List of leaders of dependent territories

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 Status Name Since
 Akrotiri and DhekeliaAdministratorJames Illingworth15 February 2017
 American SamoaGovernorLolo Matalasi Moliga3 January 2013
 AnguillaGovernorTim Foy21 August 2017
Chief MinisterVictor Banks23 April 2015
 ArubaGovernorAlfonso Boekhoudt1 January 2017
Prime ministerEvelyn Wever-Croes17 November 2017
Australia Ashmore and Cartier IslandsAdministrator [3]Bridget McKenzie28 August 2018
Australia Australian Antarctic TerritoryAdministrator [4]Nick Gales6 August 2015
United States Baker IslandAdministrator [5]Jim Kurth [6] (acting)16 August 2018
 BermudaGovernorJohn Rankin8 December 2016
PremierEdward David Burt17 July 2017
 BonaireLieutenant governorEdison Rijna [7]1 March 2014
Norway Bouvet IslandAdministrator [8]Øystein Mortensen2 October 2015
 British Antarctic Territory- BATCommissionerBen MerrickAugust 2017
AdministratorStuart Doubleday2016
 British Indian Ocean Territory - BIOTCommissionerBen MerrickAugust 2017
AdministratorLinsey BillingJuly 2017
 British Virgin IslandsGovernorAugustus Jaspert22 August 2017
PremierOrlando Smith [9]9 November 2011
 Cayman IslandsGovernorFranz Manderson [10]26 March 2018
PremierAlden McLaughlin29 May 2013
 Christmas IslandAdministratorNatasha Griggs5 October 2017
President of ShireGordon Thomson [11]21 October 2013
France Clipperton IslandAdministrator [12]Annick Girardin17 May 2017
Commissioner [13]René Bidal25 May 2016
 Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAdministratorNatasha Griggs5 October 2017
President of the Shire CouncilSeri Wati Iku25 October 2017
 Cook IslandsQueen's RepresentativeTom Marsters27 July 2013
High commissioner (New Zealand's Representative)Peter Marshall10 January 2017
Prime MinisterHenry Puna30 November 2010
Australia Coral Sea IslandsAdministrator[3]Bridget McKenzie28 August 2018
 CuraçaoGovernorLucille George-Wout4 November 2013
Prime MinisterEugene Rhuggenaath29 May 2017
 Falkland IslandsGovernorNigel Phillips12 September 2017
Chief ExecutiveBarry Rowland6 October 2016
 French PolynesiaHigh CommissionerRené Bidal30 May 2016
PresidentÉdouard Fritch12 September 2014
 French Southern and Antarctic LandsAdministrator-SuperiorChristine Geoffroy (acting)12 June 2018
 GibraltarGovernorEdward Davis19 January 2016
Chief MinisterFabian Picardo9 December 2011
 GuamGovernorEddie Baza Calvo3 January 2011
 GuernseyLieutenant Governor of GuernseySir Ian Corder14 March 2016
BailiffSir Richard Collas23 March 2012
President of the Policy and Resources CommitteeGavin St Pier4 May 2016
Australia Heard Island and McDonald IslandsAdministrator [4]Nick Gales6 August 2015
United States Howland IslandAdministrator[5]Jim Kurth [6] (acting)16 August 2018
United States Jarvis IslandAdministrator[5]Jim Kurth [6] (acting)16 August 2018
 JerseyLieutenant GovernorSir Stephen Dalton13 March 2017
BailiffSir William Bailhache29 January 2015
Chief MinisterJohn Le Fondré Jr4 June 2018
United States Johnston AtollAdministrator [5]Jim Kurth [6] (acting)16 August 2018
United States Kingman ReefAdministrator [5]Jim Kurth [6] (acting)16 August 2018
 Isle of ManLieutenant GovernorSir Richard Gozney27 May 2016
Chief MinisterHoward Quayle11 October 2016
United States Midway AtollAdministrator [5]Jim Kurth [6] (acting)16 August 2018
 MontserratGovernorAndrew Pearce1 February 2018
PremierDonaldson Romeo12 September 2014
United States Navassa IslandAdministrator [5]Jim Kurth [6] (acting)16 August 2018
 New CaledoniaHigh CommissionerThierry Lataste20 June 2016
President of the GovernmentPhilippe Germain1 April 2015
 NiueHigh CommissionerKirk YatesMay 2018
PremierSir Toke Talagi19 June 2008
 Norfolk IslandAdministratorEric Hutchinson1 April 2017
General ManagerLotta Jackson30 June 2016
MayorRobin Adams6 July 2016
 Northern Mariana IslandsGovernorRalph Torres29 December 2015
United States Palmyra AtollAdministrator [5]Jim Kurth [6] (acting)16 August 2018
