On the 30th of June 2011, the term of office of the Greek expatriate governor of West Australia, Komninos Michail ends. Australia’s regime is a federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. The queen of the country is the Queen of England and her representative in Australia is the General Governor. Australia is a federation state, and every state has its own governor who is the supreme leader.
The new governor of the West Australia on the 1st of July will be lawyer Malcom Musker, a known philanthropist. He states that he will donate all his salary to charities. The current governor, Dr. Komninos Michail, was born in West Australia in 1938. His parents were from Kastelorizo but they died shortly after he was born and Mr. Michail was an orphan in an early age. Dr. Komninos Michail graduated in Political Engineering at the University of West Australia and took his postgraduate degree in London. In 1968, he took his doctorate from the University of London. He held very important offices in public administration and in the academic domain. He also became dean of the University of West Australia. In 1996, he was honored with the “Member of the Order of Australia” and in 2006 with the “Companion of the Order of Australia”. He became Governor of West Australia in January 2006.
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