Lieutenant governor
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Lieutenant Governor
)A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or
Canadian provinces and in the Dutch Caribbean,[1] the lieutenant governor is the representative of the monarch
in that jurisdiction, and thus outranks the head of government, but for practical purposes has virtually no power.
In India, lieutenant governors are in charge of special administrative divisions in that country.[2]
In the United States,
state senate.[3]
In Argentina, lieutenant governors are called "vice governors" and are modeled after the U.S. lieutenant governors, since as their U.S. counterpart the vice governors are the second-in-command to a
Lieutenant governors in the former British Empire
- Australia – Lieutenant-Governor (Australia)
- Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales
- Lieutenant-Governor of Queensland
- Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria
- Canada – Lieutenant Governor (Canada)
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
- British Crown Dependencies and other possessions
- Guernsey – Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
- Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
- Jersey – Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
- Hong Kong (historical) – Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong (1843–1902)
- Indonesia (historical) – Lieutenant-Governor of Java (1811–1814)[6][7]
- governors and lieutenant-governors of states of India
- List of current Indian lieutenant governors
- List of lieutenant-governors of the North-Western Provinces
- List of lieutenant-governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
- List of lieutenant-governors of the North-Western Provinces and chief commissioners of Oudh
- New Leinster, each with their own Lieutenant Governors.
- Nigeria - known as Deputy Governor
- U.S. states – Lieutenant governor (United States)
Lieutenant governors in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Lieutenant governors (
– where their function is similar to a mayor in the European Netherlands.See also
- Acting governor
- Administrator of the government
- Deputy governor
- Governor-general
- Governor-in-chief
- Lieutenant Governor's Court
- Regent
- Vice president
References
- ^ "Mevrouw Evelina Anthony benoemd tot waarnemend gezaghebber Bonaire" [Ms Evelina Anthony appointed acting Lieutenant of Bonaire]. Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland. Kralendijk, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands: Government Service of the Caribbean Netherlands. 30 November 2015. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017.
- ^ "lieutenant governor". dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- S2CID 147306012.
- ^ "El Poder Ejecutivo en las Provincias - Derecho Electoral Argentino" (PDF). joseperezcorti.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "CONSTITUCIÓN DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES" (PDF). congreso.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781–1826) – The History of Java; volume 1". www.royalcollection.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ "Sir Stamford Raffles | British colonial agent". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Governor". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
