title: Lists of governors
text: # Lists of governors
  
  This is list of lists of office holders known as governor.
  
      Note: Years denote times when the office was called governor, not governor-general, etc.
  
  ## Africa
  
  ### Egypt
  
  * List of governors of Islamic Egypt (640–1517)
  * List of Ottoman governors of Egypt (1517–1805)
  
  ### Italian East Africa
  
  * List of Italian Governors of Amhara (1936–1941)
  * List of colonial governors of Eritrea (1896–1941)
  * List of Italian Governors of Scioa (1939–1941)
  * List of Italian Governors of Galla-Sidamo, (1936–1941)
  * List of Italian Governors of Harar, (1936–1941)
  * List of colonial governors of Italian Somaliland (1889–1941)
  
  ### Kenya
  
  * List of county governors of Kenya (current)
  * List of colonial governors and administrators of Kenya (1905–1963, United Kingdom)
  
  ### Nigeria
  
  * Lists of Nigerian state governors
  * List of governors and governors-general of Nigeria (1914–1963, United Kingdom)
  
  ### South Sudan
  
  * List of current state governors in South Sudan
  
  ### Sudan
  
  * List of current state governors in Sudan
  * List of governors of pre-independence Sudan (1893–1899, United Kingdom), mostly Governor-Generals and other titles
  
  ### Zimbabwe
  
  * List of provincial governors of Zimbabwe (current)
  
  ### Other
  
  * List of Ottoman governors of Algiers
  * List of colonial governors of Angola (1589–1834, Portugal)
  * List of colonial governors of Cameroon (France)
  * List of colonial governors of Chad (France)
  * List of colonial governors of the Comoros (France)
  * List of colonial governors of Dahomey (France)
  * List of colonial governors of the Danish Gold Coast (1668–1850)
  * List of colonial governors of Eritrea (various; 1896–1941, Italy)
  * List of governors of French Somaliland
  * List of colonial governors of Gabon (France)
  * List of governors of the Gold Coast (1621–1960, England/United Kingdom)
  * List of colonial governors of Italian Cyrenaica (1912–1935, Italy)
  * List of colonial governors of Italian Tripolitania (1911–1933, Italy)
  * List of colonial governors of Ivory Coast (France)
  * Agents and governors of Liberia (two governors of the American Colonization Society between 1839 and 1848)
  * List of colonial governors of Mali (France)
  * List of colonial governors of Mozambique (1609–1836, Portugal)
  * List of colonial governors of Nyasaland (1907–1964, United Kingdom)
  * List of governors of Oran (Spain, Ottoman Empire)
  * List of governors of Portuguese Guinea (1879–1974, Portugal)
  * List of colonial and departmental heads of Réunion (France)
  * List of colonial governors of Senegal (France, United Kingdom)
  * List of colonial governors and administrators of Seychelles (France, United Kingdom)
  * List of colonial governors of Sierra Leone (1792–1827, 1837–1961, United Kingdom)
  * List of colonial governors of Spanish Guinea (1778–1781, 1859–1961, 1964, Spain)
  * List of colonial governors of South West Africa (1898–1915, Germany)
  * List of governors of Tanganyika (Germany, United Kingdom)
  * List of governors of Tangier (1471–1662, Portugal) (1662–1684, England)
  * List of colonial governors of Togo (German Empire, United Kingdom)
  * List of colonial governors of Ubangi-Shari (France), now the Central African Republic
  * List of governors of Uganda (1910–1962, United Kingdom)
  
  ## Ancient Rome
  
  * Lists of Ancient Roman governors
  
  ## Asia
  
  ### Afghanistan
  
  * Lists of Afghan provincial governors
  
  ### India
  
  * Lists of Indian governors, both before and after independence
  
  ### Indonesia
  
  * Lists of Indonesian provincial governors
  
  ### Japan
  
  * Lists of governors of prefectures of Japan
  
  ### Malaysia
  
  * List of governors of Penang, before and after independence
  
  ### Pakistan
  
  * Lists of Pakistani provincial governors
  * List of caliphal governors of Sind (711–after 871)
  
  ### Philippines
  
  * List of current Philippine provincial governors
  * Governor of Bulacan
  * List of governors of Cebu
  
  ### South Korea
  
  * List of provincial-level governors in South Korea (current)
  
  ### Sri Lanka
  
  * Lists of Sri Lankan provincial governors
  
  ### Thailand
  
  * List of governors of Lop Buri
  * List of governors of Surat Thani
  
  ### Other
  
  * List of colonial governors of Burma
  * List of governors of Dutch Ceylon (1640–1796)
  * Governor of Hong Kong (1843–1997, England/United Kingdom)
  * Governors of Azerbaijan (Iran)
  * List of Umayyad governors of Iraq
  * Governor of Labuan (1848–1890, United Kingdom)
     * Governor of North Borneo (1890–1906, North Borneo Company)
     * List of governors of the Straits Settlements (1906–1942, British East India Company) (1867–1946, United Kingdom)
  * Governor of Northern Rhodesia (1924–1964)
  * Governor of Macau (1623–1999, Portugal)
  * List of caliphal governors of Medina
  * Crown Colony of Sarawak (1946–1963, United Kingdom)
  * List of Governors of Singapore (British East India Company, United Kingdom)
  * List of Abbasid governors of Tarsus
  * List of governors of Alanya, Turkey
  
