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 or Crown dependency Title Name Since
 Akrotiri and DhekeliaAdministratorRob Thomson26 September 2019
 American SamoaGovernorLemanu Peleti Mauga3 January 2021
 AnguillaGovernorDileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam18 January 2021
PremierEllis Webster30 June 2020
 ArubaGovernorAlfonso Boekhoudt1 January 2017
Prime ministerEvelyn Wever-Croes17 November 2017
Ashmore and Cartier IslandsAdministrator [3]Mark Coulton26 May 2019
Australian Antarctic TerritoryAdministrator [4]Kim Ellis6 April 2019
Baker IslandAdministrator [5]Martha Williams (acting)20 January 2021
 BermudaGovernorRena Lalgie14 December 2020
PremierEdward David Burt17 July 2017
 BonaireLieutenant governorEdison Rijna [6]1 March 2014
Bouvet IslandAdministrator [7]Øystein Mortensen2 October 2015
 British Antarctic Territory- BATCommissionerBen MerrickAugust 2017
AdministratorStuart Doubleday2016
 British Indian Ocean Territory - BIOTCommissionerBen MerrickAugust 2017
AdministratorKit Pyman2019?
 British Virgin IslandsGovernorJohn Rankin29 January 2021
PremierAndrew Fahie26 February 2019
 Cayman IslandsGovernorMartyn Roper29 October 2018
PremierAlden McLaughlin29 May 2013
 Christmas IslandAdministratorNatasha Griggs5 October 2017
President of ShireGordon Thomson [8]21 October 2013
Clipperton IslandAdministrator [9]Annick Girardin17 May 2017
Commissioner [10]René Bidal25 May 2016
 Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAdministratorNatasha Griggs5 October 2017
President of the Shire CouncilAindil Minkom23 October 2019
 Cook IslandsQueen's RepresentativeTom Marsters27 July 2013
High commissioner (New Zealand's Representative)Tui Dewes24 September 2020
Prime MinisterMark Brown30 November 2020
Coral Sea IslandsAdministrator[3]Mark Coulton26 May 2019
 CuraçaoGovernorLucille George-Wout4 November 2013
Prime MinisterEugene Rhuggenaath29 May 2017
 Falkland IslandsGovernorNigel Phillips12 September 2017
Chief ExecutiveBarry Rowland6 October 2016
 French PolynesiaHigh CommissionerDominique Sorain8 August 2019
PresidentÉdouard Fritch12 September 2014
 French Southern and Antarctic LandsAdministrator-SuperiorCharles Giusti12 October 2020
 GibraltarGovernor of GibraltarDavid Steel11 June 2020
Chief MinisterFabian Picardo9 December 2011
 GuamGovernorLou Leon Guerrero7 January 2019
 GuernseyLieutenant Governor of GuernseySir Ian Corder14 March 2016
BailiffRichard McMahon9 May 2020
President of the Policy and Resources CommitteePeter Ferbrache16 October 2020
Heard Island and McDonald IslandsAdministrator [4]Kim Ellis6 April 2019
Howland IslandAdministrator[5]Martha Williams (acting)20 January 2021
 Isle of ManLieutenant GovernorSir Richard Gozney27 May 2016
Chief MinisterHoward Quayle11 October 2016
Jarvis IslandAdministrator[5]Martha Williams (acting)20 January 2021
 JerseyLieutenant GovernorSir Stephen Dalton13 March 2017
BailiffTim Le Cocq12 October 2019
Chief MinisterJohn Le Fondré Jr4 June 2018
Johnston AtollAdministrator [5]Martha Williams (acting)20 January 2021
Kingman ReefAdministrator [5]Martha Williams (acting)20 January 2021
Midway AtollAdministrator [5]Martha Williams (acting)20 January 2021
 MontserratGovernorAndrew Pearce1 February 2018
PremierEaston Taylor-Farrell19 November 2019
Navassa IslandAdministrator [5]Martha Williams (acting)20 January 2021
 New CaledoniaHigh CommissionerLaurent Prévost5 August 2019
President of the GovernmentThierry Santa9 July 2019
 NiueHigh CommissionerHelen Tunnah27 July 2020
PremierDalton Tagelagi11 June 2020
 Norfolk IslandAdministratorEric Hutchinson1 April 2017
General ManagerAndrew Roach6 January 2020
MayorRobin Adams6 July 2016
 Northern Mariana IslandsGovernorRalph Torres29 December 2015
Palmyra AtollAdministrator [5]Martha Williams (acting)20 January 2021
Manager [11]vacantMarch 2009
