List of leaders of dependent territories
This page lists the main local rulers: rulers of dependencies and of the main administrative divisions (autonomous regions, insular or peninsular regions, successors of historical regions or regions with strong identity, regions in the news, etc.)
For national rulers, i.e. heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions or prime ministers who are not heads of government...) of the 194 states usually recognized like that (192 UN members + Vatican City + Taiwan), of 10 other national entities (quasi and unrecognized states), and of 7 in exile and/or alternative governments (only in exile governments that exercised power or succeeded governments that exercised power) :
Dependencies
Dependency | Status | Name | Since |
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Åland | Governor | Peter Lindbäck | 1 Apr 1999 |
Lantråd | Veronica Thörnroos | 25 Nov 2019 | |
American Samoa | Governor | Lemanu Peleti Mauga | 3 Jan 2021 |
Anguilla | Governor | Andrew George | 10 Jul 2006 |
Chief minister | Ellis Webster | 29 Jun 2020 | |
Aruba | Governor | Fredis Refunjol | 11 May 2004 |
Prime minister | Nelson Oduber [1] | 30 Oct 2001 | |
Bermuda | Governor | Sir Richard Gozney | 12 Dec 2007 |
Premier | Edward David Burt | 19 Jul 2017 | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | Commissioner | Leigh Turner | Jul 2006 |
Administrator | Tony Humphries | Feb 2005 | |
British Sovereign Base Areas [2] | Administrator | Richard Lacey | 26 Apr 2006 |
British Virgin Islands | Governor | David Pearey | Jul 2006 |
Premier | Natalio Wheatley | 5 May 2022 | |
Cayman Islands | Governor | Jane Owen | 21 Apr 2023 |
Leader of government business | Kurt Tibbetts [3] | 23 Aug 2007 | |
Christmas Island | Administrator | Neil Lucas | 30 Jan 2006 |
Cocos Islands | Administrator | Neil Lucas | 30 Jan 2006 |
Cook Islands | High commissioner | John Bryan | 2005 |
King's Representative | Sir Tom Marsters | 27 Jul 2013 | |
Prime minister | Mark Brown | 1 Oct 2020 | |
Faroe Islands | High commissioner | Søren Christensen | 1 Aug 2005 |
Prime minister | Aksel V. Johannesen[4] | 22 Dec 2022 | |
Falkland Islands | Governor | Nigel Haywood | 16 Oct 2010 |
French Polynesia | High commissioner | Éric Spitz | 26 Sep 2022 |
President | Oscar Temaru [5] | 13 Sep 2007 | |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Administrator-superior | Éric Pilloton | 10 Apr 2007 |
Gibraltar | Governor | Sir David Steel | 11 Jun 2020 |
Chief minister | Fabian Picardo | 9 Dec 2011 | |
Greenland | High commissioner | Søren Hald Møller | 1 Apr 2005 |
Prime minister | Múte Bourup Egede | 23 Apr 2021 | |
Guam | Governor | Lou Leon Guerrero | 6 Jan 2019 |
Guernsey | Lieutenant governor | Sir Richard Cripwell | 15 Feb 2022 |
Bailiff | Richard McMahon | 11 May 2020 | |
Chief minister | Mike Torode | 5 Mar 2007 | |
Hong Kong | Chief executive | Donald Tsang [6] | 24 Jun 2005 |
Isle of Man | Lieutenant governor | Sir Paul Haddacks | 17 Oct 2005 |
Chief minister | Alfred Cannan | 12 Oct 2021 | |
Jan Mayen | Administrator [7] | Åshild Hauan | 1 Jan 1995 |
Jersey | Lieutenant governor | Jerry Kyd | 8 Oct 2022 |
Bailiff | Sir Timothy Le Cocq | 17 Oct 2019 | |
