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This is a list of leaders of dependent territories. A dependent territory is 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 majority of the world's dependent territories are legacies of nineteenth and twentieth century colonial empires. [2] This list divides the world's inhabited dependent territories roughly into half: those which are dependencies of Commonwealth nations, formerly members of the British Empire and all of which have King Charles III as head of state; and the remainder. Governors, managers or wardens of uninhabited dependent territories are excluded.
Seven sovereign states possess one or more dependent territories: the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Norway.
State | Government | Head of state | Represented by | Head of government |
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![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Julia Crouch | Premier Ellis Webster |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Rena Lalgie | Premier Edward David Burt |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Daniel Pruce | Premier Natalio Wheatley |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Jane Owen | Premier Julianna O'Connor-Connolly |
![]() | Non-self-governing dependency | King Charles III of Australia | Administrator Sarah Vandenbroek | |
![]() | Non-self-governing dependency | King Charles III of Australia | Administrator Sarah Vandenbroek | |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy in free-association with New Zealand | King Charles III of New Zealand | King's Representative (not otherwise styled) Sir Tom Marsters | Prime Minister Mark Brown |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Alison Blake | Chief Executive Andy Keeling |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Sir David Steel | Chief Minister Fabian Picardo |
![]() | Crown dependency | King Charles III of the United Kingdom (as Duke of Normandy) | Lieutenant-Governor Richard Cripwell | Bailiff Sir Richard McMahon President Lyndon Trott |
![]() | Crown dependency | King Charles III of the United Kingdom (as Lord of Mann) | Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Lorimer | Chief Minister Alfred Cannan |
![]() | Crown dependency | King Charles III of the United Kingdom (as Duke of Normandy) | Lieutenant-Governor Jerry Kyd | Bailiff Sir Timothy Le Cocq Chief Minister Kristina Moore |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Sarah Tucker | Premier Easton Taylor-Farrell |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy in free-association with New Zealand | King Charles III of New Zealand | High Commissioner Helen Tunnah | Premier Dalton Tagelagi |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of Australia | Administrator Eric Hutchinson | Self-government abolished in 2015 |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Iona Thomas | Mayor Simon Young |
![]() | Non-self-governing dependency | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Nigel Phillips | Chief Minister Julie Thomas |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of New Zealand | Administrator Don Higgins | Head of Government Keliliano Kalolo |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam | Premier Washington Misick |
State | Government | Head of state | Head of territory | Head of government |
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![]() | Gubernatorial democracy | President Sauli Niinistö of Finland, represented by Governor Peter Lindbäck | Premier Veronica Thörnroos | |
![]() | Gubernatorial democracy | President Joe Biden of the United States | Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga | |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, represented by Governor Alfonso Boekhoudt | Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes | |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, represented by Governor Lucille George-Wout | Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas | |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Frederik X of Denmark, represented by High Commissioner Lene Moyell Johansen | Prime Minister Aksel V. Johannesen | |
![]() | Presidential democracy | President Emmanuel Macron of France, represented by High Commissioner Éric Spitz | President Moetai Brotherson | |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Frederik X of Denmark, represented by High Commissioner Julie Præst Wilche | Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede | |
![]() | Gubernatorial democracy | President Joe Biden of the United States | Governor Lou Leon Guerrero | |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | President Emmanuel Macron of France, represented by High Commissioner Louis Le Franc | President of the Government Louis Mapou | |
![]() | Gubernatorial democracy | President Joe Biden of the United States | Governor Arnold Palacios | |
![]() | Gubernatorial democracy | President Joe Biden of the United States | Governor Pedro Pierluisi | |
![]() | Parliamentary democracy | King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, represented by Governor Ajamu Baly | Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs | |
![]() | Gubernatorial democracy | President Joe Biden of the United States | Governor Albert Bryan | |
![]() | Presidential democracy | President Emmanuel Macron of France, represented by Administrator-Superior Blaise Gourtay | President of the Territorial Assembly Munipoese Muliʻakaʻaka |
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a governor may be either appointed or elected, and the governor's powers can vary significantly, depending on the public laws in place locally. The adjective pertaining to a governor is gubernatorial, from the Latin root gubernare.
A dependent territory, dependent area, or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state and remains politically outside the controlling state's integral area. As such, a dependent territory includes a range of non-integrated not fully to non-independent territory types, from associated states to non-self-governing territories.
An administrator in the constitutional practice of some countries in the Commonwealth is a person who fulfils a role similar to that of a governor or a governor-general.