Peter I IslandAdministrator [7]Øystein Mortensen2 October 2015
 Pitcairn IslandsGovernor of the Pitcairn Islands [12]Laura Clarke23 January 2018
MayorCharlene Warren-Peu1 January 2020
 Puerto RicoGovernorPedro Pierluisi2 January 2021
Queen Maud LandAdministrator [7]Øystein Mortensen2 October 2015
Ross DependencyGovernor-GeneralDame Patsy Reddy28 September 2016
Administrator [13]Sarah WilliamsonJune 2019
 SabaIsland GovernorJonathan G. A. Johnson2 July 2008
 Saint BarthelemyPrefect [14]Alexandre Rochatte10 August 2020
Prefect delegated [15]Serge Gouteyron15 December 2020
President of the Territorial CouncilBruno Magras [16]15 July 2007
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha GovernorPhilip Rushbrook11 May 2019
Administrator of Ascension IslandSean Burns15 March 2020
Administrator of Tristan da CunhaFiona Kilpatrick31 January 2021
 Saint-MartinPrefect [17]Alexandre Rochatte10 August 2020
Prefect delegated [15]15 December 2020
President of the Territorial CouncilDaniel GibbsSerge Gouteyron15 December 2020
 Saint Pierre and MiquelonPrefectChristian Pouget23 January 2021
President of the Territorial CouncilBernard Briand13 October 2020
 Sint EustatiusGovernment commissionerMarnix van Rij15 February 2020
 Sint MaartenGovernorEugene Holiday10 October 2010
Prime MinisterSilveria Jacobs19 November 2019
 South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsCommissioner [18]Nigel Phillips12 September 2017
 TokelauAdministratorRoss ArdernMay 2018
Head of GovernmentFofo Tuisano9 March 2020
 Turks and Caicos IslandsGovernorNigel Dakin15 July 2019
PremierSharlene Cartwright-Robinson20 December 2016
 Virgin Islands (U.S.)GovernorAlbert Bryan7 January 2019
Wake IslandAdministrator[19]Sonya Strader-Cherry (acting)20 January 2021
Governor[20]Craig A. Smith (acting)18 February 2018
 Wallis and FutunaAdministrator Superior of Wallis and FutunaHervé Jonathan11 January 2021
President of the Territorial AssemblyNivaleta Iloai26 November 2020

Current leaders of autonomous or insular regions etc.

Region, territory Title 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 MinisterVeronica Thörnroos10 December 2019
 AlderneyLieutenant-Governor (of Guernsey)Sir Ian Corder14 March 2016
PresidentWilliam Tate28 June 2019
 AndalusiaPresidentJuan Manuel Moreno18 January 2019
 AragonPresidentJavier Lambán3 July 2015
 AsturiasPresidentAdrián Barbón16 July 2019
Azad KashmirPresidentMuhammad Masood Khan25 August 2016
Prime MinisterRaja Farooq Haider Khan31 July 2016
 AzoresRepresentative of the (Portuguese) RepublicPedro Catarino11 April 2011
President of the GovernmentJosé Manuel Bolieiro24 November 2020
 Balearic IslandsPresidentFrancina Armengol30 June 2015
 BangsamoroWaliKhalipa Usman Nando29 March 2019
Chief Minister (acting)Murad Ebrahim22 February 2019
 Basque CountryPresident (Lehendakari)Iñigo Urkullu2012
 BougainvillePresidentIshmael Toroama25 September 2020
 CataloniaPresident Pere Aragonès i Garcia (acting)14 May 2018
 Canary IslandsPresidentÁngel Víctor Torres29 September 2020
 CantabriaPresidentMiguel Ángel Revilla3 July 2015
 Carriacou and Petite MartiniqueGrenadian Ministry of Carriacou
and Petite Martinique Affairs
Kindra Maturin-Stewart25 March 2018
 Castile–La ManchaPresidentEmiliano García-Page1 July 2015
 Castile and LeónPresidentAlfonso Fernández Mañueco11 July 2019
 CeutaMayor-PresidentJuan Jesús Vivas Lara2001
 CorsicaPrefectPascal Lelarge19 August 2020
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 Paoa6 December 2012
 ExtremaduraPresidentGuillermo Fernández Vara5 July 2015
 Faroe IslandsHigh CommissionerLene Moyell Johansen9 May 2017
Prime MinisterBárður á Steig Nielsen16 September 2019
Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaPresidentMarinko Čavara9 February 2015
Prime MinisterFadil Novalić16 January 2017
 French GuianaPrefectThierry Queffelec28 ecember 2020