Chief minister | Frank Walker | 5 Dec 2005 | |
Macau | Chief executive | Edmund Ho | 20 Dec 1999 |
Mayotte | Prefect | Vincent Bouvier | 1 Feb 2007 |
President of the Departmental Council | Ben Issa Ousseni | 1 Jul 2021 | |
Montserrat | Governor | Peter Waterworth | 27 Jul 2007 |
Chief minister | Easton Taylor-Farrell | 19 Nov 2019 | |
Netherlands Antilles | Governor | Frits Goedgedrag | 1 Jul 2002 |
Chief minister | Emily de Jongh-Elhage | 26 Mar 2006 | |
New Caledonia | High commissioner | Yves Dassonville | 25 Oct 2007 |
President of the Government | Louis Mapou | 22 Jul 2021 | |
Niue | High commissioner | Anton Ojala | Feb 2006 |
Premier | Dalton Tagelagi | 11 Jun 2020 | |
Norfolk Island | Administrator | George Plant | 1 Jun 2023 |
Chief minister | Andre Neville Nobbs | 28 Mar 2007 | |
Northern Mariana Islands | Governor | Arnold Palacios | 9 Jan 2023 |
Pitcairn Island | Governor [8] | Iona Thomas | 3 Aug 2022 |
Mayor | Simon Young [9] | 1 Jan 2023 | |
Puerto Rico | Governor | Pedro Rafael Pierluisi[10] | 2 Jan 2021 |
Saint-Barthélemy | Prefect [11] | Dominique Lacroix | 21 Mar 2007 |
President of the Territorial Council | Bruno Magras [12] | 15 Jul 2007 | |
Saint Helena | Governor | Andrew Gurr | 11 Nov 2007 |
Saint-Martin | Prefect [13] | Dominique Lacroix | 21 Mar 2007 |
President of the Territorial Council | Louis Constant Fleming | 15 Jul 2007 | |
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon | Prefect | Yves Fauqueur | 28 Aug 2006 |
President of the Territorial Council | Stéphane Artano | 31 Mar 2006 | |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Commissioner [14] | Nigel Haywood | 16 Oct 2010 |
Svalbard | Governor | Per Sefland | 1 Oct 2005 |
Tokelau | Administrator | David Payton | 17 Oct 2006 |
Head of government | Kuresa Nasau [15] | Feb 2007 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Governor | Richard Tauwhare | 11 Jul 2005 |
Premier | Michael Misick [16] | 15 Aug 2003 | |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Governor | John deJongh | 1 Jan 2007 |
Wallis and Futuna | Administrator-superior | Richard Didier | 14 aug 2006 |
Autonomous regions and particular administrative divisions - A-L
Division | Status | Name | Since |
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Abu Dhabi | Ruler | Sheikh Khalifa ibn Zaid Al Nahayan | 2 Nov 2004 |
Aceh | Governor | Irwandi Yusuf | 8 Feb 2007 |
Adygeya | President | Aslan Tkhakushinov | 13 Jan 2007 |
Prime minister | Vladimir Samozhenkov [17] | 15 Jan 2007 | |
Adjara | Chairman of the Supreme Council | Mikheil Makharadze | 20 Jul 2004 |
Premier ministre | Levan Varshalomidze [18] | 20 Jul 2004 | |
Ajman | Ruler | Sheikh Humayd ibn Rashid Al Nuaimi | 6 sep 1981 |
Alaska | Governor | Sean Parnell | 4 Dec 2006 |
Altai Republic | Head of the Republic | Aleksandr Berdnikov | 20 Jan 2006 |
Andalusia | President of the Junta | Manuel Chaves González | 27 Jul 1990 |
Anjouan | President | Mohamed Bacar [19] | 30 Jun 2007 |
Aosta Valley | President | Luciano Caveri | 4 Jul 2005 |
Arizona | Governor | Janet Napolitano | 6 Jan 2003 |
23x15px Athos | Spiritual leader | Vartholomaios I [20] | 2 Oct 1991 |
Azores | Representative of the Republic | José António Mesquita | 30 Mar 2006 |
