List of governors of dependent territories in the 20th century

This is a list of territorial governors in the 20th century (1901–2000) AD, such as the administrators of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.

For the purposes of this list, a current dependency is any entity listed on these lists of dependent territories and other entities. A dependent territory is normally a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state yet remains politically outside of the controlling state's integral area.[1] This latter condition distinguishes a dependent territory from an autonomous region or administrative division, which forms an integral part of the 'parent' state. The administrators of uninhabited territories are excluded.

Australia

Australia
  • Christmas Island, territory
    • Administrators, until 1998
      • Donald Evan Nickels, Official representative (1958–1960)
      • John William Stokes, Official representative (1960–1966)
      • Charles Ivens Buffett, Official representative (1966–1968)
      • Leslie Dudley King, administrator (1968–1970)
      • John Sampson White, administrator (1970–1973)
      • Frank Evatt, administrator (1973–1974)
      • Harry Webb, administrator (1974–1975)
      • William Worth, administrator (1975–1977)
      • Francis Charles Boyle, administrator (1977–1980)
      • Mac Holten, administrator (1980–1982)
      • William Yates, administrator (1982–1983)
      • Thomas Ferguson Paterson, administrator (1983–1986)
      • C. Stephens, acting administrator (1986)
      • Alexander Taylor, administrator (1986–1990)
      • William Albany McKenzie, administrator (1990–1991)
      • A. Mitchell, acting administrator (1991)
      • P. Gifford, acting administrator (1991–1992)
      • Michael John Grimes, administrator (1992–1994)
      • Peter Woods, acting administrator (1994)
      • Danny Ambrose Gillespie, administrator (1994–1996)
      • Merrilyn Ann Chilvers, acting administrator (1996–1997)
      • Graham Nicholls, acting administrator (1997)
      • Ronald Harvey, administrator (1997–1998)
    • President of the Christmas Island Shire Council
      • Lillian Oh, President (1992–1995)
      • Jeffery Tan, Acting President (1995–1997)
      • Andrew Smolders, President (1998–1999)
      • Dave McLane, President (1999–2001)
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands, territory
    • Administrators, until 1996
      • Charles Ivens Buffett, administrator (1977–1980)
    • President of the Shire of Cocos
      • Parson bin Yapat, Chairmen (1979–1981)
      • Wahin bin Bynie, Chairmen (1981–1983)
      • Parson bin Yapat, Chairmen (1983–1993)
      • Ron Grant, President (1993–1995)
      • Radal bin Feyrel, President (1995–1999)
      • Mohammad Said Chongkin, President (1999–2001)
  • Norfolk Island, territory
    • Administrators
      • Robert Nixon Dalkin, administrator (1968–1972)
      • Desmond Vincent O'Leary, administrator (1976–1979)
      • Peter Coleman, administrator (1979–1981)
      • Ian Hutchinson, acting administrator (1981)
      • Thomas Ferguson Paterson, acting administrator (1981–1982)
      • Tony Messner, administrator (1997–2003)
    • Heads of government
      • William M. Randall, President of the Island council (1967–1974)
      • William Arthur Blucher, President of the Island council (1976–1978)
      • David Buffett, Chief minister (1979–1986)
      • George Charles Smith, Chief Minister (1997–2000)
      • Ronald Coane Nobbs, Chief Minister (2000–2001)

Belgium

Belgium
Belgian colonial empire

China

People's Republic of China

Denmark

Denmark

Finland

Finland
  • Åland, autonomous region
    • Governors
      • Hjalmar von Bonsdorff, Governor (1918)
      • William Isaksson, Governor (1918–1922)
      • Lars Wilhelm Fagerlund, Governor (1922–1937)
      • Torsten Rothberg, Governor (1938)
      • Ruben Österberg, Governor (1939–1945)
      • Herman Koroleff, Governor (1945–1953)
      • Tor Brenning, Governor (1954–1972)
      • Martin Isaksson, Governor (1972–1982)
      • Henrik Gustafsson, Governor (1982–1999)
      • Peter Lindbäck, Governor (1999–2009)
    • Premiers of Åland
      • Carl Björkman, Premier (1922–1938)
      • Viktor Strandfält, Premier (1938–1955)
      • Hugo Johansson, Premier (1955–1967)
      • Martin Isaksson, Premier (1967–1972)
      • Alarik Häggblom, Premier (1972–1979)
      • Folke Woivalin, Premier (1979–1988)
      • Sune Eriksson, Premier (1988–1991)
      • Ragnar Erlandsson, Premier (1991–1995)
      • Roger Jansson, Premier (1995–1999)
      • Roger Nordlund, Premier (1999–2007)

