List of leaders of dependent territories

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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 Queen Elizabeth II as head of state; and the remainder. Governors, managers or wardens of uninhabited dependent territories are excluded.

Current dependent territory leaders[]

Seven sovereign states possess one or more dependent territories: the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Norway.

Region, territory or Crown dependency Title Name Since
 Akrotiri and Dhekelia Administrator Rob Thomson 26 September 2019
 American Samoa Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga 3 January 2021
 Anguilla Governor Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam 18 January 2021
Premier Ellis Webster 30 June 2020
 Aruba Governor Alfonso Boekhoudt 1 January 2017
Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes 17 November 2017
Australia Ashmore and Cartier Islands Administrator[3] Nola Marino 29 May 2019
Australia Australian Antarctic Territory Administrator[4] 6 April 2019
United States Baker Island Administrator[5] (acting) 20 January 2021
 Bermuda Governor Rena Lalgie 14 December 2020
Premier Edward David Burt 17 July 2017
 Bonaire Lieutenant governor Edison Rijna[6] 1 March 2014
Norway Bouvet Island Administrator[7] Øystein Mortensen 2 October 2015
 British Antarctic Territory - BAT Commissioner Ben Merrick August 2017
Administrator Stuart Doubleday 2016
 British Indian Ocean Territory - BIOT Commissioner Ben Merrick August 2017
Administrator January 2020
 British Virgin Islands Governor John Rankin 29 January 2021
Premier Andrew Fahie 26 February 2019
 Cayman Islands Governor Martyn Roper 29 October 2018
Premier Wayne Panton 21 April 2021
 Christmas Island Administrator Natasha Griggs 5 October 2017
President of Shire [8] 21 October 2013
France Clipperton Island Administrator[9] Annick Girardin 17 May 2017
Commissioner[10] René Bidal 25 May 2016
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Administrator Natasha Griggs 5 October 2017
President of the Shire Council 23 October 2019
 Cook Islands Queen's Representative Tom Marsters 27 July 2013
High commissioner (New Zealand's Representative) 24 September 2020
Prime Minister Mark Brown 30 November 2020
Australia Coral Sea Islands Administrator[3] Nola Marino 29 May 2019
 Curaçao Governor Lucille George-Wout 4 November 2013
Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas 14 June 2021
 Falkland Islands Governor Nigel Phillips 12 September 2017
Chief Executive Andy Keeling 1 May 2021
 French Polynesia High Commissioner Dominique Sorain 8 August 2019
President Édouard Fritch 12 September 2014
 French Southern and Antarctic Lands Administrator-Superior 12 October 2020
 Gibraltar Governor of Gibraltar David Steel 11 June 2020
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo 9 December 2011
 Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero 7 January 2019
 Guernsey Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey Sir Ian Corder 14 March 2016
Bailiff Richard McMahon 9 May 2020
President of the Policy and Resources Committee Peter Ferbrache 16 October 2020
Australia Heard Island and McDonald Islands Administrator[4] 6 April 2019
United States Howland Island Administrator[5] (acting) 20 January 2021
 Isle of Man Lieutenant Governor Sir John Lorimer 29 September 2021
Chief Minister Alfred Cannan 12 October 2021
United States Jarvis Island Administrator[5] (acting) 20 January 2021
 Jersey Lieutenant Governor Sir Stephen Dalton 13 March 2017
Bailiff Tim Le Cocq 12 October 2019
Chief Minister John Le Fondré 4 June 2018
United States Johnston Atoll Administrator[5] (acting) 20 January 2021
United States Kingman Reef Administrator[5] (acting) 20 January 2021
United States Midway Atoll Administrator[5] (acting) 20 January 2021
 Montserrat Governor Andrew Pearce 1 February 2018
Premier Easton Taylor-Farrell 19 November 2019
United States Navassa Island Administrator[5] (acting) 20 January 2021
 New Caledonia High Commissioner 12 June 2021
President of the Government 8 July 2021
 Niue High Commissioner 27 July 2020
Premier Dalton Tagelagi 11 June 2020
 Norfolk Island Administrator Eric Hutchinson 1 April 2017
General Manager 6 January 2020
Michael Colreavy 5 February 2021
 Northern Mariana Islands Governor Ralph Torres 29 December 2015
United States Palmyra Atoll Administrator[5] (acting) 20 January 2021
Manager[11] vacant March 2009
Norway Peter I Island Administrator[7] Øystein Mortensen 2 October 2015
 Pitcairn Islands Governor of the Pitcairn Islands[12] Laura Clarke 23 January 2018
Mayor Charlene Warren-Peu 1 January 2020
 Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi 2 January 2021
Norway Queen Maud Land Administrator[7] Øystein Mortensen 2 October 2015
New Zealand Ross Dependency Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro 21 October 2021
Administrator[13] Sarah Williamson June 2019
 Saba Island Governor Jonathan G. A. Johnson 2 July 2008
 Saint Barthelemy Prefect[14] 10 August 2020
Prefect delegated[15] 15 December 2020
President of the Territorial Council Bruno Magras[16] 15 July 2007
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Governor Philip Rushbrook 11 May 2019
25 October 2021
Administrator of Ascension Island 15 March 2020
Administrator of Tristan da Cunha October 2021
 Saint-Martin Prefect[17] 10 August 2020
Prefect delegated[15] 15 December 2020
President of the Territorial Council Daniel Gibbs 2 April 2017
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Prefect Christian Pouget 23 January 2021
President of the Territorial Council 13 October 2020
 Sint Eustatius Government commissioner [18] 18 April 2021
 Sint Maarten Governor Eugene Holiday 10 October 2010
Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs 19 November 2019
 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Commissioner[19] Nigel Phillips 12 September 2017
 Tokelau Administrator Ross Ardern May 2018
Head of Government Kelihiano Kalolo 8 March 2021
 Turks and Caicos Islands Governor Nigel Dakin 15 July 2019
Premier Washington Misick 21 February 2021
 Virgin Islands (U.S.) Governor Albert Bryan 7 January 2019
United States Wake Island Administrator[20] (acting) 14 September 2021
Governor[21] (acting) 20 January 2021
 Wallis and Futuna Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna 11 January 2021
President of the Territorial Assembly Nivaleta Iloai 26 November 2020

