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. 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 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, territoryStatusNameSince
AdministratorRob Thomson26 September 2019
GovernorLolo Matalasi Moliga3 January 2013
GovernorTim Foy21 August 2017
PremierEllis Webster30 June 2020
GovernorAlfonso Boekhoudt1 January 2017
Prime ministerEvelyn Wever-Croes17 November 2017
Ashmore and Cartier IslandsAdministratorMark Coulton26 May 2019
Australian Antarctic TerritoryAdministratorKim Ellis6 April 2019
Baker IslandAdministratorAurelia Skipwith6 January 2020
GovernorJohn Rankin8 December 2016
PremierEdward David Burt17 July 2017
Lieutenant governorEdison Rijna1 March 2014
Bouvet IslandAdministratorØystein Mortensen2 October 2015
- BATCommissionerBen MerrickAugust 2017
- BATAdministratorStuart Doubleday2016
- BIOTCommissionerBen MerrickAugust 2017
- BIOTAdministrator Kit Pyman2019?
GovernorAugustus Jaspert22 August 2017
PremierAndrew Fahie26 February 2019
GovernorMartyn Roper29 October 2018
PremierAlden McLaughlin29 May 2013
AdministratorNatasha Griggs5 October 2017
President of ShireGordon Thomson21 October 2013
Clipperton IslandAdministratorAnnick Girardin17 May 2017
Clipperton IslandCommissionerRené Bidal25 May 2016
AdministratorNatasha Griggs5 October 2017
President of the Shire CouncilAindil Minkom23 October 2019
Queen's RepresentativeTom Marsters27 July 2013
High commissioner Rachel Bennett December 2019
Prime MinisterHenry Puna30 November 2010
Coral Sea IslandsAdministratorMark Coulton26 May 2019
GovernorLucille George-Wout4 November 2013
Prime MinisterEugene Rhuggenaath29 May 2017
GovernorNigel Phillips12 September 2017
Chief ExecutiveBarry Rowland6 October 2016
High CommissionerDominique Sorain8 August 2019
PresidentÉdouard Fritch12 September 2014
Administrator-SuperiorÉvelyne Decorps19 November 2018
Governor of GibraltarDavid Steel11 June 2020
Chief MinisterFabian Picardo9 December 2011
GovernorLou Leon Guerrero7 January 2019
Lieutenant Governor of GuernseySir Ian Corder14 March 2016
BailiffSir Richard Collas23 March 2012
President of the Policy and Resources CommitteeGavin St Pier4 May 2016
Heard Island and McDonald IslandsAdministratorKim Ellis6 April 2019
Howland IslandAdministratorAurelia Skipwith6 January 2020
Jarvis IslandAdministratorAurelia Skipwith6 January 2020
Lieutenant GovernorSir Stephen Dalton13 March 2017
BailiffSir William Bailhache29 January 2015
Chief MinisterJohn Le Fondré Jr4 June 2018
Johnston AtollAdministratorAurelia Skipwith6 January 2020
Kingman ReefAdministratorAurelia Skipwith6 January 2020
Lieutenant GovernorSir Richard Gozney27 May 2016
Chief MinisterHoward Quayle11 October 2016
Midway AtollAdministratorAurelia Skipwith6 January 2020
GovernorAndrew Pearce1 February 2018
PremierEaston Taylor-Farrell19 November 2019
Navassa IslandAdministratorAurelia Skipwith6 January 2020
High CommissionerLaurent Prévost5 August 2019
President of the GovernmentThierry Santa9 July 2019
High CommissionerHelen Tunnah27 July 2020
PremierDalton Tagelagi11 June 2020
AdministratorEric Hutchinson1 April 2017
General ManagerAndrew Roach6 January 2020
MayorRobin Adams6 July 2016
GovernorRalph Torres29 December 2015
Palmyra AtollAdministratorAurelia Skipwith6 January 2020
Palmyra AtollManagervacantMarch 2009
Peter I IslandAdministratorØystein Mortensen2 October 2015
Governor of the Pitcairn IslandsLaura Clarke23 January 2018
MayorCharlene Warren-Peu1 January 2020
GovernorWanda Vázquez Garced7 August 2019
Queen Maud LandAdministratorØystein Mortensen2 October 2015
Ross DependencyGovernor-GeneralDame Patsy Reddy28 September 2016
Ross DependencyAdministratorSarah WilliamsonJune 2019
Island GovernorJonathan G. A. Johnson2 July 2008
PrefectVirginie Klès 7 July 2020
Prefect delegated Sylvie Daniélo-Feucher9 July 2018
President of the Territorial CouncilBruno Magras15 July 2007
GovernorPhilip Rushbrook11 May 2019
Administrator of Ascension IslandSean Burns15 March 2020
Administrator of Tristan da CunhaSteve Townsend30 April 2020
PrefectVirginie Klès 7 July 2020
Prefect delegated Sylvie Daniélo-Feucher9 July 2018
President of the Territorial CouncilDaniel Gibbs3 April 2017
PrefectThierry Devimeux17 January 2018
President of the Territorial CouncilStéphane Lenormand25 October 2017
Government commissionerMarnix van Rij15 February 2020
GovernorEugene Holiday10 October 2010
Prime MinisterSilveria Jacobs19 November 2019
CommissionerNigel Phillips12 September 2017
AdministratorRoss ArdernMay 2018
Head of GovernmentFofo Tuisano9 March 2020
GovernorNigel Dakin15 July 2019
PremierSharlene Cartwright-Robinson20 December 2016
GovernorAlbert Bryan7 January 2019
Wake IslandAdministratorDouglas Domenech18 September 2017
Wake IslandGovernorThomas E. Ayres18 February 2018
Administrator-SuperiorThierry Queffelec10 January 2019
President of the Territorial AssemblyAtoloto Kolokilagi29 November 2019

Current autonomous, insular, regions, etc. leaders

Leaders of dependent Commonwealth territories

Leaders of dependent non-Commonwealth territories