President of the Government | Carlos César | 9 Nov 1996 | |
Balearic Islands | President of the Government | Francesc Antich i Oliver [21] | 6 Jul 2007 |
Bali | Governor | Dewa Beratha | 1998 |
Barbuda | Chairman of the Barbuda Council | Fabian Jones [22] | 9 Jan 2008 |
Bashkortostan | President | Murtaza Rakhimov [23] | 7 Apr 1990 |
Prime minister | Rafael Baidavletov | 12 Jan 1999 | |
Basque Country | President of the Lehendakaris | Juan José Ibarretxe | 2 Jan 1999 |
Bavaria | Minister-president | Günther Beckstein | 9 Octobre 2007 |
Beni | Governor | Ernesto Suárez | 2006 |
Bougainville | President | Joseph Kabui | 15 Jun 2005 |
Brcko | International supervisor | Raffi Gregorian (U.S.) | 1 Oct 2006 |
Mayor | Mirsad Djapo | 8 Dec 2004 | |
Brussels-Capital | Governor | Véronique Paulus de Châtelet | 22 Dec 1998 |
Minister-president | Charles Picqué [24] | 19 Jul 2004 | |
Buganda kingdom | King | Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II | 24 Jul 1993 |
Prime minister | Emmanuel Ssendaula (interim) | 13 Feb 2007 | |
Buryatia | President | Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn | 10 Jul 2007 |
Cabinda | Governor | José Anibal Rochas | Apr 2002 |
California | Governor | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 17 Nov 2003 |
Canary Islands | President of the Government | Paulino Rivero Baute | 13 Jul 2007 |
Caprivi | Governor | Bernard Sibalatani | 2003 ? |
Catalonia | President of the Generalitat | José Montilla Aguilera | 28 Nov 2006 |
Ceuta | President | Juan Jesús Vivas Lara | 7 Feb 2001 |
Chatham Islands | Mayor | Pat Smith | 2004 ? |
Chechnya | President | Ramzan Kadyrov [25] | 15 Feb 2007 |
Prime minister | Odes Baisultanov | 10 Apr 2007 | |
Chukotka | Governor | Roman Abramovich | 17 Jan 2001 |
Chuvashia | President | Nikolay Fyodorov | 21 Jan 1994 |
Prime minister | Sergey Gaplikov [26] | 23 Apr 2004 | |
Cornwall | Chairman of the County Council | Doris Martyna Ansari | 2005 |
Leader of the County Council | David Whalley | 2005 | |
Corsica | President of the Corsican Assembly | Camille de Rocca-Serra | 1 Apr 2004 |
President of the Executive Council | Ange Santini | 4 Apr 2004 | |
Crete | Secretary-general | Serafeim Tsokas | 7 Apr 2004 |
Crimea | President | Anatoliy Hrytsenko [27] | 12 May 2006 |
Prime minister | Viktor Plakida | 2 Jun 2006 | |
Dagestan | President | Mukhu Aliyev | 20 Feb 2006 |
Prime minister | Shamil Zaynalov | 6 Mar 2006 | |
Darfur | President of the TDRA | Minni Minnawi | 2007 |
Dubai | Ruler | Sheikh Muhammad ibn Rashid Al Maktum | 4 Jan 2006 |
Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina | President | Borjana Kristo | 22 Feb 2007 |
Prime minister | Nedzad Brankovic [28] | 30 Mar 2007 | |
Flanders | Minister-president | Kris Peeters | 28 Jun 2007 |
Florida | Governor | Charlie Crist | 2 Jan 2007 |
French Guiana | Prefect | Jean-Pierre Laflaquière | 28 Aug 2006 |
President of the Regional Council | Antoine Karam | 29 Mar 1992 | |
President of the General Council | Pierre Désert | 4 Apr 2004 | |
Italy Friuli-Venezia Giulia | President | Riccardo Illy | 16 Jun 2003 |
Fujairah | Ruler | Sheikh Hamad ibn Muhammad ash-Sharqi | 18 Sep 1974 |
Futuna | Ruler | Soane Patita Maituku | 21 Nov 2002 |
