1998 Minnesota Statutes

     190.07 Appointment; qualifications; rank. 

    There shall be an adjutant general of the state who shall 
 be appointed by the governor.  The adjutant general shall be a 
 staff officer, who at the time of appointment shall be a 
 commissioned officer of the national guard of this state, with 
 not less than ten years military service in the armed forces of 
 this state or of the United States, at least three of which 
 shall have been commissioned and who shall have reached the 
 grade of a field officer.  

    The adjutant general shall hold the rank of major general.  
 However, the adjutant general shall not be appointed to the rank 
 of major general without having 20 years service in the national 
 guard, of which one year has been in the rank of brigadier 
 general.  

    The term of the adjutant general is seven years from the 
 date of appointment.  Section 15.06, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, 
 governs filling of vacancies in the office of adjutant general.  
 The adjutant general shall not be removed from office during a 
 term except upon withdrawal of federal recognition or as 
 otherwise provided by the military laws of this state. 

    HIST: (2408) 1921 c 506 s 14; 1927 c 339 s 2; 1939 c 175 s 3; 
 1943 c 108 s 9; 1953 c 269 s 1; 1984 c 442 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1989 
 c 11 s 1; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 181; 1997 c 24 s 4