Current leaders of autonomous or insular regions[]

Region, territory Title Name Since
 Aceh Governor Nova Iriansyah 5 November 2020
 Adjara Chairman of the Supreme Council Davit Gabaidze 28 November 2016
Prime Minister Tornike Rizhvadze 21 July 2018
 Åland Islands Governor Peter Lindbäck 1 April 1999
Chief Minister Veronica Thörnroos 10 December 2019
 Alderney Lieutenant-Governor (of Guernsey) Sir Ian Corder 14 March 2016
President William Tate 28 June 2019
 Andalusia President Juan Manuel Moreno 18 January 2019
 Aragon President Javier Lambán 3 July 2015
 Asturias President Adrián Barbón 16 July 2019
Flag of Azad Kashmir.svg Azad Kashmir President 25 August 2016
Prime Minister 31 July 2016
 Azores Representative of the (Portuguese) Republic Pedro Catarino 11 April 2011
President of the Government José Manuel Bolieiro 24 November 2020
 Balearic Islands President Francina Armengol 30 June 2015
 Bangsamoro Wali Khalipa Usman Nando 29 March 2019
Chief Minister (acting) Murad Ebrahim 22 February 2019
 Basque Country President (Lehendakari) Iñigo Urkullu 2012
 Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama 25 September 2020
 Catalonia President Pere Aragonès i Garcia 14 May 2018
 Canary Islands President Ángel Víctor Torres 29 September 2020
 Cantabria President Miguel Ángel Revilla 3 July 2015
 Carriacou and Petite Martinique Grenadian Ministry of Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs 25 March 2018
 Castile–La Mancha President Emiliano García-Page 1 July 2015
 Castile and León President Alfonso Fernández Mañueco 11 July 2019
 Ceuta Juan Jesús Vivas Lara 2001
 Corsica 19 August 2020
President of the Corsican Assembly Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis 1 July 2021
President of the Executive Council Gilles Simeoni 17 December 2015
 Crimea Chairmen of Parliament vacant 15 March 2014
Prime minister vacant 15 March 2014
 Easter Island Provincial Presidential Delegate 14 July 2021
Mayor Pedro Edmunds Paoa 6 December 2012
 Extremadura President Guillermo Fernández Vara 5 July 2015
 Faroe Islands High Commissioner Lene Moyell Johansen 9 May 2017
Prime Minister Bárður á Steig Nielsen 16 September 2019
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina President Marinko Čavara 9 February 2015
Prime Minister Fadil Novalić 16 January 2017
 French Guiana Prefect Thierry Queffelec 28 December 2020
Gabriel Serville 2 July 2021
 Gagauzia Governor Irina Vlakh 23 March 2015
Bandera Provincia Galápagos.svg Galápagos Islands Chairman of the Governing Council with Special Regime 3 June 2021
 Galicia President Alberto Núñez Feijóo 18 April 2009
Flag of Gilgit Baltistan.svg Gilgit Baltistan Governor Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon 30 September 2018
Chief Minister 1 December 2020
 Gorno-Badakhshan Chairmen of the Executive Committee 5 November 2021
 Greenland High Commissioner Mikaela Engell 1 February 2011
Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede 23 April 2021
 Guadeloupe Prefect 10 August 2020
President of the Departmental Council 1 July 2021
President of the Regional Council Ary Chalus 17 December 2015
 Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam 1 July 2017
Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung 16 January 2017
Norway Jan Mayen Administrator[22] Tom Cato Karlsen 2 January 2019
 Karakalpakstan Chairmen of Parliament 2 October 2020
Prime ministers 14 October 2016
 Kurdistan Region President of autonomous government Nechervan Barzani 10 June 2019
Prime minister Masrour Barzani 10 July 2019
 La Rioja President Concha Andreu 29 August 2019
Flag of Lord Howe Island.svg Lord Howe Island Chairman of the Lord Howe Island Board 1 January 2021
 Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng 20 December 2019
Administration and Justice Secretary Sonia Chan 20 December 2019
 Madeira Representative of the (Portuguese) Republic 11 April 2011
President of the Government Miguel Albuquerque 20 April 2015
 Madrid President Isabel Díaz Ayuso 19 August 2019
Flag of Tasmania.svg Macquarie Island Administrator[23] Matthew Groom 31 March 2014
 Martinique Prefect 27 February 2020
President of the Executive Council Serge Letchimy 2 July 2021
 Mayotte Prefect 12 July 2021
President of the Departmental Council 1 July 2021
 Melilla Mayor-President 15 June 2019
 Mount Athos Head of State[24] Nikos Dendias 9 July 2019
Civil Governor[25] 9 October 2019
Spiritual Leader[26] Bartholomew I 22 October 1991
Protos[27]
(Vatopedi)
14 June 2021
 Murcia President Fernando López Miras 3 May 2017
 Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Chairmen of the Supreme Council Vasif Talıbov 16 December 1995
Prime minister Alovsat Bakhshiyev 2000
 Navarre President María Chivite 6 August 2019
 Nevis Deputy Governor-General (of Nevis) 31 August 2018
Premier Mark Brantley 19 December 2017
 Northern Ireland Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis 13 February 2020
First Minister[28] Paul Givan 17 June 2021
Deputy First Minister[29] Michelle O'Neill 11 January 2020
 Papua Governor Lukas Enembe 9 April 2013
São Tomé and Príncipe Principe President of the Regional Government Filipe Nascimento 18 August 2020
 Republika Srpska President Željka Cvijanović 19 November 2018
Prime Minister Radovan Višković 19 December 2018
 Réunion Prefect Jacques Billant 17 June 2019
President of the Departmental Council 18 December 2017
President of the Regional Council Huguette Bello 2 July 2021
 Rodrigues Chief Commissioner Louis Serge Clair [30] 11 February 2012
Chief Executives 13 February 2012
 Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland Alister William Jack 25 July 2019
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon 19 November 2014
Norway Svalbard Governor Lars Fause 24 June 2021
Trinidad and Tobago Tobago Chief Secretary of the House of Assembly 9 December 2021
Torres Strait Islands Chairperson of the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) October 2016
 Valencian Community President Ximo Puig 25 June 2015
 Wales Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart 16 December 2019
First Minister Mark Drakeford 12 December 2018
 West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan 12 May 2017
Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X 3 October 1998
 Zanzibar President Hussein Mwinyi 3 November 2020

Leaders of dependent Commonwealth territories[]

State Government Head of state Represented by Head of government
 Anguilla Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Governor Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam Chief Minister Ellis Webster
 Bermuda Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Governor Rena Lalgie Premier Edward David Burt
 British Virgin Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Governor John Rankin Premier Andrew Fahie
 Cayman Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Governor Martyn Roper Premier Alden McLaughlin
 Christmas Island Non-self-governing dependency Queen Elizabeth II of Australia Administrator Natasha Griggs
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Non-self-governing dependency Queen Elizabeth II of Australia Administrator Natasha Griggs
 Cook Islands Parliamentary democracy
in free-association with New Zealand
Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand Queen's Representative (not otherwise styled) Tom Marsters Prime Minister Henry Puna
 Falkland Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Governor Nigel Phillips Chief Executive Barry Rowland
 Gibraltar Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Governor Edward Davis Chief Minister Fabian Picardo
 Guernsey Crown dependency Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
(as Duke of Normandy)
Lieutenant-Governor Sir Ian Corder Bailiff Sir Richard Collas
President Gavin St Pier
 Isle of Man Crown dependency Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
(as Lord of Mann)
Lieutenant-Governor Sir Richard Gozney Chief Minister Howard Quayle
 Jersey Crown dependency Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
(as Duke of Normandy)
Lieutenant-Governor Sir Stephen Dalton Bailiff Sir William Bailhache
Chief Minister Ian Gorst
 Montserrat Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Governor Andrew Pearce Premier Easton Taylor-Farrell
 Niue Parliamentary democracy
in free-association with New Zealand
Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand High Commissioner Premier Dalton Tagelagi
 Norfolk Island Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of Australia Administrator Eric Hutchinson Self-government abolished in 2015
 Pitcairn Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Governor Laura Clarke Mayor Charlene Warren-Peu
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Non-self-governing dependency Queen Elizabeth II]] of the United Kingdom Governor
 Tokelau Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand Administrator Ross Ardern Head of Government Kerisiano Kalolo
 Turks and Caicos Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Governor Nigel Dakin Premier Washington Misick