France

French Third Republic, Vichy France, French Fourth Republic, French Fifth Republic

Africa

  • French Guinea
    • Lieutenant governors, Governors
      • Paul Jean François Cousturier, Lieutenant governor (1900–1904)
      • Antoine Marie Frezouls, Lieutenant governor (1904–1906)
      • Jules Louis Richard, Acting Lieutenant governor (1906–1907)
      • Joost van Vollenhouven, Acting Lieutenant governor (1907)
      • Georges Poulet, Acting Lieutenant governor (1907–1908)
      • Victor Théophile Liotard, Lieutenant governor (1908–1910)
      • Georges Poulet, Acting Lieutenant governor (1910)
      • Camille Guy, Lieutenant governor (1910–1912)
      • Jean Louis Georges Poiret, Acting Lieutenant governor (1912–1913)
      • Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne, Lieutenant governor (1913–1915)
      • Jean Louis Georges Poiret, Lieutenant governor (1915–1919)
      • Fernand Lavit, Acting Lieutenant governor (1919–1920)
      • Jean Louis Georges Poiret, Lieutenant governor (1920–1922)
      • Jules Vidal, Acting Lieutenant governor (1922)
      • Jean Louis Georges Poiret, Lieutenant governor (1922–1925)
      • Robert Simon, Acting Lieutenant governor (1925)
      • Jean Louis Georges Poiret, Lieutenant governor (1925–1927)
      • Antoine Paladi, Lieutenant governor (1927–1928)
      • Jean-Claude Tissier, Acting Lieutenant governor (1928)
      • Jean Louis Georges Poiret, Lieutenant governor (1928–1929)
      • Louis François Antonin, Acting Lieutenant governor (1929–1931)
      • Robert Paul Marie de Guise, Lieutenant governor (1931–1932)
      • Joseph Vadier, Lieutenant governor (1932–1933)
      • Antoine Paladi, Acting Lieutenant governor (1933)
      • Joseph Vadier, Lieutenant governor (1933–1935)
      • Louis Placide Blacher, Acting Lieutenant governor (1935)
      • Joseph Vadier, Lieutenant governor (1935–1936)
      • Joseph Vadier, Lieutenant governor (1935–1936)
      • Louis Placide Blacher, Governor (1936–1937)
      • Louis Placide Blacher, Governor (1936–1937)
      • Pierre Tap, Acting Governor (1937–1938)
      • Louis-Placide Blacher, Governor (1938–1939)
      • Felix Martine, Acting Governor (1939)
      • Louis-Placide Blacher, Governor (1939–1940)
      • Antoine Félix Giacobbi, Governor (1940–1942)
      • Horace Valentin Crocicchia, Governor (1942–1944)
      • Jacques Georges Fourneau, Acting Governor (1944–1946)
      • Édouard Louis Terrac, Governor (1946–1948)
      • Roland Pré, Governor (1948–1951)
      • Roland Pré, Governor (1948–1951)
      • Roland Pré, Governor (1948–1951)
      • Paul Henri Sirieix, Governor (1951–1953)
      • Jean Paul Parisot, Governor (1953–1955)
      • Charles-Henri Bonfils, Governor (1955–1956)
      • Jean Paul Ramadier, Governor (1956–1958)
      • Jean Mauberna, Acting Governor (1958)
  • French Somaliland
    • Governors
      • Louis Ormiéres, Acting Governor (1901–1902)
      • Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor (1902–1903)
      • Albert Dubarry, Acting Governor (1903)
      • Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure, Governor (1903–1904)
      • Albert Dubarry, Acting Governor (1904)
      • Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor (1904–1905)
      • Raphaël Antonetti, Acting Governor (1905)
      • Louis Ormiéres, Acting Governor (1905–1906)
      • Patte, Acting Governor (1906)
      • Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor (1906–1908)
      • Jean-Baptiste Castaing, Acting Governor (1908–1909)
      • Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor (1909–1911)
      • Jean-Baptiste Castaing, Acting Governor (1911)
      • Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor (1911–1915)
      • Paul Simoni, Governor (1915–1916)
      • Victor Marie Fillon, Governor (1916–1918)
      • Jules Gérard Auguste Lauret, Governor (1918–1924)
      • Pierre Aimable Chapon-Baissac, Governor (1924–1932)
      • Louis Placide Blacher, Governor (1932–1934)
      • Jules Marcel de Coppet, Governor (1934–1935)
      • Achille Louis Auguste Silvestre, Governor (1935)
      • Armand Léon Annet, Governor (1935–1937)
      • Marie Francois Julien Pierre-Alype, Governor (1937–1938)
      • Hubert Jules Deschamps, Governor (1938–1940)
      • Gaetan Louis Elie Germain, Governor (1940)
      • Pierre Marie Elie Louis Nouailhetas, Governor (1940–1942)
      • Christian Raimond Dupont, Governor (1942)
      • Ange Marie Charles André Bayardelle, Governor (1942–1943)
      • Michel Raphael Antoine Saller, Governor (1943–1944)
      • Jean Victor Louis Joseph Chalvet, Governor (1944–1946)
      • Paul Henri Siriex, Governor (1946–1950)
      • Numa François Henri Sadoul, Governor (1950–1954)
      • Roland Joanes Louis Pré, Governor (1954)
      • René Petitbon, Governor (1954–1957)
      • Maurice Meker, Governor (1957–1958)
      • Jacques Marie Julien Compain, Governor (1958–1962)
      • René Tirant, Governor (1962–1966)
      • Louis Saget, Governor (1966–1967), High commissioner (1967–1969)