Prime minister | Lukano Mataele | 2006 ? | |
Gagauzia | President | Mihail Formuzal | 29 Dec 2006 |
Galápagos | Governor | Galo Salomón Herrera Estrella | 18 Jan 2007 |
Galicia | President of the Xunta | Emilio Pérez Touriño | 2 Aug 2005 |
Gorno-Badakshan | Chairman of the administration | Kodir Kosimov [29] | 25 Nov 2006 |
Gotland | Governor | Marianne Samuelsson | 2004 |
Grande Comore | President | Mohamed Abdoulwahab | 30 Jun 2007 |
Guadeloupe | Prefect | Emmanuel Berthier | 5 Nov 2007 |
President of the Regional Council | Victorin Lurel | 2 Apr 2004 | |
President of the General Council | Jacques Gillot | 23 Mar 2001 | |
Guangxi | Chairman of the government | Lu Bing [30] | 1 Apr 2003 |
Hainan | Governor | Wei Liucheng | 22 Oct 2003 |
Hatay | Governor | Abdülkadir Sarı | 2003 |
Hawaii | Governor | Linda Lingle | 2 Dec 2002 |
Hiiumaa | Governor | Hannes Maasel | 2004 |
Hokkaido | Governor | Harumi Takahashi | 23 Apr 2003 |
Ingushetia | President | Murat Zyazikov | 23 May 2002 |
Prime minister | Ibragim Malsagov | 30 Jun 2005 | |
Inner Mongolia | Chairman of the government | Yang Jing [31] | 3 Apr 2003 |
Indian Occupied Kashmir | Governor | S.K. Sinha | 4 Jun 2003 |
Prime minister | Ghulam Nabi Azad | 2 Nov 2005 | |
Jeju-do | Governor | Kim Tae-hwan | Jun 2004 |
Jewish Autonomous Oblast | Head of the administration | Nikolay Volkov | 14 Dec 1991 |
Kabardino-Balkariya | President | Arsen Kanokov | 28 Sep 2005 |
Prime minister | Andrey Yarin | 22 Jun 2006 | |
Kaliningrad | Head of the administration | Georgy Boos | 28 Sep 2005 |
Kalmykia | Head of the Republic | Kirsan Ilyumzhinov | 23 Apr 1993 |
Prime minister | Vladimir Sengleyev [32] | 5 Dec 2007 | |
Kamchatka Krai | Governor | Aleksey Kuzmitsky [33] | 2 Jul 2007 |
Karachayevo-Cherkessia | President | Mustafa Batdyev | 4 Sep 2003 |
Prime minister | Alik Kardanov [34] | 19 Jan 2005 | |
Karakalpakstan | Chairman of parliament | Musa Erniyazov | 3 May 2002 |
Prime minister | Bakhodir Yangiboyev | 3 Mar 2006 | |
Karelia | Head of the Republic | Sergey Katanandov [35] | 17 May 1998 |
Prime minister | Pavel Chernov | 1 Jan 2003 | |
Khakassia | President | Aleksey Lebed | 9 Jan 1997 |
Komi Republic | Head of the Republic | Vladimir Torlopov | 15 Jan 2002 |
Kurdistan (autonomous region) | President | Massoud Barzani [36] | 14 Jun 2005 |
Prime minister | Nechirvan Barzani [37] | Jun 2005 |
Autonomous regions and particular administrative divisions - M-Z
Division | Status | Name | Since |
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Madeira | Representative of the Republic | Monteiro Diniz [38] | 7 Oct 1997 |
President of the Government | Alberto João Jardim | 17 Mar 1978 | |
Mari El | President | Leonid Markelov | 14 Jan 2001 |
Martinique | Prefect | Ange Mancini | 2 Aug 2007 |
President of the Regional Council | Alfred Marie-Jeanne | 20 Mar 1998 | |
President of the General Council | Claude Lise | Apr 1992 | |
Melilla | President | Juan José Imbroda Ortiz | 19 Jul 2000 |
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao | President | Zaldy Ampatuan | 30 Sep 2005 |
Mohéli | President | Mohamed Ali Said | 1 Jul 2007 |
Mordovia | Head of the Republic | Nikolay Merkushkin [39] | 24 Jan 1995 |
Prime minister | Vladimir Volkov | Oct 1995 | |
