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. 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.[1] 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrator | 1 September 2022 | ||
| 3 January 2021 | |||
| Julia Crouch | 11 September 2023 | ||
| 30 June 2020 | |||
| 1 January 2017 | |||
| 17 November 2017 | |||
| Administrator[2] | 1 June 2022 | ||
| Administrator[3] | Kim Ellis | 6 April 2019 | |
| Administrator[4] | Martha Williams[5] (acting) | 20 January 2021 | |
| Governor[6] [7] | Rena Lalgie | 14 December 2020 | |
| 17 July 2017 | |||
| Lieutenant governor | Edison Rijna[8] | 1 March 2014 | |
| Administrator[9] | Øystein Mortensen | 2 October 2015 | |
| - BAT | Commissioner | 1 July 2021 | |
| Administrator | George Clarkson | September 2020 | |
| 1 July 2021 | |||
| Administrator | Kit Pyman | January 2020 | |
| Governor[10] | 29 January 2024 | ||
| Natalio Wheatley[11] | 5 May 2022 | ||
 Cayman Islands | Governor | 21 April 2023 | |
| 15 November 2023 | |||
| 26 May 2023 | |||
| Gordon Thomson[12] | 21 October 2013 | ||
| Administrator[13] | Philippe Vigier | 20 July 2023 | |
| Commissioner[14] | Éric Spitz | 26 September 2022 | |
| 26 May 2023 | |||
| Aindil Minkom | 23 October 2019 | ||
| 27 July 2013 | |||
| High commissioner (New Zealand's Representative) | Catherine Graham | 22 April 2024 | |
| 30 November 2020 | |||
| Administrator | 1 June 2022 | ||
| 4 November 2013 | |||
| 14 June 2021 | |||
| Alison Blake | 23 July 2022 | ||
| Éric Spitz | 26 September 2022 | ||
| 12 May 2023 | |||
| Prefect[15] | Florence Jeanblanc-Risler | 5 October 2022 | |
| 11 June 2020 | |||
| 9 December 2011 | |||
| Governor[16] | 7 January 2019 | ||
| Richard Cripwell | 15 February 2022 | ||
| 9 May 2020 | |||
| 13 December 2023 | |||
| Administrator | Kim Ellis | 6 April 2019 | |
| Administrator | 20 January 2021 | ||
| 29 September 2021 | |||
| 12 October 2021 | |||
| Administrator | 20 January 2021 | ||
| Jerry Kyd | 8 October 2022 | ||
| 12 October 2019 | |||
| Kristina Moore | 12 July 2022 | ||
| Administrator | 20 January 2021 | ||
| Administrator | 20 January 2021 | ||
| Administrator | 20 January 2021 | ||
| Sarah Tucker | 6 April 2022 | ||
| 19 November 2019 | |||
| Administrator | 20 January 2021 | ||
| Louis Le Franc | 6 February 2023 | ||
| 8 July 2021 | |||
| High Commissioner | Mark Gibb | 5 March 2024 | |
| 11 June 2020 | |||
| George Plant | 1 June 2023 | ||
| Andrew Roach | 6 January 2020 | ||
| Administrator of the Regional Council | Michael Colreavy [17] | 5 February 2021 | |
| Arnold Palacios | 9 January 2023 | ||
| Administrator | 20 January 2021 | ||
| Manager[18] | vacant | March 2009 | |
| Administrator | Øystein Mortensen | 2 October 2015 | |
| Governor of the Pitcairn Islands[19] | Iona Thomas | 3 August 2022 | |
| 1 January 2020 | |||
| 2 January 2021 | |||
| Administrator | Øystein Mortensen | 2 October 2015 | |
 Ross Dependency | 21 October 2021 | ||
| Administrator[20] | Sarah Williamson | June 2019 | |
| 2 July 2008 | |||
| Prefect[21] | Alexandre Rochatte | 10 August 2020 | |
| Prefect delegated[22] | Vincent Berton | 28 March 2022 | |
| President of the Territorial Council | 3 April 2022 | ||
| Nigel Phillips | 13 August 2022 | ||
| Julie Thomas | 25 October 2021 | ||
| Simon Minshull | 2 November 2022 | ||
| Philip Kendall | 26 September 2023[23] | ||