Asia

Caribbean

  • Saint Barthélemy, overseas collectivity
    • Prefects: the prefect of Guadeloupe has been the representative of Saint Barthélemy since 2007
    • Prefects-delegated of Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin
    • Presidents of the Territorial Council
  • Saint Martin, territorial collectivity
    • Prefects: the prefect of Guadeloupe has been the representative of Saint Martin since 2007
    • Prefects-delegated of Saint Martin and Saint Martin
    • Presidents of the Territorial Council

North America

Oceania

  • Wallis and Futuna, overseas collectivity
    • Administrators superior
      • Jean Léon Périé, administrator superior (1961–1962)
      • Jacques Emmanuel Victor Herry, administrator superior (1962–1962)
      • Jean Marie Pierre Bertrand, administrator superior (1962–1964)
      • André Pierre François Duc-Dufayard, administrator superior (1964–1966)
      • Fernand Lamodière, administrator superior (1966–1968)
      • Jacques Frédéric Gabriel Bach, administrator superior (1968–1971)
      • Guy Robert Boileau, administrator superior (1971–1972)
      • Jacques Ferrante de Agostini, administrator superior (1972–1974)
      • Yves Robert Émile Louis Arbellot-Repaire, administrator superior (1975–1976)
      • Henri Charles Beaux, administrator superior (1976–1979)
      • Pierre Jean Marc Isaac, administrator superior (1979–1980)
      • Robert Gilbert Georges Thil, administrator superior (1980–1983)
      • Michel Kuhnmunch, administrator superior (1984–1985)
      • Bernard Lesterlin, administrator superior (1985–1986)
      • Jacques Le Hénaff, administrator superior (1986–1987)
      • Gérard Lambotte, administrator superior (1987–1988)
      • Roger Dumec, administrator superior (1988–1990)
      • Robert Pommies, administrator superior (1990–1993)
      • Philippe Legrix, administrator superior (1993–1994)
      • Léon Alexandre Legrand, administrator superior (1994–1996)
      • Claude Pierret, administrator superior (1996–1998)
      • Christian Dors, administrator superior (1998–2000)
      • Alain Waquet, administrator superior (2000–2002)
    • Presidents of the Territorial assembly
      • Paino Tu'ugahala, President (1962–1967)
      • Sosefe Makapé Papillo, President (1967–1972)
      • Mikaele Folaumahina, President (1972–1975)
      • Soane Patita Lakina, President (1975–1977)
      • Pasilio Tui, President (1977–1978)
      • Manuele Lisahi, President (1978–1984)
      • Pasilio Tui, President (1984–1986)
      • Petelo Takatai, President (1986–1987)
      • Keleto Lakalala, President (1987)
      • Falakiko Gata, President (1987–1988)
      • Manuele Lisiahi, President (1988–1989)
      • Pasilio Tui, President (1989–1990)
      • Clovis Logologofolau, President (1990–1992)
      • Soane Mani Uhila, President (1992–1994)
      • Mikaele Tauhavili, President (1994–1996)