Mustang | King | 'Jigs-med-rdo-rje-dgra-'dul | 1964 |
Nakhichevan | Chairman of the Parliament | Vasif Yusuf ogly Talybov | 2 Jul 1993 |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Alovsat Gazanfar ogly Bakhshiev | 2000 | |
Nenets Autonomous Okrug | Governor | Valery Potapenko [40] | 2 Jun 2006 |
Nevis | Deputy governor-general | Eustace John | 1992 |
Premier | Joseph Parry | 11 Jul 2006 | |
New York | Governor | David Paterson | 17 Mar 2008 |
Ningxia | Chairman of the government | Ma Qizhi [41] | Dec 1997 |
Nord-Kivu | Governor | Julien Paluku Kahongya | 24 Feb 2007 |
North Atlantic Autonomous Region |
Governor | Reynaldo Francis Watson | 4 May 2006 |
Northern Ireland | First minister | Ian Paisley | 8 May 2007 |
North Ossetia-Alania | Head of the Republic | Taimuraz Mamsurov | 7 Jun 2005 |
Prime minister | Nikolay Khlyntsov | 6 Sep 2006 | |
Nunavut | Commissionner | Ann Meekitjuk Hanson | 21 Apr 2005 |
Prime minister | Paul Okalik | 1 Apr 1999 | |
Okinawa | Governor | Hirokazu Nakaima | 10 Dec 2006 |
Pando | Governor | Leopoldo Fernández | 2006 |
Príncipe | President of the Regional Government | José Cassandra | 5 Oct 2006 |
Quebec | Lieutenant governor | Pierre Duchesne | 7 Jun 2007 |
Premier | Jean Charest | 29 Apr 2003 | |
Ras al-Khaimah | Ruler | Sheikh Saqr ibn Muhammad al-Qasimi | Feb 1948 |
Sheikh Saud ibn Saqr al-Qasimi (de facto ruler) | 14 Jun 2003 | ||
Republika Srpska | President | Rajko Kuzmanovic | 28 Dec 2007 |
Prime minister | Milorad Dodik [42] | 28 Feb 2006 | |
Réunion | Prefect | Pierre-Henry Maccioni | 28 Aug 2006 |
President of the Regional Council | Paul Vergès | 23 Mar 1998 | |
President of the General Council | Nassimah Dindar | 1 Apr 2004 | |
Rodrigues | Chief commissioner | Johnson Roussety | 4 Aug 2006 |
Chief executive | Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis | 24 Oct 2004 | |
Saaremaa | Governor | Toomas Kasemaa | 24 Jul 2006 |
Sabah | Governor | Ahmadshah Abdullah | 1 Jan 2003 |
Chief minister | Musa Aman | 27 Mar 2003 | |
Sakha | President | Vyacheslav Shtyrov | 27 Jan 2002 |
Prime minister | Yegor Borisov | 6 Feb 2003 | |
Sakhalin | Governor | Aleksandr Khoroshavin [43] | 7 Aug 2007 |
San Andrés y Providencia | Governor | Pedro Gallardo Forbes | 1 Jan 2008 |
Santa Cruz | Governor | Rubén Costas Aguilera | 2006 |
Sarawak | Governor | Abang Muhammad Salahuddin | 4 Dec 2000 |
Chief minister | Abdul Taib Mahmud | 26 Mar 1981 | |
Sardinia | President | Renato Soru | 26 Jun 2004 |
Scotland | First minister | Alex Salmond | 17 May 2007 |
Sharjah | Ruler | Sheikh Sultan ibn Muhammad al-Qasimi [44] | 23 Jun 1987 |
Sicily | President | Salvatore Cuffaro | 11 Jul 2001 |
Sikkim | Governor | Sudarshan Agarwal | 25 Oct 2007 |
Prime minister | Pawan Chamling | 12 Dec 1994 | |
South Atlantic Autonomous Region | Governor | Paulo Santos Avendaño Zapata | 4 May 2006 |
Southern Sudan | President of the Government | Salva Kiir | 11 Aug 2005 |
Tarija | Governor | Mario Cossío | 2006 |
Tasmania | Governor | William Cox [45] | 15 Dec 2004 |
Premier | Paul Lennon [46] | 23 Feb 2004 | |
Tatarstan | President | Mintimer Shaimiyev [47] | 11 Apr 1990 |
Prime minister | Rustam Minnikhanov | 10 Jul 1998 | |
