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Governor of Texas
Governor of Texas: the state's chief executive, elected every four years, at least 30 years old with five years' residency; powers include veto, special sessions, budget, appointments; a constitutionally weak office under the 1876 constitution's plural executive.
Governor of the Bank of England
The Governor of the Bank of England is the Crown-appointed head of the UK's central bank, a post held since 2020 by Andrew Bailey, who succeeded Mark Carney.
Governor of the Bank of Japan
The Governor of the Bank of Japan (日本銀行総裁) is the head of Japan's central bank, appointed by the Cabinet with the Diet's consent to a five-year term.
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, appointed under the RBI Act of 1934, leads the central bank and has been held by 26 people since 1935.
Governor of Upper Egypt
The Governor of Upper Egypt, or Overseer of Upper Egypt (jmj-r Šmʿw), was an ancient Egyptian office created around 2400 BC to administer Upper Egypt as a whole region.
Governor of Victoria
Governor of Victoria: the King's representative and constitutional head of state in Victoria, Australia. First held by Sir Charles Hotham from 1855; the 30th and current Governor is Margaret Gardner AC, sworn in August 2023.
Governor of Virginia
Governor of Virginia, chief executive of the Commonwealth, four-year term with no consecutive re-election, odd-year elections. Current holder Abigail Spanberger, 75th governor and first woman, inaugurated January 17, 2026.
Governor-General (Zongdu)
Governor-General (总督, zongdu) was a Qing dynasty office supervising the military administration of one province or a group of provinces, fixed as a regular institution after originating as a temporary Ming commission.
Governor-General of Australia
The Governor-General of Australia is the monarch's representative and effective head of state, appointed on the prime minister's recommendation for about five years, exercising constitutional, Commander-in-Chief, ceremonial and community duties, with rare reserve powers, notably the 1975 Whitlam dismissal.
Governor-General of India
Governor-General of India: chief executive of British India, 1773 to 26 January 1950. Created by the Regulating Act 1773 (Warren Hastings first), renamed Governor-General of India in 1833, styled Viceroy after 1858; ended with the republic, replaced by the President.
Governor-General of Indochina
The Governor-General of Indochina (Gouverneur général de l'Indochine) was the supreme French colonial executive of the Indochinese Union, created by decree in 1887 and ending in 1945.
Governor-General of New Zealand
The Governor-General of New Zealand (Te Kāwana Tianara o Aotearoa) is the King's representative, currently Dame Cindy Kiro (22nd officeholder since 1840), who dissolves Parliament, grants royal assent, and holds mostly unused reserve powers.
Governor-General of the Philippines
Governor-General of the Philippines: Spanish gobernador-heneral and later US colonial chief executive, 1565–1935. Held governor, Audiencia president, and captain-general titles; ended with the 1935 Commonwealth under Quezon.
Governor-Generalship of Turkestan
The Governor-Generalship of Turkestan (Туркестанское генерал-губернаторство) was the administrative unit through which the Russian Empire governed Central Asia from 1867 to 1917, seated at Tashkent.
Governor's Harbour District (historical)
Governor's Harbour District (historical), a former first-order administrative division of the Bahamas on Eleuthera, code GHB, FIPS BF27, ISO CO until 1995; headquarters at Governor's Harbour, now Central Eleuthera district.
Governor's Palace at Kalhu
The Governor's Palace at Kalhu (Nimrud) is a decorated Neo-Assyrian mud-brick building near Nabu's temple Ezida, excavated by Max Mallowan in 1949-1950, yielding an 802-710 BC tablet archive of governors' records.
Governorate General of Brazil
The Governorate General of Brazil (Governo-Geral do Brasil) was the central royal government of Portuguese Brazil, created by King João III in 1548 and seated at Salvador.
Governorate Number One
Governorate Number One (محافظة عدن), also Aden Governorate, is Yemen's first-order administrative division around the port city of Aden, the interim capital, with 731,000 recorded residents, eight districts, and a British colonial and PDRY capital history.
Governorate of Cuba
The Governorate of Cuba (Gobernación de Cuba) was the Spanish colonial government administering Cuba from 1510, founded by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar with its capital at Santiago de Cuba.
Governorate of Dalmatia
The Governorate of Dalmatia (Italian: Governatorato di Dalmazia) was a World War II territorial unit of Fascist Italy, seated at Zadar from 1941 to 1943.
Governorate of Estonia (Эстляндская губерния)
Governorate of Estonia (Эстляндская губерния, Eestimaa kubermang): Russian imperial guberniya in northern Estonia, centered on Reval (Tallinn), formed as Reval Governorate after the 1721 Treaty of Nystad; enlarged and made autonomous in April 1917, ending with the German occupation of March 1918.
Governorate of Guayrá
The Governorate of Guayrá (Gobernación del Guairá) was a Spanish colonial jurisdiction in present-day Paraná state, Brazil, administered under Paraguay until bandeirante slave raids destroyed it around 1631.
Governorate of Montenegro
The Governorate of Montenegro (Italian: Governatorato del Montenegro) was the military occupation administration Fascist Italy imposed on Montenegro from October 1941 until Italy's capitulation in September 1943.
Governorate of New Andalusia and New León
The Governorate of New Andalusia and New León were two adjoining colonial provinces created by the Crown of Castile in 1534, covering the Río de la Plata basin and Patagonia.
Governorate of New Castile
The Governorate of New Castile (Gobernación de Nueva Castilla) was a Spanish colonial governorship created in 1529 for Francisco Pizarro to conquer and settle the Inca Empire.
Governorate of New Extremadura
The Governorate of New Extremadura (Gobernación de Nueva Extremadura, also called Nuevo Extremo) was a Spanish colonial governorate granted to Pedro de Valdivia in 1540, covering central Chile.
Governorate of New Toledo
The Governorate of New Toledo (Gobernación de Nueva Toledo) was a Spanish colonial governorship created in 1534 for Diego de Almagro, covering southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile.
Governorate of Paraguay
The Governorate of Paraguay (Gobernación del Paraguay) was a Spanish colonial province centered on Asunción, reduced to an inland province by the 1617 division and ended by independence in May 1811.
Governorate of Popayán
The Governorate of Popayán (Spanish: Gobernación de Popayán), also called the Province of Popayán, was a Spanish colonial territory in southwestern Colombia created in 1536, with Sebastián de Belalcázar as its first governor in 1540.
Governorate of Río de la Plata
The Governorate of Buenos Aires (Gobernación del Río de la Plata) was a Spanish colonial governorship created in 1617 with its capital at Buenos Aires.