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. 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. 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.

Region, territory or Crown dependency	Title	Name	Since
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Administrator	Peter Squires	1 September 2022
American Samoa	Governor	Lemanu Peleti Mauga	3 January 2021
Anguilla	Governor	Julia Crouch	11 September 2023
	Premier	Ellis Webster	30 June 2020
Aruba	Governor	Alfonso Boekhoudt	1 January 2017
	Prime Minister	Evelyn Wever-Croes	17 November 2017
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Administrator	Anthony Chisholm	1 June 2022
Australian Antarctic Territory	Administrator	Kim Ellis	6 April 2019
Baker Island	Administrator	Martha Williams (acting)	20 January 2021
Bermuda	Governor	Rena Lalgie	14 December 2020
	Premier	Edward David Burt	17 July 2017
Bonaire	Lieutenant governor	Edison Rijna	1 March 2014
Bouvet Island	Administrator	Øystein Mortensen	2 October 2015
British Antarctic Territory - BAT	Commissioner	Paul Candler	1 July 2021
	Administrator	George Clarkson	September 2020
British Indian Ocean Territory - BIOT	Commissioner	Paul Candler	1 July 2021
	Administrator	Kit Pyman	January 2020
British Virgin Islands	Governor	Daniel Pruce	29 January 2024
	Premier	Natalio Wheatley	5 May 2022
Cayman Islands	Governor	Jane Owen	21 April 2023
	Premier	Julianna O'Connor-Connolly	15 November 2023
Christmas Island	Administrator	Sandra Vandenbroek	4 October 2022
	President of Shire	Gordon Thomson	21 October 2013
Clipperton Island	Administrator	Philippe Vigier	20 July 2023
	Commissioner	Éric Spitz	26 September 2022
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Administrator	Sarah Vandenbroek	4 October 2022
	President of the Shire Council	Aindil Minkom	23 October 2019
Cook Islands	King's Representative	Sir Tom Marsters	27 July 2013
	High commissioner (New Zealand's Representative)	Tui Dewes	24 September 2020
	Prime Minister	Mark Brown	30 November 2020
Coral Sea Islands	Administrator	Anthony Chisholm	1 June 2022
Curaçao	Governor	Lucille George-Wout	4 November 2013
	Prime Minister	Gilmar Pisas	14 June 2021
Falkland Islands	Governor	Alison Blake	23 July 2022
French Polynesia	High Commissioner	Éric Spitz	26 September 2022
	President	Moetai Brotherson	12 May 2023
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Prefect	Florence Jeanblanc-Risler	5 October 2022
Gibraltar	Governor of Gibraltar	Sir 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	Richard Cripwell	15 February 2022
	Bailiff	Sir Richard McMahon	9 May 2020
	President of the Policy and Resources Committee	Lyndon Trott	13 December 2023
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Administrator	Kim Ellis	6 April 2019
Howland Island	Administrator	Martha Williams	20 January 2021
Isle of Man	Lieutenant Governor	Sir John Lorimer	29 September 2021
	Chief Minister	Alfred Cannan	12 October 2021
Jarvis Island	Administrator	Martha Williams	20 January 2021
Jersey	Lieutenant Governor	Jerry Kyd	8 October 2022
	Bailiff	Tim Le Cocq	12 October 2019
	Chief Minister	Kristina Moore	12 July 2022
Johnston Atoll	Administrator	Martha Williams	20 January 2021
Kingman Reef	Administrator	Martha Williams	20 January 2021
Midway Atoll	Administrator	Martha Williams	20 January 2021
Montserrat	Governor	Sarah Tucker	6 April 2022
	Premier	Easton Taylor-Farrell	19 November 2019
Navassa Island	Administrator	Martha Williams	20 January 2021
New Caledonia	High Commissioner	Louis Le Franc	6 February 2023
	President of the Government	Louis Mapou	8 July 2021
Niue	High Commissioner	Helen Tunnah	27 July 2020
	Premier	Dalton Tagelagi	11 June 2020
Norfolk Island	Administrator	George Plant	1 June 2023
	General Manager	Andrew Roach	6 January 2020
	Administrator of the Regional Council	Michael Colreavy	5 February 2021
Northern Mariana Islands	Governor	Arnold Palacios	9 January 2023
Palmyra Atoll	Administrator	Martha Williams	20 January 2021
	Manager	vacant	March 2009
Peter I Island	Administrator	Øystein Mortensen	2 October 2015
Pitcairn Islands	Governor of the Pitcairn Islands	Iona Thomas	3 August 2022
	Mayor	Simon Young	1 January 2020
Puerto Rico	Governor	Pedro Pierluisi	2 January 2021
Queen Maud Land	Administrator	Øystein Mortensen	2 October 2015
Ross Dependency	Governor-General	Dame Cindy Kiro	21 October 2021
	Administrator	Sarah Williamson	June 2019
Saba	Island Governor	Jonathan G. A. Johnson	2 July 2008
Saint Barthelemy	Prefect	Alexandre Rochatte	10 August 2020
	Prefect delegated	Vincent Berton	28 Mars 2022
	President of the Territorial Council	Xavier Lédée	3 April 2022
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Governor of Saint Helena Governor of Ascension Governor of Tristan da Cunha	Nigel Phillips	13 August 2022
	Chief Minister of Saint Helena	Julie Thomas	25 October 2021
	Administrator of Ascension	Simon Minshull	2 November 2022
	Administrator of Tristan da Cunha	Philip Kendall	26 September 2023
Saint-Martin	Prefect	Alexandre Rochatte	10 August 2020
	Prefect delegated	Vincent Berton	28 Mars 2022
	President of the Territorial Council	Louis Mussington	3 April 2022
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Prefect	Christian Pouget	23 January 2021
	President of the Territorial Council	Bernard Briand	13 October 2020
Sint Eustatius	Government commissioner	Alida Francis	18 April 2021
Sint Maarten	Governor	Ajamu Baly	10 October 2022
	Prime Minister	Silveria Jacobs	19 November 2019
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Commissioner	Alison Blake	23 July 2022
Tokelau	Administrator	Don Higgins	1 June 2022
	Head of Government	Kelihiano Kalolo	8 March 2021
Turks and Caicos Islands	Governor	Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam	29 June 2023
	Premier	Washington Misick	21 February 2021
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	Governor	Albert Bryan	7 January 2019
Wake Island	Administrator	Keone Nakoa (acting)	14 September 2021
	Governor	Peter Beshar	18 March 2022
Wallis and Futuna	Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna	Blaise Gourtay	21 August 2023
	President of the Territorial Assembly	Munipoese Muli'aka'aka	25 March 2022

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