      • Keleto Lakalaka, President (1996–1997)
      • Victor Brial, President (1997–1999)
      • Soane Mani Uhila, President (1999–2001)
    • Kings of Uvea (Wallis)
    • Kings of Alo
      • Soane Malia Musulamu, King (c.1887–1929)
      • Soane Moefana, King (1929–1932)
      • Tuiseka, King
      • Usanio Pipisega, King
      • Paloto Aika, King
      • Savelio Meitala, King
      • Kamilo Katea, King
      • Maleselino Maituku, King
      • Kolio Maituku, King
      • Papilio Tala'e, King
      • Lelipo Pipisega, King
      • Alesio Feta'u, King
      • Petelo Savo Meitala, King
      • Soane Va Pipisega, King
      • Silisio Katea, King
      • Petelo Tala'e, King
      • Vito Tuiseka, King
      • Petelo Maituku, King (?–1958)
      • Setefano Tuikalepa, King (1958–1960)
      • Kamaliele Moefana, King (1960–1961)
      • Pio Tagatamanogi, King (1961–1962)
      • Mikaele Fanene, King (1962–?)
      • Seteone Pipisega, King (?–1970)
      • Petelo Maituku, King (1970–1973)
      • Mikaele Katea, King (1973–1974)
      • Patita Savea, King (1974–1976)
      • Kalepo Nau, King (1977–1978)
      • Nopeleto Tuikalepa, King (1979–1984)
      • Petelo Lemo, King (1984–1990)
      • Lomano Musulamu, King (1990–1995)
      • Esipio Takasi, King (1995–1997)
      • Sagato Alofi, King (1997–2002)
    • Kings of Sigave
      • Mateo Tamole, King (19th/20th century)
      • Toviko Keletaona, King (19th/20th century)
      • Tamasi Tamole, King (early 20th century)
      • Toviko Keletaona, King (early 20th century)
      • Sui Tamole, King (early 20th century)
      • Ligareto Falemaa, King (?–1929)
      • Keletaona Keletaona, King (1929–1932)
      • Fololiano Sui Tamole, King (1932–1930s)
      • Sui Tamole, King (1930s)
      • Amole Keletaona, King (1941–1949)
      • Soane Vanai, King (1950s)
      • Pio Keletaona, King (?–1955)
      • Sakopo Tamole, Pausu (1955–1957)
      • Setefano Lavelua, King (1957–1959)
      • Sileno Tamole, Veu (1959–1969)
      • Alefosio Keletaona, Vasa (1969–1971)
      • Ilalio Amosala, King (1971–1972)
      • Nasalio Keletaona, King (1972–1982)
      • Sagato Keletaona, King (1982–1987)
      • Sosefo Vanai, King (1987–1990)
      • Lafaele Malau, King (1990–1994)
      • Soane Patita Sokotaua, King (1994–1997)
      • Pasilio Keletaona, King (1997–2003)


Japan

Empire of Japan
Japanese colonial empire

Netherlands

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Dutch colonial empire

Asia

Caribbean

New Zealand

New Zealand
  • Niue, associated state
    • Commissioners
      • Selwyn Digby Wilson, Resident commissioner (1968–197?)
    • Representatives
      • Terry Baker, New Zealand Representative (1979–1982)
    • Premiers

Norway

Norway

Portugal

Kingdom of Portugal, First Portuguese Republic, Ditadura Nacional, Second Portuguese Republic, Third Portuguese Republic
Portuguese colonial empire

