See all translations. uk â /ÉªmËpiËtÊ/ us â /ÉªmËpiËtÊ/. âº to make a formal statement saying that a public official is guilty of a serious offence in connection with their job, especially in the US: The governor was impeached for wrongful use of state money.
Sir Edmund Andros also was suspended by the General Assembly in 1695 and 1697, then recalled by officials in London in response to the complaints of Virginia leaders. 6. Governor William Berkeley was the longest-serving governor of Virginia, in office from 1642-1677 (with a gap between 1652-1660, during the English Civil Wars). Berkeley exercised his powers as governor to the fullest extent, gaining substantial wealth for himself in the process.
The government of Virginia combines the three branches of authority in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The current Governor of Virginia is Ralph Northam. The State Capitol building in Richmond was designed by Thomas Jefferson, and the cornerstone was laid by Governor Patrick Henry in 1785. Virginia currently functions under the 1971 Constitution of Virginia. It is the Commonwealth's seventh constitution. Under the Constitution, the government is composed of three branchesfaisl is a beast utive, and judicial