Texas | Governor | Rick Perry | 21 Dec 2000 |
Tibet Autonomous Region | Chairman of the government | Jampa Phuntsok | 16 May 2003 |
Tierra del Fuego | Governor | Fabiana Ríos | 17 Dec 2007 |
Tobago | Chief secretary of the House of Assembly | Orville London | 1 Feb 2001 |
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | President | Lorenzo Dellai | 23 May 2006 |
Tuva | Chairman of the government | Sholban Kara-ool | 6 Apr 2007 |
Udmurtia | President | Aleksandr Volkov [48] | 19 Apr 1995 |
Prime minister | Yury Pitkevich [49] | Oct 2000 | |
Umm al-Quwain | Ruler | Sheikh Rashid ibn Ahmad Al Mu`alla | 21 feb 1981 |
Vojvodina | President of the Assembly | Bojan Kostres | 30 Oct 2004 |
Chairman of the Executive Council | Bojan Pajtic | 30 Oct 2004 | |
Wales | First minister | Rhodri Morgan [50] | 9 feb 2000 |
Wallonia | Minister-president | Rudy Demotte | 20 Jul 2007 |
Xinjiang | Governor | Ismail Tiliwaldi | Jan 2003 |
Yogyakarta | Governor | Hamengku Buwono X | 7 Mar 1989 |
Zanzibar | President | Ali Mohamed Shein | 3 November 2010 |
Uncertain status autonomous regions
Region | Status | Name | Since |
---|---|---|---|
Azad Kashmir | President | Raja Zulqarnain Khan | 25 Aug 2006 |
Prime minister | Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan | 24 Jul 2006 | |
Galmudug | President | Mohamed Warsame Ali "Kiimiko" | 14 Aug 2006 |
Maakhir | President | Jibrell Ali Salad | 1 Jul 2007 |
Puntland | President | Abdirahman Mohamed Farole | 8 Jan 2009 |
Autonomous subdivisions, etc.
Subdivision | Status | Name | Since |
---|---|---|---|
Alderney | President of the States of Alderney | Sir Norman Browse | 19 Jan 2002 |
Alo | Ruler | Soane Patita Maituku | 21 Nov 2002 |
Prime minister | Lukano Mataele | 2006 ? | |
Ascension | Administrator | Michael Hill | Sep 2005 |
Bolzano-Bozen autonomous province | President | Luis Durnwalder | 17 Mar 1989 |
Bonaire | Administrator | Herbert Filomeno Domacassé | 2 Dec 2003 |
Bornhom | Mayor | Bjarne Kristiansen | 1 Jan 2006 |
Brechou | Tenant | Sir David Barclay | 1993 |
Curaçao | Administrator | Lizanne Richards-Dindial | 2000 |
Herm | Tenants | Adrian Heyworth | 1998 |
Pennie Heyworth | 1998 | ||
Jethou | Seigneur | Sir Peter Ogden | 1994 |
Saba | Administrator | Sydney A.E. Sorton [51] | 1 Apr 2006 |
Sark | Seigneur | Sir Michael Beaumont | 14 Jul 1974 |
Sigave | Ruler | Visesio Moeliku | 10 Mar 2004 |
Prime minister | Lusiano Soko | 2006 ? | |
Sint Eustatius | Administrator | Hyden C.I. Gittens | 1 Jan 2004 |
Sint Maarten | Administrator | Franklyn E. Richards | 22 Sep 2000 |
Leader of the Government | Sarah Wescott-Williams | 1 Jul 1999 | |
Trento autonomous province | President | Lorenzo Dellai | 24 Feb 1999 |
Tristan da Cunha | Chief islander | Conrad Glass | Mar 2007 |
Administrator | David Morley | 30 sep 2007 | |
`Uvea (Wallis) | Ruler | (vacant) | 7 May 2007 |
Prime minister | Kapeliele Faupala | 2 Mar 2004 | |
Clovis Logologofolau [52] | 15 Jun 2005 | ||
Val d'Aran | Syndic | Francesc Xavier Boya i Alós | 18 Jun 2007 |
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Notes
- ↑ Previously prime minister from 9 Feb 1989 to 29 Jul 1994
- ↑ Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
- ↑ Previously from 21 Nov 2000 to 8 Nov 2001.