  ## Europe
  
  ### Austria
  
  * Lists of Austrian state governors
  
  ### Norway
  
  * Lists of county governors of Norway
  
  ### Sweden
  
  * Lists of Swedish county governors
  
  ### Other
  
  * List of Umayyad governors of al-Andalus
  * List of Ottoman governors of Bosnia
  * Governor of Brittany
  * List of Governors of Carlisle, England
  * List of governors and heads of state of Fiume (Kingdom of Hungary and Austro-Hungarian Empire)
  * List of Governors of Guernsey (12th century–1835, England/United Kingdom)
  * List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands (1501–1794)
  * Governor of the Isle of Man (1595–1828, England/United Kingdom)
  * Governor of Limburg (Belgium)
  * List of Governors of Luxembourg (while ruled by various powers from the 15th to 19th centuries)
  * List of Governors of Malta (1801–1964, United Kingdom)
  * List of governors of the Duchy of Milan
  * List of governors of Siena
  * List of governors of the Province of Trieste (1918–1954, various)
  
  ## Mauritius
  
  * Governor of British Mauritius (1810–1968, United Kingdom)
  * Governor of Dutch Mauritius (1598–1710, Dutch East India Company)
  * Governor of Isle de France (Mauritius) (1721-1810, France)
  
  ## North and Central America
  
  ### Canada
  
  * List of governors of the Hudson's Bay Company
  * Governor of Montreal, now in Canada (1642–1760, France) (1760–1764, United Kingdom)
  * List of governors of Trois-Rivières, now in Canada (1634–1760, France) (1760–1764, United Kingdom)
  * List of Governors of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, now in Canada (1849–1871, United Kingdom)
  
  ### Caribbean
  
  * List of colonial governors and administrators of Anguilla (1982–present, United Kingdom)
  * List of governors of the Bahamas (1648–1973, United Kingdom)
  * Governor of the Cayman Islands (1971–present, United Kingdom)
  * List of colonial governors of Cuba (1511–1899, Spain, except for 1762–1763, when Cuba was captured by the British) (1899–1909, United States, except for part of 1902, when Cuba became independent)
  * List of Governors of the Danish West Indies (various, 1665–1862?)
  * List of colonial governors and administrators of Grenada (1649–1762, France) (1762–1802, 1967–1974, United Kingdom)
  * List of colonial and departmental heads of Guadeloupe (various)
  * List of governors of Jamaica (Spain, England/United Kingdom)
  * List of Governors of the Leeward Islands (1671–1958, England/United Kingdom)
  * List of colonial and departmental heads of Martinique (various)
  * List of colonial governors of Saint-Domingue, now Haiti (France)
  * Governors of Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten (1639–1854, Netherlands)
  * List of governors of Trinidad (1506–1797, Spain) (1797–1889, United Kingdom)
  * List of Governors of Trinidad and Tobago (1889–1962, United Kingdom)
  * Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (1973–present, United Kingdom)
  * List of governors of the Windward Islands (United Kingdom)
  
  ### Mexico
  
  * Lists of Mexican state governors
  
  ### United States
  
  * Lists of United States governors
  * Lists of governors of colonial America
  * List of Texas Governors and Presidents
  
  ### Other
  
  * List of colonial governors and administrators of British Honduras
  * List of governors of Greenland (1728–1979, Denmark)
  
  ## Oceania
  
  ### Australia
  
  * Lists of Australian state governors
  
  ### Kingdom of Hawaii
  
  * Governors of Hawaii (island)
  * Governors of Kauai
  * Governors of Maui
  * Governors of Oahu
  
  ### Other
  
  * Governor of Fiji (United Kingdom)
  * List of colonial and departmental heads of French Polynesia
  * List of colonial and departmental heads of New Caledonia (France)
  * List of current state governors in Palau
  * List of colonial governors of Samoa (1900–1914, Germany)
  * List of Resident Commissioners and Governors of the Solomon Islands (1953–1978, United Kingdom)
  
  ## South America
  
  ### Argentina
  
  * Lists of Argentine provincial governors
  
  ### Brazil
  
  * Lists of Brazilian state governors
  
  ### Colombia
  
  * Lists of Colombian department governors
  
  ### Other
  
  * List of governors of British Guiana (1831–1966, United Kingdom)
  * Royal Governor of Chile (1540–1788, Spain)
  * List of Governors of the Falkland Islands (1848–1982, 1985–present, United Kingdom)
  * List of colonial and departmental heads of French Guiana
  * Royal Governor of Panama (1508–1818, Spain)
  * List of colonial governors of Suriname (1650–1975, back and forth between England/United Kingdom and the Netherlands)
  
  ## By century
  
  * List of governors of dependent territories in the 15th century
  * List of governors of dependent territories in the 16th century
  * List of governors of dependent territories in the 17th century
  * List of governors of dependent territories in the 18th century
  * List of governors of dependent territories in the 19th century
  * List of governors of dependent territories in the 20th century
  * List of governors of dependent territories in the 21st century
  
  ## Banking institutions
  
  * List of governors of the Bangladesh Bank
  * Governor of the Bank of Canada
  * List of governors of the Banque Centrale du Congo
  * Governor of the Bank of England
  * Governor of the Bank of France
  * List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India
  * Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya
  * Governor of Central Bank of Malaysia
  * List of Governors of the State Bank of Pakistan
  * Governor of the National Bank of Romania
  * List of governors of national banks of Serbia and Yugoslavia
  * List of Governors of the Central Bank of Turkey
  * Federal Reserve Board of Governors of the United States
  
  ## Other
  
  * Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor, an office of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom
  