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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.[1] This latter condition distinguishes a dependent territory from an autonomous region or administrative division, which forms an integral part of the 'parent' state.
This article needs to be updated. (December 2022) |
The majority of the world's dependent territories are legacies of nineteenth and twentieth century colonial empires.[2] 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.
State | Government | Head of state | Represented by | Head of government |
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Anguilla | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Julia Crouch | Premier Ellis Webster |
Bermuda | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Rena Lalgie | Premier Edward David Burt |
British Virgin Islands | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Daniel Pruce | Premier Natalio Wheatley |
Cayman Islands | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Jane Owen | Premier Julianna O'Connor-Connolly |
Christmas Island | Non-self-governing dependency | King Charles III of Australia | Administrator Farzian Zainal | Shire President Gordon Thomson |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Non-self-governing dependency | King Charles III of Australia | Administrator Farzian Zainal | Shire President Aindil Minkom |
Cook Islands | Parliamentary democracy in free-association with New Zealand |
King Charles III of New Zealand | King's Representative (not otherwise styled) Sir Tom Marsters | Prime Minister Mark Brown |
Falkland Islands | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Alison Blake | Chief Executive Andy Keeling |
Gibraltar | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Sir Ben Bathurst | Chief Minister Fabian Picardo |
Guernsey | Crown dependency | King Charles III of the United Kingdom (as Duke of Normandy) | Lieutenant-Governor Richard Cripwell | Bailiff Sir Richard McMahon President Lyndon Trott |
Isle of Man | Crown dependency | King Charles III of the United Kingdom (as Lord of Mann) | Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Lorimer | Chief Minister Alfred Cannan |
Jersey | Crown dependency | King Charles III of the United Kingdom (as Duke of Normandy) | Lieutenant-Governor Jerry Kyd | Bailiff Sir Timothy Le Cocq Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham |
Montserrat | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Sarah Tucker | Premier Reuben Meade |
Niue | Parliamentary democracy in free-association with New Zealand |
King Charles III of New Zealand | High Commissioner Fisa Igilisi Pihigia | Premier Dalton Tagelagi |
Norfolk Island | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of Australia | Administrator George Plant | Self-government abolished in 2015 |
Pitcairn Islands | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Iona Thomas | Mayor Simon Young |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Non-self-governing dependency | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Nigel Phillips | Chief Minister Julie Thomas |
Tokelau | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of New Zealand | Administrator Don Higgins | Head of Government Alapti Tavite |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Parliamentary democracy | King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Governor Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam | Premier Washington Misick |
State | Government | Head of state | Head of territory | Head of government |
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Åland | Gubernatorial democracy | President Sauli Niinistö of Finland, represented by Governor Peter Lindbäck | Premier Katrin Sjögren | |
American Samoa | Gubernatorial democracy | President Joe Biden of the United States | Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga | |
Aruba | Parliamentary democracy | King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, represented by Governor Alfonso Boekhoudt | Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes | |
Curaçao | Parliamentary democracy | King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, represented by Governor Lucille George-Wout | Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas | |
Faroe Islands | Parliamentary democracy | King Frederik X of Denmark, represented by High Commissioner Lene Moyell Johansen | Prime Minister Mette Frederiksn | |
French Polynesia | Presidential democracy | President Emmanuel Macron of France, represented by High Commissioner Éric Spitz | President Moeai Brotherson | |
Greenland | Parliamentary democracy | King Frederik X of Denmark, represented by High Commissioner Julie Præst Wilche | Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede | |
Guam | Gubernatorial democracy | President Joe Biden of the United States | Governor Lou Leon Guerrero | |
New Caledonia | Parliamentary democracy | President Emmanuel Macron of France, represented by High Commissioner Louis Le Franc | President of the Government Louis Mapou | |
Northern Mariana Islands | Gubernatorial democracy | President Joe Biden of the United States | Governor Arnold Palacios | |
Puerto Rico | Gubernatorial democracy | President Joe Biden of the United States | Governor Pedro Pierluisi | |
Sint Maarten | Parliamentary democracy | King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, represented by Governor Ajamu Baly | Prime Minister Luc Mecelina | |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Gubernatorial democracy | President Joe Biden of the United States | Governor Albert Bryan | |
Wallis and Futuna | Presidential democracy | President Emmanuel Macron of France, represented by Administrator-Superior Blaise Gourtay | President of the Territorial Assembly Munipoese Muliʻakaʻaka |
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