Africa

  • Portuguese Angola
    • Governors general, High commissioners
      • Francisco Xavier Cabral de Oliveira Moncada, Governor general (1900–1903)
      • Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor general (1903–1904)
      • Custódio Miguel de Borja, Governor general (1904)
      • António Duarte Ramada Curto, Governor general (1904–1905)
      • Caminho de Ferro de Mossámedes, Governor general (1905–1906)
      • Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Governor general (1906–1907)
      • Henrique Mitchell de Paiva, Governor general (1907–1909)
      • Álvaro António da Costa Ferreira, Governor general (1909)
      • José Augusto Alves Roçadas, Governor general (1909–1910)
      • Caetano Francisco Cláudio Eugénio Gonçalves, Governor general (1910–1911)
      • Manuel Maria Coelho, Governor general (1911–1912)
      • José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, Governor general (1912–1915)
      • António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, Governor general (1915–1916)
      • Pedro Francisco Massano do Amorim, Governor general (1916–1917)
      • Jaime Alberto de Castro Morais, Governor general (1917–1918)
      • Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, Governor general (1918–1919)
      • Mimoso Guera, Governor general (1919–1920)
      • Visconde de Pedralva, Governor general (1920–1921)
      • João Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, High commissioner (1921–1924)
      • João Augusto Crispiniano Soares, High commissioner (1924)
      • Antero Tavares de Carvalho, High commissioner (1924–1925)
      • Francisco Cunha Rêgo Cháves, High commissioner (1925–1926)
      • António Vicente Ferreira, High commissioner (1926–1928)
      • António Damas Mora, High commissioner (1928–1929)
      • Filomeno da Câmara Melo Cabral, High commissioner (1929–1930)
      • José Dionísio Carneiro de Sousa e Faro, High commissioner (1930–1931)
      • Eduardo Ferreira Viana, High commissioner (1931–1934)
      • Júlio Garcês de Lencastre, High commissioner (1934–1935)
      • António Lopes Matheus, High commissioner (1935–1939)
      • Manoel da Cunha e Costa Marquês Mano, High commissioner (1939–1941)
      • Abel de Abreu Souto-Maior, High commissioner (1941–1942)
      • Álvaro de Freitas Morna, High commissioner (1942–1943)
      • Manuel Pereira Figueira, High commissioner (1943)
      • Vasco Lopes Alves, High commissioner (1943–1947)
      • Fernando Falcão Pacheco Mena, High commissioner (1947)
      • José Agapito de Silva Carvalho, High commissioner (1948–1955)
      • Manoel de Gusmão Mascarenhas Gaivão, High commissioner (1955–1956)
      • Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo, High commissioner (1956–1960)
      • Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares, High commissioner (1960–1961)
      • Verâncio Augusto Deslandes, High commissioner (1961–1962)
      • Silvino Silvério Marquês, High commissioner (1962–1966)
      • Camilo Augusto de Miranda Rebocho Vaz, High commissioner (1966–1972)
      • Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro, High commissioner (1972–1974)
      • Joaquín Franco Pinheiro, High commissioner (1974)
      • Silvino Silvério Marquês, High commissioner (1974)
      • António Alva Rosa Coutinho, High commissioner (1974–1975)
      • Ernesto Ferreira de Macedo, High commissioner (1975)
      • Leonel Silva Cardoso, High commissioner (1975)
  • Portuguese Mozambique
    • High commissioners and Governors general
      • Manuel Rafael Gorjão, Governor general (1900–1902)
      • Tomás António Garcia Rosado, Governor general (1902–1905)
      • João António de Azevedo Coutinho Fragoso de Sequeira, Governor general (1905–1906)
      • Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade, Governor general (1906–1910)
      • José de Freitas Ribeiro, Acting Governor general (1910–1911)
      • José Francisco de Azevedo e Silva, Governor general (1911–1912)
      • Alfredo Afonso Meneses de Magalhães, Governor general (1912–1913)
      • Augusto Ferreira dos Santos, Governor general (1913–1914)
      • Joaquim José Machado, Governor general (1914–1915)
      • Alfredo Baptista Coelho, Governor general (1915)
      • Álvaro Xavier de Castro, Governor general (1915–1918)
      • Pedro Francisco Massano do Amorim, Governor general (1918–1919)
      • Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca, Acting Governor general (1919–1921)
      • Manuel de Brito Camacho, High commissioner and Governor general (1921–1923)
      • Manuel Juiz Moreira da Fonseca, Acting High commissioner and Governor general (1923–1924)
