Vicegerent
Representative and second-in-command to a head of state / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Vice-regent.
Vicegerent is the official administrative deputy of a ruler or head of state: vice (Latin for "in place of") and gerere (Latin for "to carry on, conduct").[1]
In Oxford colleges, a vicegerent is often someone appointed by the Master of a college to assume their powers and responsibilities during a period of absence.