Manager [14]vacantMarch 2009
Norway Peter I IslandAdministrator [8]Øystein Mortensen2 October 2015
 Pitcairn IslandsGovernor of the Pitcairn Islands [15]Laura Clarke23 January 2018
MayorShawn Christian1 January 2014
 Puerto RicoGovernorRicardo Rosselló2 January 2017
Norway Queen Maud LandAdministrator [8]Øystein Mortensen2 October 2015
New Zealand Ross DependencyGovernor-GeneralDame Patsy Reddy28 September 2016
Administrator [16]Peter Beggs21 October 2013
 SabaIsland GovernorJonathan G. A. Johnson2 July 2008
 Saint BarthelemyPrefect [17]Éric Maire4 September 2017
Prefect delegated [18] Sylvie Daniélo-Feucher9 July 2018
President of the Territorial CouncilBruno Magras [19]15 July 2007
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha GovernorLisa Honan25 April 2016
Administrator of Ascension IslandJustine Allan26 March 2018
Administrator of Tristan da CunhaSean Burns [20]30 November 2016
 Saint-MartinPrefect [21]Éric Maire4 September 2017
Prefect delegated [18] Sylvie Daniélo-Feucher9 July 2018
President of the Territorial CouncilDaniel Gibbs3 April 2017
 Saint Pierre and MiquelonPrefectThierry Devimeux17 January 2018
President of the Territorial CouncilStéphane Artano31 March 2006
 Sint EustatiusGovernment commissionerMike Franco7 February 2016
 Sint MaartenGovernorEugene Holiday10 October 2010
Prime MinisterLeona Marlin-Romeo15 January 2018
 South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsCommissioner [22]Nigel Phillips12 September 2017
 TokelauAdministratorRoss ArdernMay 2018
Head of GovernmentAfega Gaualofa [23]5 March 2018
 Turks and Caicos IslandsGovernorJohn Freeman17 October 2016
PremierSharlene Cartwright-Robinson20 December 2016
 Virgin Islands (U.S.)GovernorKenneth Mapp5 January 2015
United States Wake IslandAdministrator[24]Douglas Domenech18 September 2017
Governor[25]Thomas E. Ayres18 February 2018
 Wallis and FutunaAdministrator-SuperiorJean-Francis Treffel27 February 2017
President of the Territorial AssemblyDavid Vergé4 April 2017

Current autonomous, insular, regions, etc. leaders

Region, territory Status Name Since
 AcehGovernorZaini Abdullah25 June 2012
 AdjaraChairman of the Supreme CouncilDavit Gabaidze28 November 2016
Prime MinisterTornike Rizhvadze21 July 2018
 Åland IslandsGovernorPeter Lindbäck1 April 1999
Chief MinisterKatrin Sjögren25 November 2015
 AlderneyLieutenant-GovernorPeter Walker15 April 2011
PresidentStuart Trought2011
 AndalusiaPresidentSusana Díaz7 September 2013
 AragonPresidentJavier Lambán3 July 2015
 AsturiasPresidentJavier Fernández Fernández2012
Azad KashmirPresidentMuhammad Masood Khan25 August 2016
Prime MinisterRaja Farooq Haider Khan31 July 2016
 AzoresRepresentative of the (Portuguese) RepublicPedro Manuel dos Reis Alves Catarino11 April 2011
President of the GovernmentVasco Cordeiro6 November 2012
 Balearic IslandsPresidentFrancina Armengol30 June 2015
 Basque CountryPresident (Lehendakari)Iñigo Urkullu2012
 BougainvillePresidentJohn Momis10 January 2010
 CataloniaPresidentQuim Torra14 May 2018
 Canary IslandsPresidentFernando Clavijo Batlle9 July 2015
 CantabriaPresidentIgnacio Diego2011
 Carriacou and Petite MartiniqueGrenadian Ministry of Carriacou
and Petite Martinique Affairs
Elvin Nimrod3 March 2013
 Castile–La ManchaPresidentEmiliano García-Page1 July 2015
 Castile and LeónPresidentJuan Vicente Herrera Campo2001
 CeutaPresidentJuan Jesús Vivas Lara2001
 CorsicaPrefectPatrick Strzoda4 April 2011
President of the Corsican AssemblyJean-Guy Talamoni17 December 2015
President of the Executive CouncilGilles Simeoni17 December 2015
 CrimeaChairmen of Parliamentvacant15 March 2014
Prime ministervacant15 March 2014
 Easter IslandGovernorLaura Alarcón Rapu11 March 2018
MayorPedro Edmunds PaoaNovember 2012
 ExtremaduraPresidentJosé Antonio Monago Terraza2011
 Faroe IslandsHigh CommissionerLene Moyell Johansen9 May 2017
Prime MinisterAksel V. Johannesen15 September 2015
 Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaPresidentMarinko Čavara9 February 2015
Prime MinisterFadil Novalić16 January 2017
 French GuianaPrefectPatrice Faure28 August 2017
President of the Territorial AuthorityRodolphe Alexandre17 December 2015
 GagauziaGovernorIrina Vlakh23 March 2015
Galápagos IslandsGovernor and Chairman of the Governing Council with Special RegimeLorena Tapia Núñez 1 June 2017
 GaliciaPresidentAlberto Núñez Feijóo2009
Gilgit BaltistanGovernorRaja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon30 September 2018
Chief MinisterSyed Mehdi Shah12 December 2009
 Gorno-BadakhshanChairmen of the Executive CommitteeShodikhon Jamshedov19 November 2013
 GreenlandHigh CommissionerMikaela Engell1 February 2011
Prime MinisterKim Kielsen [26]30 September 2014
 GuadeloupePrefectPhilippe Gustin28 May 2018
President of the Departmental CouncilJosette Borel-Lincertin [27]2 April 2015
President of the Regional CouncilAry Chalus17 December 2015
 Hong KongChief ExecutiveCarrie Lam1 July 2017
Chief SecretaryMatthew Cheung16 January 2017
Norway Jan MayenAdministrator [28]Hill-Marta Solberg21 September 2007
 KarakalpakstanChairmen of ParliamentMusa Yerniyazov2 May 2002
Prime ministers Kakhraman Sariyev14 October 2016
 Kurdistan RegionPresident of autonomous governmentvacant1 November 2017
Prime ministerNechervan Barzani7 March 2012
 La RiojaPresidentPedro Sanz Alonso1995
Lord Howe IslandChairman of the Lord Howe Island BoardSonja Stewart28 Noiember 2015
 MacauChief ExecutiveFernando Chui20 December 2009
Administration and Justice SecretaryFlorinda Chan20 December 1999
 MadeiraRepresentative of the (Portuguese) RepublicIrineu Cabral Barreto11 April 2011
President of the GovernmentMiguel Albuquerque20 April 2015
 MadridPresidentCristina Cifuentes24 June 2015
Macquarie IslandAdministrator [29]Matthew Groom31 March 2014
 MartiniquePrefectFranck Robine19 July 2017
President of the Executive CouncilAlfred Marie-Jeanne18 December 2015
 MayottePrefectDominique Sorain30 March 2018
President of the Departmental CouncilSoibahadine Ibrahim Ramadani2 April 2015
 MelillaPresidentJuan José Imbroda Ortiz2000
 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)GovernorMujiv Hataman22 December 2011
 Mount AthosHead of State [30]Nikos Kotzias[31]23 September 2015
Civil Governor[32]Aristos Kasmiroglou31 May 2010
Spiritual Leader [33]Bartholomew I2 November 1991
Protos[34]Hieromonk Stéfanos
(Monastery Chiliandaríou)
14 June 2018
 MurciaPresidentPedro Antonio Sánchez30 June 2015
 Nakhchivan Autonomous RepublicChairmen of the Supreme CouncilVasif Talıbov16 December 1995
Prime ministerAlovsat Bakhshiyev2000
 NavarrePresidentUxue Barkos20 July 2015
 NevisDeputy Governor-General (of Nevis)Marjorie Morton [35]1 September 2017
PremierMark Brantley19 December 2017
 Northern IrelandSecretary of State for Northern IrelandKaren Bradley8 January 2018
First Minister[36]vacant9 January 2017
Deputy First Minister[37]
 PapuaGovernorLukas Enembe9 April 2013
São Tomé and Príncipe PrincipePresident of the Regional GovernmentJosé Cardoso Cassandra5 October 2006
 Republika SrpskaPresidentMilorad Dodik15 November 2010
Prime MinisterŽeljka Cvijanović12 March 2013
 RéunionPrefectAmaury de Saint-Quentin10 July 2017
President of the Departmental CouncilNassimah Dindar-Mangrolia [38]2 April 2015
President of the Regional CouncilDidier Robert26 March 2010
 RodriguesChief CommissionerLouis Serge Clair [39]11 February 2012
Chief ExecutivesJacques Davis Hee Hong Wye13 February 2012
 ScotlandSecretary of State for ScotlandDavid Mundell11 May 2015
First MinisterNicola Sturgeon19 November 2014
Norway SvalbardGovernorKjerstin Askholt10 October 2015
Trinidad and Tobago TobagoChief Secretary of the House of AssemblyKelvin Charles29 January 2017
Torres Strait IslandsChairperson of the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA)Pedro Stephen NapauOctober 2016
 Valencian CommunityPresidentAlberto Fabra Part2011