President of the Territorial AuthorityRodolphe Alexandre17 December 2015
 GagauziaGovernorIrina Vlakh23 March 2015
Galápagos IslandsGovernor and Chairman of the Governing Council with Special RegimeNorman Wray14 January 2019
 GaliciaPresidentAlberto Núñez Feijóo18 April 2009
Gilgit BaltistanGovernorRaja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon30 September 2018
Chief MinisterKhalid Khurshid Khan1 December 2020
 Gorno-BadakhshanChairmen of the Executive CommitteeYodgor Fayzov [21]1 October 2018
 GreenlandHigh CommissionerMikaela Engell1 February 2011
Prime MinisterKim Kielsen [22]30 September 2014
 GuadeloupePrefectAlexandre Rochatte10 August 2020
President of the Departmental CouncilJosette Borel-Lincertin [23]2 April 2015
President of the Regional CouncilAry Chalus17 December 2015
 Hong KongChief ExecutiveCarrie Lam1 July 2017
Chief SecretaryMatthew Cheung16 January 2017
Jan MayenAdministrator [24]Tom Cato Karlsen2 January 2019
 KarakalpakstanChairmen of ParliamentMurad Kamalov2 October 2020
Prime ministersKakhraman Sariyev14 October 2016
 Kurdistan RegionPresident of autonomous governmentNechervan Barzani10 June 2019
Prime ministerMasrour Barzani10 July 2019
 La RiojaPresidentConcha Andreu29 August 2019
Lord Howe IslandChairman of the Lord Howe Island BoardAnissa Levy15 July 2019
 MacauChief ExecutiveHo Iat Seng20 December 2019
Administration and Justice SecretarySonia Chan20 December 2019
 MadeiraRepresentative of the (Portuguese) RepublicIreneu Barreto11 April 2011
President of the GovernmentMiguel Albuquerque20 April 2015
 MadridPresidentIsabel Díaz Ayuso19 August 2019
Macquarie IslandAdministrator [25]Matthew Groom31 March 2014
 MartiniquePrefectStanislas Cazelles27 February 2020
President of the Executive CouncilAlfred Marie-Jeanne18 December 2015
 MayottePrefectJean-François Colombet29 July 2019
President of the Departmental CouncilSoibahadine Ibrahim Ramadani2 April 2015
 MelillaMayor-PresidentEduardo de Castro González15 June 2019
 Mount AthosHead of State [26]Nikos Dendias9 July 2019
Civil Governor[27]Athanásios Martínos9 October 2019
Spiritual Leader [28]Bartholomew I22 October 1991
Protos[29]géron Pávlos
(Great Lavra)
14 June 2020
 MurciaPresidentFernando López Miras3 May 2017
 Nakhchivan Autonomous RepublicChairmen of the Supreme CouncilVasif Talıbov16 December 1995
Prime ministerAlovsat Bakhshiyev2000
 NavarrePresidentMaría Chivite6 August 2019
 NevisDeputy Governor-General (of Nevis)Hyleta Liburd31 August 2018
PremierMark Brantley19 December 2017
 Northern IrelandSecretary of State for Northern IrelandJulian Richard Smith25 July 2019
First Minister[30]Arlene Foster11 January 2020
Deputy First Minister[31]Michelle O'Neill11 January 2020
 PapuaGovernorLukas Enembe9 April 2013
PrincipePresident of the Regional GovernmentFilipe Nascimento18 August 2020
 Republika SrpskaPresidentŽeljka Cvijanović 19 November 2018
Prime MinisterRadovan Višković19 December 2018
 RéunionPrefectJacques Billant17 June 2019
President of the Departmental CouncilCyrille Melchior18 December 2017
President of the Regional CouncilDidier Robert26 March 2010
 RodriguesChief CommissionerLouis Serge Clair [32]11 February 2012
Chief ExecutivesJacques Davis Hee Hong Wye13 February 2012
 ScotlandSecretary of State for ScotlandAlister William Jack25 July 2019
First MinisterNicola Sturgeon19 November 2014
SvalbardGovernorKjerstin Askholt10 October 2015
TobagoChief Secretary of the House of AssemblyAncil Dennis6 May 2020
Torres Strait IslandsChairperson of the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA)Pedro Stephen NapauOctober 2016
 Valencian CommunityPresidentXimo Puig25 June 2015
 WalesSecretary of State for WalesSimon Hart16 December 2019
First MinisterMark Drakeford12 December 2018
 West PapuaGovernorAbraham Octavianus Atururi27 January 2012
YogyakartaGovernorSri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X3 October 1998