Leaders of dependent non-Commonwealth territories[]

State Government Head of state Head of territory Head of government
 Åland Gubernatorial democracy President Sauli Niinistö of Finland, represented by Governor Peter Lindbäck Premier Veronica Thörnroos
 American Samoa Gubernatorial democracy President Joe Biden of the United States Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga
 Aruba Parliamentary democracy King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, represented by Governor Alfonso Boekhoudt Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes
 Curaçao Parliamentary democracy King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, represented by Governor Lucille George-Wout Prime Minister Eugene Rhuggenaath
 Faroe Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, represented by High Commissioner Lene Moyell Johansen Prime Minister Bárður á Steig Nielsen
 French Polynesia Presidential democracy President Emmanuel Macron of France, represented by High Commissioner Dominique Sorain President Édouard Fritch
 Greenland Parliamentary democracy Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, represented by High Commissioner Mikaela Engell Prime Minister Kim Kielsen
 Guam Gubernatorial democracy President Joe Biden of the United States Governor Lou Leon Guerrero
 New Caledonia Parliamentary democracy President Emmanuel Macron of France, represented by High Commissioner President of the Government Thierry Santa
 Northern Mariana Islands Gubernatorial democracy President Joe Biden of the United States Governor Ralph Torres
 Puerto Rico Gubernatorial democracy President Joe Biden of the United States Governor Pedro Pierluisi
 Sint Maarten Parliamentary democracy King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, represented by Governor Eugene Holiday Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs
 U.S. Virgin Islands Gubernatorial democracy President Joe Biden of the United States Governor Albert Bryan
 Wallis and Futuna Presidential democracy President Emmanuel Macron of France, represented by Administrator-Superior Thierry Queffelec President of the Territorial Assembly

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514
  2. ^ Armstrong, H. W., and R. Read. 2000. "Comparing the Economic Performance of Dependent Territories and Sovereign Microstates". Economic Development and Cultural Change 48 (2). 285–306. doi:10.1086/452459.
  3. ^ a b Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Territories
  4. ^ a b Director of the Australian Antarctic Division.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  6. ^ Acting to 22 Aug 2014.
  7. ^ a b c Director of the Polar Department of the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
  8. ^ Previously from 2003 – 14 October 2011.
  9. ^ Since 21 February 2007, directly administered by the French minister of Overseas France.
  10. ^ The authority of the French minister of Overseas France on Clipperton Island is delegated to the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia
  11. ^ Director of Program Palmyra of The Nature Conservancy.
  12. ^ The British high commissioner to New Zealand.
  13. ^ Chief Executive Officer of Antarctica New Zealand.
  14. ^ The prefect of Guadeloupe is also state representative in Saint-Barthelemy from 9 July 2007.
  15. ^ a b Delegated by the prefect of Guadeloupe
  16. ^ Mayor from June 1995 to 15 July 2007.
  17. ^ The prefect of Guadeloupe is also state representative in Saint-Martin from 9 July 2007.
  18. ^ Acting to 22 June 2021.
  19. ^ Since 3 October 1985, the governor of the Falkland Islands.
  20. ^ Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs.
  21. ^ Also General Counsel of the US Air Force.
  22. ^ Since 1 January 1995, Jan Mayen is administered by the governor of Nordland county.
  23. ^ Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage of Tasmania.
  24. ^ Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Greek government.
  25. ^ The Civil Governor of the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos is appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Greek government.
  26. ^ Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople.
  27. ^ Dean of the Holy Epistasis of the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos.
  28. ^ Jointly with the Deputy First Minister
  29. ^ Jointly with the First Minister
  30. ^ Previously chef commissaire from 4 February 2003 to 4 August 2006.

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