      • Víctor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho, High commissioner and Governor general (1924–1926)
      • Artur Ivens Ferraz, Acting High commissioner and Governor general (1926)
      • José Ricardo Pereira Cabral, High commissioner and Governor general (1926–1938)
      • José Nicolau Nunes de Oliveira, High commissioner and Governor general (1938–1941)
      • João Tristão de Bettencourt, High commissioner and Governor general (1941–1946)
      • Luís de Sousa e Vasconcelos e Funchal, High commissioner and Governor general (1947–1948)
      • Gabriel Mauricio Teixeira, High commissioner and Governor general (1948–1951)
    • Overseas Province of Portugal
      • Gabriel Maurício Teixeira, High commissioner and Governor general (1951–1958)
      • Pedro Correia de Barros, High commissioner and Governor general (1958–1961)
      • Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues, High commissioner and Governor general (1961–1964)
      • José Augusto da Costa Almeida, High commissioner and Governor general (1964–1968)
      • Baltazar Rebelo de Sousa, High commissioner and Governor general (1968–1970)
      • Eduardo Arantes e Oliveira, High commissioner and Governor general (1970–1972)
      • Manuel Pimentel Pereira dos Santos, High commissioner and Governor general (1972–1974)
      • David Teixeira Ferreira, Acting High commissioner and Governor general (1974)
      • Henrique Soares de Melo, High commissioner and Governor general (1974)
      • Jorge Ferro Ribeiro, Acting High commissioner and Governor general (1974)
      • Vítor Crespo, High commissioner and Governor general (1974)
    • local administration
      • Vítor Crespo, High commissioner and Governor general (1974–1975)
  • Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
    • Governors
    • Crown colony
      • Amâncio de Alpoim Cerqueira Borges Cabral, Governor (1899–1901)
      • Francisco Maria Peixoto Vieira, Acting Governor (1901)
      • Joaquim Xavier de Brito, Governor (1901–1902)
      • João Abel Antunes Mesquita Guimarães, Governor (1902–1903)
      • João Gregório Duarte Ferreira, Acting Governor (1903)
      • Francisco de Paula Cid, Governor (1903–1907)
      • Vitor Augusto Chaves Lemos e Melo, Acting Governor (1907)
      • Pedro Berquó, Governor (1907–1908)
      • Vítor Augusto Chaves Lemos e Mel, Acting Governor (1908–1909)
      • José Augusto Vieira da Fonseca, Governor (1909–1910)
      • Jaime Daniel Leote do Rego, Governor (1910)
      • Fernando Augusto de Carvalho, Governor (1910)
      • Carlos de Mendonça Pimentel e Melo, Acting Governor (1910)
      • António Pinto Miranda Guedes, Governor (1910–1911)
      • Jaime Daniel Leote do Rego, Governor (1911)
      • Mariano Martins, Governor (1911–1913)
      • Pedro do Amaral Boto Machado, Governor (1913–1915)
      • José Dionísio Carneiro de Sousa e Faro, Governor (1915)
      • Rafael dos Santos Oliveira, Acting Governor (1915–1918)
      • João Gregório Duarte Ferreira, Governor (1918–1919)
      • Avelino Augusto de Oliveira Leite, Governor (1919–1920)
      • José Augusto de Conceição Alves Vélez, Acting Governor (1920)
      • Eduardo Nogueira de Lemos, Acting Governor (1920–1921)
      • António José Pereira, Governor (1921–1924)
      • Eugénio de Barros Soares Branco, Governor (1924–1926)
      • José Duarte Junqueira Rato, Governor (1926–1928)
      • Sebastião José Barbosa, Acting Governor (1928–1929)
      • Francisco Penteado, Governor (1929)
      • Luís Augusto Vieira Fernandes, Governor (1929–1933)
      • Ricardo Vaz Monteiro, Governor (1933–1941)
      • Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo, Governor (1941–1945)
      • Carlos de Sousa Gorgulho, Governor (1945–1948)
      • Afonso Manuel Machado de Sousa, Acting Governor (1948–1950)
      • Mário José Cabral Oliveira Castro, Acting Governor (1950–1951)
    • Overseas province
      • Mário José Cabral Oliveira Castro, Acting Governor (1951–1952)
      • Guilherme António Amaral Abranches Pinto, Acting Governor (1952–1953)
      • Fernando Augusto Rodrigues, Acting Governor (1953)
      • Afonso Manuel Machado de Sousa, Acting Governor (1953)
      • Francisco António Pires Barata, Governor (1953–1954)
      • Luís da Câmara Leme Faria, Acting Governor (1954–1955)
      • José Machado, Acting Governor (1955–1956)
      • Octávio Ferreira Gonçalves, Acting Governor (1956–1957)
      • Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral, Governor (1957–1963)
      • Alberto Monteiro de Sousa Campos, Acting Governor (1963)
      • António Jorge da Silva Sebastião, Governor (1963–1972)
      • João Cecilio Gonçalves, Governor (1973–1974)
      • António Elísio Capelo Pires Veloso, Governor (1974)
    • Autonomous province