 ZanzibarPresidentHussein Mwinyi3 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 KingdomGovernor Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam Chief Minister Ellis Webster
 Bermuda Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United KingdomGovernor Rena Lalgie Premier Edward David Burt
 British Virgin Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United KingdomGovernor John Rankin Premier Andrew Fahie
 Cayman Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United KingdomGovernor Martyn Roper Premier Alden McLaughlin
 Christmas Island Non-self-governing dependency Queen Elizabeth II of AustraliaAdministrator Natasha Griggs
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Non-self-governing dependency Queen Elizabeth II of AustraliaAdministrator Natasha Griggs
 Cook Islands Parliamentary democracy
in free-association with New Zealand
Queen Elizabeth II of New ZealandQueen's Representative (not otherwise styled) Tom Marsters Prime Minister Henry Puna
 Falkland Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United KingdomGovernor Nigel Phillips Chief Executive Barry Rowland
 Gibraltar Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United KingdomGovernor 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 KingdomGovernor Andrew Pearce Premier Easton Taylor-Farrell
 Niue Parliamentary democracy
in free-association with New Zealand
Queen Elizabeth II of New ZealandHigh Commissioner Kirk Yates Premier Dalton Tagelagi
 Norfolk Island Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of AustraliaAdministrator Eric Hutchinson Self-government abolished in 2015
 Pitcairn Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United KingdomGovernor Laura Clarke Mayor Charlene Warren-Peu
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Non-self-governing dependency Queen Elizabeth II]of the United KingdomGovernor Philip Rushbrook
 Tokelau Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of New ZealandAdministrator Ross Ardern Head of Government Kerisiano Kalolo
 Turks and Caicos Islands Parliamentary democracy Queen Elizabeth II of the United KingdomGovernor Nigel Dakin 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 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 Laurent Prévost 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 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. Minister for Regional Services, Decentralisation and Local Government
  4. Director of the Australian Antarctic Division.
  5. Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  6. Acting to 22 Aug 2014.
  7. 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. 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. Since 3 October 1985, the governor of the Falkland Islands.
  19. Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs.
  20. Also General Counsel of the US Air Force.
  21. Acting to 25 February 2019.
  22. Acting to 12 December 2014 (for Aleqa Hammondto 15 October 2014).
  23. Previously president of the Regional Council from 3 August 2012 to 2 May 2014.
  24. Since 1 January 1995, Jan Mayen is administered by the governor of Nordland county.
  25. Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage of Tasmania.
  26. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Greek government.
  27. The Civil Governor of the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos is appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Greek government.
  28. Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople.
  29. Dean of the Holy Epistasis of the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos.
  30. Jointly with the Deputy First Minister
  31. Jointly with the First Minister
  32. Previously chef commissaire from 4 February 2003 to 4 August 2006.
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