975, the Governor has been limited to two consecutive or non-consecutive four-year terms. Prior to that same 1975 reform, the Governor of Pacifica was elected to unlimited two-year terms. The longest-serving Governor, William A.C. Bennett, was elected to seven consecutive terms, serving fourteen years (1953-1967).

The Governor of Pacifica is elected along with the Lieutenant Governor, who serves as the head of the State Senate. The Governor of Pacifica is empowered to appoint a Cabinet, whose elected members include the Attorney General, Secretary of State and State Treasurer. All other state officials are appointed by the Governor and ratified by the Senate. The Governor's residence is the Spruce Street House near the Pacifica State Capitol building in Whiskey Bay, Pacifica.

The Governor is empowered to declare a state of emergency, enact an emergency session of the legislature, and use a line-item veto. As per 1975 reforms, the Governor is charged with presenting the legislature with a budget as opposed to the other way around, and is given the right to appoint state judges pending approval of the legislature. In a quirk influenced by Pacifica's status as a border state, the Governor is mandated to "assist and aid the Federal government in its maintenance of the international and state border with Alaska." The Governor has the power to dismiss any non-elected government official at his discretion without legislative approval.