List of colonial governors in 2005
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Australia
- Ashmore and Cartier IslandsAshmore and Cartier IslandsThe Territory of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands is an external territory of Australia consisting of two groups of small low-lying uninhabited tropical islands in the Indian Ocean situated on the edge of the continental shelf north-west of Australia and south of the Indonesian island of...
(territory)- Administered by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services
- Christmas IslandChristmas IslandThe Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and ENE of the Cocos Islands....
(territory)- Administrator - Evan WilliamsEvan Williams (politician)Evan Williams was the Australian Administrator of Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands from 1 November 2003 until 31 October 2005. The previous Administrator was Bill Taylor from 1999-2003.-External links:*...
, Administrator of Christmas Island (2003-2005)
- Administrator - Evan Williams
- Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCocos (Keeling) IslandsThe Territory of the Cocos Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Christmas Island and approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka....
(territory)- Administrator - Evan WilliamsEvan Williams (politician)Evan Williams was the Australian Administrator of Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands from 1 November 2003 until 31 October 2005. The previous Administrator was Bill Taylor from 1999-2003.-External links:*...
, Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2003-2005)
- Administrator - Evan Williams
- Coral Sea IslandsCoral Sea IslandsThe Coral Sea Islands Territory includes a group of small and mostly uninhabited tropical islands and reefs in the Coral Sea, northeast of Queensland, Australia. The only inhabited island is Willis Island...
(territory)- Administered from Canberra by the Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories
- Heard Island and McDonald IslandsHeard Island and McDonald IslandsThe Heard Island and McDonald Islands are an Australian external territory and volcanic group of barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. The group's overall size is in area and it has of coastline...
(territory)- Administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage
- Norfolk IslandNorfolk IslandNorfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, but it enjoys a large degree of self-governance...
(territory)- Administrator - Grant TamblingGrant TamblingGrant Ernest John Tambling, AM is an Australian politician and former Administrator of Norfolk Island.Tambling was born and raised in Darwin in the Northern Territory, and studied both there and in Adelaide...
, Administrator of Norfolk Island (2003-2007) - Chief Minister - Geoffrey Robert GardnerGeoffrey Robert GardnerGeoffrey Robert Gardner is a political figure from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.-Chief Minister of Norfolk Island:Gardner was the chief minister of Norfolk Island from 5 December 2001 to 2 June 2006...
, Chief Minister of Norfolk Island (2001-2006)
- Administrator - Grant Tambling
British Crown
- GuernseyGuernseyGuernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...
- Monarch - Elizabeth IIElizabeth II of the United KingdomElizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
, Duke of NormandyDuke of NormandyThe Duke of Normandy is the title of the reigning monarch of the British Crown Dependancies of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey. The title traces its roots to the Duchy of Normandy . Whether the reigning sovereign is a male or female, they are always titled as the "Duke of...
(1952–present) - Lieutenant-Governor -
- Sir John FoleyJohn Paul FoleyLieutenant General Sir John Paul Foley KCB, OBE, MC, DL is a retired British general with a long career in military intelligence. He is the great-grandson of Henry Hodgetts-Foley.-Military career:...
, Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey (2000-2005) - Sir Fabian MalbonFabian MalbonVice Admiral Sir Fabian Malbon KBE was the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 2005 to 2011.-Naval career:Educated at Brighton Hove and Sussex Grammar School, Malbon joined the Royal Navy in 1965. He went on to command the frigates HMS Torquay and HMS Brave. He was made Commander of the 9th...
, Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey (2005-present)
- Sir John Foley
- Bailiff -
- Sir de Vic Carey, Bailiff of Guernsey (1999-2005)
- Geoffrey RowlandGeoffrey RowlandSir Geoffrey Robert Rowland, QC, is the current Bailiff of Guernsey .-Life:Rowland was called to the English Bar at Gray's Inn in 1970 and admitted as an Advocate of the Royal Court, Guernsey, in 1971. He was in practice as an Advocate of the Royal Court in the firm of Collas, Day & Rowland 1971 -...
, Bailiff of Guernsey (2005–present)
- Chief minister - Laurie MorganLaurie MorganLaurie Morgan From , is a Deputy of the States of Guernsey. He was Guernsey's first Chief Minister and was elected to the post in May 2004. His term of office was due to expire in 2008, when the next General Election is due...
, Chief Minister of GuernseyChief Minister of GuernseyThe Chief Minister of Guernsey chairs the Policy Council, which consists of the heads of each of the ten government departments of the States of Guernsey. Guernsey operates a system of consensus, committees-based government...
(2004–2007)
- Monarch - Elizabeth II
- Isle of ManIsle of ManThe Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...
- Monarch - Elizabeth IIElizabeth II of the United KingdomElizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
, Lord of MannLord of MannThe title Lord of Mann is used on the Isle of Man to refer to Queen Elizabeth II, who is the island's Lord Proprietor and head of state.-Relationship with the Crown:The title is not correctly used on its own...