Asia

Oceania

South Africa

Union of South Africa, Republic of South Africa

United Kingdom

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
British colonial empire

Africa

Asia

  • Federation of South Arabia
    • High commissioners
    • Chief ministers
      • Hassan Ali Bayumi, Chief minister (1963)
      • Zayn Abdu Baharun, Chief minister (1963–1965)
      • Abdel-Qawi Hasan Makkawi, Chief minister (1965)
      • Ali Musa al-Babakr, Chief minister (1965–1966)
      • Salih al-Awadli, Chief minister (1966–1967)
  • Brunei Protectorate
    • Administrators
    • Sultans
      • Muhammad Jamalul Alam, Sultan (1906–1924)
      • Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan (1967–present)
    • Chief ministers
      • Yura Halim, Chief minister (1967–1972)
      • Pengiran Dipa Negara Laila Diraja Pengiran Abdul Mumin, Chief minister (1972–1981)
      • Pehin Orang Kaya Laila Wijaya Dato Haji Abdul Aziz Umar, Chief minister (1981–1983)

British Isles

    • Alderney, self-governing island of Guernsey
      • Presidents of the states
        • Sydney Peck Herivel, President of the states (1949–1970)
        • George William Baron, President of the states (1970–1977)
        • Jon Kay-Mouat, President of the states (1977–1994)
        • George William Baron, President of the states (1994–1997)
        • Jon Kay-Mouat, President of the states (1997–2002)

Caribbean and Central America

  • Cayman Islands, overseas territory
    • Commissioners, administrators, Governors
      • Frederick Shedden Sanguinnetti, Commissioner (1898–1907)
      • George Stephenson Hirst, Commissioner (1907–1912)
      • Arthur C Robinson, Commissioner (1912–1919)
      • Hugh Houston Hutchings, Commissioner (1919–1929)
      • Captain G. H. Frith, Commissioner (1929–1931)
      • Ernest Arthur Weston, Commissioner (1931–1934)
      • Allen Wosley Cardinall, Commissioner (1934–1940)
      • Albert C. Panton Snr, Acting Commissioner (1940–1941)
      • John Perry Jones, Commissioner (1941–1946)
      • Ivor Otterbein Smith, Commissioner (1946–1952)
      • Andrew Morris Gerrard, Commissioner (1952–1956)
      • Alan Hillard Donald, Commissioner (1956–1959), administrator (1959–1960)
      • Jack Rose, administrator (1960–1964)[10]
      • John Alfred Cumber Kt, administrator (1964–1968)
      • Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long, administrator (1968–1971), Governor (1971–1972)
      • Kenneth Roy Crook, Governor (1972–1974)
      • Thomas Russell, Governor (1974–1982)
      • George Peter Lloyd, Governor (1982–1987)
      • Alan James Scott, Governor (1987–1992)
      • Michael Edward John Gore, Governor (1992–1995)
      • John Wynne Owen, Governor (1995–1999)
      • Peter Smith, Governor (1999–2002)
    • Leaders of government business
  • British Virgin Islands, overseas territory
    • Administrators, Governors
      • Nathaniel George Cookman, administrator (1896–1903)
      • Robert Stephen Earl, administrator (1903–1910)
      • Thomas Leslie Hardtman Jarvis, administrator (1910–1919)
      • Herbert Walter Peebles, administrator (1919–1922)
      • R. Hargrove, administrator (1922–1923)
      • Otho Lewis Hancock, administrator (1923–1926)
      • Frank Cecil Clarkson, administrator (1926–1934)
      • Donald Percy Wailling, administrator (1934–1946)
      • John Augustus Cockburn Cruikshank, administrator (1946–1954)
      • Henry Howard, administrator (1954–1956)
      • Geoffrey Pole Allesbrook, administrator (1956–1959)
      • Gerald Jackson Bryan, administrator (1959–1962)
      • Ian Thomson, administrator (1967–1971)
      • Walter Wilkinson Wallace, Governor (1974–1978)
      • James Alfred Davidson, Governor (1978–1982)
      • Martin Samuel Staveley, administrator (1962–1967)
      • Ian Thomson, administrator (1967–1971)
      • Derek George Cudmore, Governor (1971–1974)
      • Walter Wilkinson Wallace, Governor (1974–1978)
      • James Alfred Davidson, Governor (1978–1982)
      • David Robert Barwick, Governor (1982–1986)
      • Mark Herdman, Governor (1986–1991)
      • Peter Penfold, Governor (1991–1995)
      • David Mackilligin, Governor (1995–1998)
      • Frank Savage, Governor (1998–2002)
    • Chief ministers