- ↑ Previously from 15 Sep 2015 to 16 Sep 2019.
- ↑ Previously from 14 Jun to 23 Oct 2004 and from 3 Mar 2005 to 26 Dec 2006.
- ↑ Previously acting chief executive from 12 Mar to 1 Jun 2005.
- ↑ Since 1 Jan 1995, Jan Mayen is administered by the governor of Nordland county.
- ↑ The British high commissioner to New Zealand.
- ↑ Previously Deputy Mayor from 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2013.
- ↑ Previously from 2 Aug to 7 Aug 2019.
- ↑ Delegated to the prefect of Guadeloupe, who from 9 Jul 2007 is also state representative in Saint-Barthélemy.
- ↑ Mayor from Jun 1995 to 15 Jul 2007.
- ↑ Delegated to the prefect of Guadeloupe, who from 9 Jul 2007 is also state representative in Saint-Martin.
- ↑ Since 3 Oct 1985, the governor of the Falkland Islands.
- ↑ Previously from 1992 to Feb 1993, from Feb 1995 to Feb 1996, from Feb 1998 to Feb 1999, and from Feb 2001 to Feb 2002.
- ↑ Chief minister to 9 Aug 2006.
- ↑ Acting to 17 Jan 2007.
- ↑ Previously Chairman of the Interim Council from 7 May 2004 to 20 Jul 2004.
- ↑ Previously from 14 Apr 2002 to 26 Apr 2007.
- ↑ "Interim" to 22 Oct 1991.
- ↑ Previously from 27 Jul 1999 to 27 Jun 2003.
- ↑ Previously from 2001 to 2005.
- ↑ Chairman Supreme Council to Dec 1993.
- ↑ Previously from 12 Jul 1989 to 15 Jul 1999
- ↑ Acting to 5 Apr 2007.
- ↑ Acting to 27 Apr 2004.
- ↑ Previously from 13 Feb 1997 to 14 May 1998.
- ↑ Previously from 22 Mar 2007 to 23 Mar 2007.
- ↑ Acting to 12 Feb 2007.
- ↑ Acting to Jan 2004.
- ↑ Acting to 14 Jan 2004.
- ↑ Acting to 12 Dec 2007.
- ↑ Acting governor of Kamchatka Oblast from 23 May to 30 Jun 2007.
- ↑ Acting to 28 Jan 2005. Previously from 27 Oct 2000 to 6 Sep 2003.
- ↑ Chairman of the government to 12 May 2002.
- ↑ Previously de facto ruler of the Government of the Kurdish Democratic Party (31 Aug 1996 - Jun 2005).
- ↑ Previously prime minister of the Government of the Kurdish Democratic Party (20 Dec 1999 - Jun 2005).
- ↑ Minister of the Republic to 30 Mar 2006.
- ↑ Chairman State Council to 22 Sep 1995.
- ↑ Acting to 7 Aug 2006.
- ↑ Acting to May 1998.
- ↑ Previously from 31 Jan 1998 to 16 Jan 2001.
- ↑ Acting to 11 Aug 2007.
- ↑ Previously from 1972 to 17 Jun 1987.
- ↑ Previously from acting governor from 9 Aug to 3 Dec 2004.
- ↑ Acting to 21 Mar 2004.
- ↑ Chairman Supreme Council to Jun 1991.
- ↑ Chairman State Council to 3 Nov 2000.
- ↑ Acting to 28 Nov 2000.
- ↑ Acting to 15 Feb 2000.
- ↑ Previously from Nov 1989 to 19 Nov 1998.
- ↑ In opposition, recognized by the administrator-superior from late Jul to 26 Sep 2005; continues in exile in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from late Sep 2005.