| Prefect[24] | Alexandre Rochatte | 10 August 2020 | |
| Prefect delegated | Vincent Berton | 28 March 2022 | |
| President of the Territorial Council | 3 April 2022 | ||
| Bruno André | 21 August 2023 | ||
| 13 October 2020 | |||
| Government commissioner | Alida Francis[25] | 18 April 2021 | |
| 10 October 2022 | |||
| 19 November 2019 | |||
| Commissioner[26] | Alison Blake | 23 July 2022 | |
| 1 June 2022 | |||
| 8 March 2021 | |||
| 29 June 2023 | |||
| 21 February 2021 | |||
| 7 January 2019 | |||
| Administrator[27] | Keone Nakoa (acting) | 14 September 2021 | |
| Governor[28] | 18 March 2022 | ||
| 21 August 2023 | |||
| Munipoese Muli'aka'aka | 25 March 2022 |
| Region, territory | Title | Name | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bustami Hamzah | 13 March 2024 | |||
| Chairman of the Supreme Council | 28 November 2016 | |||
| 21 July 2018 | ||||
| 3 April 2023 | ||||
| 11 December 2023 | ||||
| 15 February 2022 | ||||
| William Tate | 28 June 2019 | |||
| 18 January 2019 | ||||
| 21 October 2020 | ||||
| 3 July 2015 | ||||
| 16 July 2019 | ||||
| 25 August 2021 | ||||
| 18 April 2022 | ||||
| Pedro Catarino | 11 April 2011 | |||
| 24 November 2020 | ||||
| Marga Prohens | 7 July 2023 | |||
| Wali (Officer in Charge) | Omarkhalid Ampatuan | 1 March 2023 | ||
| Chief Minister (interim) | 22 February 2019 | |||
| 17 January 2024 | ||||
| President (Lehendakari) | 2012 | |||
| 25 September 2020 | ||||
| 14 May 2018 | ||||
| 29 September 2020 | ||||
| María José Sáenz de Buruaga | 5 July 2023 | |||
| Minister for Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs | Kindra Maturin-Stewart | 25 March 2018 | ||
| 1 July 2015 | ||||
| 11 July 2019 | ||||
| Governor | 11 November 2022 | |||
| 2001 | ||||
| Pascal Lelarge | 19 August 2020 | |||
| 1 July 2021 | ||||
| President of the Executive Council | 17 December 2015 | |||
| 25 April 2022 | ||||
| Chairmen of Parliament | vacant | 15 March 2014 | ||
| Prime minister | vacant | 15 March 2014 | ||
| Provincial Presidential Delegate | René De la Puente Hey | 14 July 2021 | ||
| Mayor | 6 December 2012 | |||
| 5 July 2015 | ||||
| 9 May 2017 | ||||
| 22 December 2022 | ||||
| 28 February 2023 | ||||
| 28 April 2023 | ||||
| 21 August 2023 | ||||
| President of the Territorial Authority | 2 July 2021 | |||
| 3 May 2018 | ||||
| Governor | 23 March 2015 | |||
| Chairman of the Governing Council with Special Regime | Johan Sotomayor | 3 June 2021 | ||
| 13 May 2022 | ||||
| Syed Mehdi Shah | 15 August 2022 | |||
| 1 December 2020 | ||||
| Chairmen of the Executive Committee | Alisher Khudoyberdi | 5 November 2021 | ||
| 1 May 2022 | ||||
| 23 April 2021 | ||||
| Prefect | Xavier Lefort | 6 February 2023 | ||
| President of the Departmental Council | Guy Losbar | 1 July 2021 | ||
| President of the Regional Council | 17 December 2015 | |||
| Governor | Velix Wanggai | 13 November 2023 | ||
| 1 July 2022 | ||||
| 17 October 2022 | ||||
| Administrator[29] | 2 January 2019 | |||
| Chairmen of Parliament | Murad Kamalov | 2 October 2020 | ||
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Kakhraman Sariyev | 14 October 2016 | ||
| 10 June 2019 | ||||
| 10 July 2019 | ||||
| 29 August 2019 | ||||
| Chairman of the Lord Howe Island Board | Atticus Fleming | 1 January 2021 | ||
| 20 December 2019 | ||||