 WalesSecretary of State for WalesAlun Hugh Cairns19 March 2016
First MinisterCarwyn Jones10 December 2009
 West PapuaGovernorAbraham Octavianus Atururi27 January 2012
YogyakartaGovernorSri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X3 October 1998
 ZanzibarPresidentAli Mohamed Shein3 November 2010

Leaders of dependent Commonwealth territories

State Government Head of state UK Head of government
 Anguilla Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, represented by Governor Tim Foy Chief Minister Victor Banks
 Bermuda Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, represented by Governor John Rankin Premier Edward David Burt
 British Virgin Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, represented by Governor Augustus Jaspert Premier Orlando Smith
 Cayman Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, represented by Governor Anwar Choudhury Premier Alden McLaughlin
 Christmas Island Non-self-governing dependency Queen Elizabeth II of Australia, represented by Administrator Natasha Griggs
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Non-self-governing dependency Queen Elizabeth II of Australia, represented by Administrator Natasha Griggs
 Cook Islands Parliamentary democracy in free-association with New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand, represented by Queen's Representative (not otherwise styled) Tom Marsters Prime Minister Henry Puna
 Falkland Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, represented by Governor Nigel Phillips Chief Executive Barry Rowland
 Gibraltar Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, represented by Governor Edward Davis Chief Minister Fabian Picardo
 Guernsey Crown dependency Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (as Duke of Normandy), represented by Lieutenant-Governor Sir Ian Corder Bailiff Sir Richard Collas
President Gavin St Pier
 Jersey Crown dependency Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (as Duke of Normandy), represented by Lieutenant-Governor Sir Stephen Dalton Bailiff Sir William Bailhache
Chief Minister Ian Gorst
 Isle of Man Crown dependency Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (as Lord of Mann), represented by Lieutenant-Governor Sir Richard Gozney Chief Minister Howard Quayle
 Montserrat Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, represented by Governor Andrew Pearce Premier Donaldson Romeo
 Niue Parliamentary democracy in free-association with New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand, represented by High Commissioner Ross Ardern Premier Sir Toke Talagi
 Norfolk Island Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of Australia, represented by Administrator Eric Hutchinson self-government abolished in 2015
 Pitcairn Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, represented by Governor Laura Clarke Mayor Shawn Christian
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Non-self-governing dependency Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, represented by Governor Lisa Phillips
 Tokelau Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand, represented by Administrator Jonathan Kings Head of Government Siopili Perez
 Turks and Caicos Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, represented by Governor John Freeman Premier Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson

Leaders of dependent non-Commonwealth territories

State Government Head of state Head of territory Head of government
 Åland Islands Gubernatorial democracy President Sauli Niinistö of Finland, represented by Governor Peter Lindbäck Premier Katrin Sjögren
 American Samoa Gubernatorial democracy President Donald Trump of the United States Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga
 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 Dan Michael Knudsen Prime Minister Aksel V. Johannesen