Mediterranean

North America

Oceania

  • Saint Helena and Dependencies, overseas territory
    • Governors
    • Ascension, dependency of Saint Helena
      • Administrators
        • M. E. Wainwright, administrator (1964–1966)
        • Anthony G.A. Beyts, administrator (1966–1967)
        • H. W. D. McDonald, administrator (1968–1973)
        • Geoffrey Colin Guy, administrator (1973–1976)
        • G. McDonald, administrator (1976–1977)
        • G. B. Kendal, administrator (1977)
        • Simon Gillett, administrator (1977–1979)
        • P. Duncan, administrator (1979–1980)
        • Bernard Edward Pauncefort, administrator (1980–1982)
        • I. G. Thow, administrator (1982–1984)
        • Michael T. S. Blick, administrator (1984–1989)
        • J. J. Beale, administrator (1989 –1991)
        • Brian Norman Connelly, administrator (1991–1995)
        • Roger C. Huxley, administrator (1995–1999)
        • Geoffrey Fairhurst, administrator (1999–2002)
    • Tristan da Cunha, dependency of Saint Helena

South America

United States territories

Central America

List of governors of the Panama Canal Zone

Caribbean Sea

List of colonial governors of Cuba


United States Virgin Islands, unincorporated territory Purchased from Denmark by the United States (22 Dec 1916).

Pacific Ocean

United States territorial acquisitions
American Samoa, unincorporated territory


  • Territory of Hawaii Annexed by the U.S. in 1898. Organized as territory (1900—1959)
    • Territorial Governors
      • Sanford B. Dole]], Governor (1900–1903)
      • George R. Carter]], Governor (1903–1907)
      • Walter F. Frear]], Governor (1907–1913)
      • Lucius E. Pinkham]], Governor (1913–1918)
      • Charles J. McCarthy]], Governor (1918–1921)
      • Wallace Rider Farrington]], Governor (1921–1929)
      • Lawrence M. Judd]], Governor (1929–1934)
      • Joseph Poindexter]], Governor (1934–1942)
      • Walter Short]], Lieutenant General (1941)
      • Delos Carleton Emmons]], Lieutenant General (1941–1943)
      • Robert C. Richardson Jr.]], Lieutenant General (1943–1944)
      • Ingram Stainback]], Governor (1942*–1951)
      • Oren E. Long]], Governor (1951–1953)
      • Samuel Wilder King]], Governor (1953–1957)
      • William F. Quinn]], Governor (1957–1959)

United States occupational forces




Other

  • New Hebrides, condominium of Britain and France
    • British resident commissioners
      • Colin Allan, Resident commissioner (1966–1973)
      • John Stuart Champion, Resident commissioner (1975–1978)
      • Andrew Stuart, Resident commissioner (1978–1980)
    • French resident commissioners
      • Robert Jules Amédée Langlois, Resident commissioner (1969–1974)
      • Robert Gauger, Resident commissioner (1974–1978)
      • Bernard Pottier, Resident commissioner (1978)
      • Jean-Jacques Robert, Resident commissioner (1978–1980)
    • Chief ministers
      • George Kalsakau, Chief minister (1977–1978)
      • Gérard Leymang, Chief minister (1978–1979)
      • Walter Lini, Chief minister (1979–1980)

See also

Notes

References

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