| Ireneu Barreto | 11 April 2011 | |||
| 20 April 2015 | ||||
| 19 August 2019 | ||||
| Administrator[30] | 31 March 2014 | |||
| Jean-Christophe Bouvier | 23 August 2022 | |||
| President of the Executive Council | 2 July 2021 | |||
| François-Xavier Bieuville | 24 February 2024 | |||
| Ben Issa Ousseni | 1 July 2021 | |||
| Eduardo de Castro González | 15 June 2019 | |||
| Head of State[31] | 9 July 2019 | |||
| Civil Governor[32] | Athanásios Martínos | 9 October 2019 | ||
| Spiritual Leader[33] | 22 October 1991 | |||
| Protos[34] | géron Georgios (Vatopedi) | 14 June 2021 | ||
| 3 May 2017 | ||||
| 16 December 1995 | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 6 August 2019 | ||||
| Deputy Governor-General (for Nevis) | Hyleta Liburd | 31 August 2018 | ||
| 19 December 2017 | ||||
| First Minister[35] | Michelle O'Neill[36] | 3 February 2024 | ||
| Deputy First Minister[37] | 3 February 2024 | |||
| Ridwan Rumasukun | 5 September 2023 | |||
 Principe | President of the Regional Government | Filipe Nascimento | 18 August 2020 | |
| Milorad Dodik | 15 November 2022 | |||
| Radovan Višković | 19 December 2018 | |||
| Prefect | 23 August 2022 | |||
| President of the Departmental Council | Cyrille Melchior | 18 December 2017 | ||
| President of the Regional Council | 2 July 2021 | |||
| Johnson Roussety[38] | 5 March 2022 | |||
| Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis[39] | 21 March 2022 | |||
| 20 March 2019 | ||||
| 3 July 2016 | ||||
| 8 May 2024 | ||||
| 18 November 2017 | ||||
| Governor | 11 November 2022 | |||
| Governor | 9 December 2022 | |||
| 24 June 2021 | ||||
| Farley Chavez Augustine | 9 December 2021 | |||
| Chairperson of the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) | Pedro Stephen Napau | October 2016 | ||
| 2 November 2018 | ||||
| 25 June 2015 | ||||
| 24 July 2024 | ||||
| 20 June 2016 | ||||
| Governor | Ali Baham Temongmere | 1 November 2023 | ||
| 3 October 1998 | ||||
| 3 November 2020 |
| State | Government | Head of state | Represented by | Head of government | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Parliamentary democracy | Governor Julia Crouch | Premier Ellis Webster | ||
 | Parliamentary democracy | Governor Rena Lalgie | Premier Edward David Burt | ||
| Parliamentary democracy | Governor Daniel Pruce | Premier Natalio Wheatley | |||
| Parliamentary democracy | 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's Representative (not otherwise styled) Sir Tom Marsters | Prime Minister Mark Brown | ||
| Parliamentary democracy | Governor Alison Blake | Chief Executive Andy Keeling | |||
 | Parliamentary democracy | 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 | 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 | Administrator Eric Hutchinson | Self-government abolished in 2015 | ||
| Parliamentary democracy | Governor Iona Thomas | Mayor Simon Young | |||
 | Non-self-governing dependency | Governor Nigel Phillips | Chief Minister Julie Thomas | ||
 | Parliamentary democracy | Administrator Don Higgins | Head of Government Keliliano Kalolo | ||
 | Parliamentary democracy | Governor Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam | Premier Washington Misick |
| State | Government | Head of state | Head of territory | Head of government | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||