 French Polynesia Presidential democracy President Emmanuel Macron of France, represented by High Commissioner René Bidal 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 Donald Trump of the United States Governor Eddie Baza Calvo
 New Caledonia Parliamentary democracy President Emmanuel Macron of France, represented by High Commissioner Thierry Lataste President of the Government Philippe Germain
 Northern Mariana Islands Gubernatorial democracy President Donald Trump of the United States Governor Ralph Torres
 Puerto Rico Gubernatorial democracy President Donald Trump of the United States Governor Ricardo Rosselló
 Sint Maarten Parliamentary democracy King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, represented by Governor Eugene Holiday Prime Minister Leona Marlin-Romeo
 U.S. Virgin Islands Gubernatorial democracy President Donald Trump of the United States Governor Kenneth Mapp
 Wallis and Futuna Presidential democracy President Emmanuel Macron of France, represented by Administrator-Superior Jean-Francis Treffel President of the Territorial Assembly David Vergé

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. 1 2 Minister for Regional Services, Sport, Local Government and Decentralisation
  4. 1 2 Director of the Australian Antarctic Division.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Acting Administrator from 20 January 2017 - 19 June 2017.
  7. Acting to 22 Aug 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 Director of the Polar Department of the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
  9. Previously chief minister from 17 June 2003 to 23 August 2007.
  10. Acting for Anwar Choudhury to 20 Septemner 2018, when thid was removed. Previously Acting Governor from 7 August 2013 - 6 September 2013 and from 5 March 2018 – 26 March 2018.
  11. Previously from 2003 – 14 October 2011.
  12. Since 21 February 2007, directly administered by the French minister of Overseas France.
  13. The authority of the French minister of Overseas France on Clipperton Island is delegated to the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia
  14. Director of Program Palmyra of The Nature Conservancy.
  15. The British high commissioner to New Zealand.
  16. Chief Executive Officer of Antarctica New Zealand.
  17. The prefect of Guadeloupe is also state representative in Saint-Barthelemy from 9 July 2007.
  18. 1 2 Delegated by the prefect of Guadeloupe
  19. Mayor from June 1995 to 15 July 2007.
  20. Previously administrators of Tristan da Cunha from 15 September 2010 to 23 September 2013.
  21. The prefect of Guadeloupe is also state representative in Saint-Martin from 9 July 2007.
  22. Since 3 October 1985, the governor of the Falkland Islands.
  23. Previously head of government of Tokelau from 10 March 2016 to 6 March 2017.
  24. Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs.
  25. Also General Counsel of the US Air Force.
  26. Acting to 12 December 2014 (for Aleqa Hammondto 15 October 2014).
  27. Previously president of the Regional Council from 3 August 2012 to 2 May 2014.
  28. Since 1 January 1995, Jan Mayen is administered by the governor of Nordland county.
  29. Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage of Tasmania.
  30. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Greek government.
  31. Previously head of state from 27 January – 28 August 2015.
  32. The Civil Governor of the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos is appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Greek government.
  33. Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople.
  34. Dean of the Holy Epistasis of the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos.
  35. Acting to 31 December 2017.
  36. Jointly with the Deputy First Minister
  37. Jointly with the First Minister
  38. Previously president of the General Council from 1 April 2004 to 2 Avril 2015.
  39. Previously chef commissaire from 4 February 2003 to 4 August 2006.
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