governor-general
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|Mary Simon, [[David Hurley and Dame Cindy Kiro, the governors-general of Canada, Australia and New Zealand respectively, in 2022]] Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an official, most prominently associated with the British Empire and the Commonwealth. In the context of the governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general continue to be appointed as viceroy to represent the monarch of a personal union in any sovereign state over which the monarch does not normally reign in person (non-UK
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A governor-general is an official who represents the monarch in Commonwealth countries that have the same king or queen as Britain but govern themselves independently. These appointments exist primarily in former British colonies where the monarch doesn't directly rule in person.
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- Current uses
- British Empire and the Commonwealth
- British Empire
- Commonwealth realms
- Appointment
- Temporary replacement
- List of countries with a governor-general
- Current
- Former
- Other colonial and similar usage
- Belgium
- France
- Italy
- Japan
- Netherlands
- Philippines
- Spain
- United States
- Portugal
- Brazil
- Other Western usage
- Greece
- Sweden
- Others
- Asian counterparts
- See also
- Notes and references
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|right|300px|Mary Simon, [[David Hurley and Dame Cindy Kiro, the governors-general of Canada, Australia and New Zealand respectively, in 2022]] Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an official, most prominently associated with the British Empire and the Commonwealth. In the context of the governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general continue to be appointed as viceroy to represent the monarch of a personal union in any sovereign state over which the monarch does not normally reign in person (non-UK Commonwealth realm). In the British Empire, governors-general were appointed on the advice of the government of the United Kingdom and were often British aristocracy, but in the mid-twentieth century they began to be appointed on the advice of the independent government of each realm and were citizens of each independent state.
Governors-general have also previously been appointed in respect of major colonial states or other territories held by either a monarchy or republic, such as Japan, Korea, Taiwan and France in Indochina.