(1952–present) - Lieutenant-Governor -
- Ian MacfadyenIan MacfadyenAir Marshal Ian David Macfadyen, CB, OBE, RAF , is a British retired Air Marshal who was the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man until 14 October 2005...
, Lieutenant-Governor of Man (2000-2005) - Michael Kerruish, Acting Lieutenant-Governor of Man (2005)
- Sir Paul HaddacksPaul HaddacksVice Admiral Sir Paul Kenneth Haddacks KCB is a retired Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy who served as Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 2005 to 2011.-Early life and career:...
, Lieutenant-Governor of Man (2005–present)
- Ian Macfadyen
- Chief minister - Donald GellingDonald GellingDonald James Gelling CBE CP, CInstSMM is a Manx former politician, who is a former Chief Minister of the Isle of Man who served two terms as Head of the Government.-Early life and career:...
, Chief Minister of Man (2004–2006)
- Monarch - Elizabeth II
- JerseyJerseyJersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
- Monarch - Elizabeth IIElizabeth II of the United KingdomElizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
, Duke of NormandyDuke of NormandyThe Duke of Normandy is the title of the reigning monarch of the British Crown Dependancies of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey. The title traces its roots to the Duchy of Normandy . Whether the reigning sovereign is a male or female, they are always titled as the "Duke of...
(1952–present) - Lieutenant-Governor - SirJohn CheshireAir Chief Marshal Sir John Anthony Cheshire KBE CB KStJ is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander.-RAF career:Born the son of Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Cheshire and educated at Ipswich School and Worksop College, Cheshire joined the Royal Air Force as a cadet at the RAF College Cranwell in...
, Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey (2001–2006) - Bailiff - Philip BailhachePhilip BailhacheSir Philip Martin Bailhache KBE is a Jersey politician and lawyer. He was elected as a Senator in the States of Jersey in October 2011. He previously held elected office as Deputy of Grouville 1972-1975...
, Bailiff of Jersey (1995–2009) - Chief Minister - Frank WalkerFrank Walker (Jersey politician)Frank Harrison Walker OBE was the first Chief Minister of Jersey, 2005-2008.-Career outside politics:In 1973 Walker became managing director of the Jersey Evening Post . He later took over chairmanship of the Guiton Group, owners of both the Jersey Evening Post and Guernsey Evening Press...
, Chief Minister of JerseyChief Minister of JerseyThe Chief Minister of Jersey is the head of government of Jersey. The head of government is not directly elected by the people but rather by the legislature ....
(2005–2008)
- Monarch - Elizabeth II
Denmark
- Faroe IslandsFaroe IslandsThe Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
(autonomous territory)- High Commissioner -
- Birgit Kleis, High Commissioner of the Faroe Islands (2001-2005)
- Søren ChristensenSøren ChristensenSøren Christensen is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side FC Nordsjælland.-External links:*** at Danmarks Radio...
, High Commissioner of the Faroe Islands (2005-2008)
- Prime Minister - Jóannes EidesgaardJóannes EidesgaardJóannes Dan Eidesgaard is the Finance Minister of the Faroe Islands. He has held the position since 26 September 2008. He previously served as Prime Minister of the Faeroe Islands from 3 February 2004, shortly after the general election of 20 January 2004, until 26 September 2008, when a new...
, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (2004-2008)
- High Commissioner -
- GreenlandGreenlandGreenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
(autonomous territory)- High Commissioner -
- Peter LauritzenPeter LauritzenPeter Lauritzen is a Danish civil servant.He was the fourth High Commissioner of Greenland, and held the post from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2005....
, High Commissioner of Greenland (2002-2005) - Søren Hald MøllerSøren Hald MøllerSøren Hald Møller was the Danish High Commissioner in Greenland.- Career :* 1985 – 1986 Teaching at the gymnasium and HF course in Frederikshavn and Aars* 1986 – 1987 Head of the Public Procurement Board...
, High Commissioner of Greenland (2005-present)
- Peter Lauritzen
- Prime Minister - Hans EnoksenHans EnoksenHans Enoksen is a Greenlandic politician who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Greenland from 2002 to 2009.A Greenlandic monoglot, he has been a member of the Parliament of Greenland since 1995...
, Prime Minister of Greenland (2002-2009)
- High Commissioner -
France
- Bassas da IndiaBassas da IndiaBassas da India is part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. It is an uninhabited, roughly circular atoll about in diameter, which corresponds to a total size of . It is located in the southern Mozambique Channel, about half-way between Madagascar and Mozambique, and northwest of...
(uninhabited territory)- Administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Réunion
- Clipperton IslandClipperton IslandClipperton Island is an uninhabited nine-square-kilometre coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean, southwest of Mexico and west of Central America, at...
(uninhabited territory)- Administered from French Polynesia by the high commissioner of the Republic
- Europa IslandEuropa IslandEuropa Island is a 28 km² low-lying tropical island in the Mozambique Channel, about a third of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique, at . It has 22.2 kilometres of coastline, but no ports or harbours. Anchorage is possible offshore...
(uninhabited territory)- Administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Réunion
- French GuianaFrench GuianaFrench Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west...
(Guyane) (overseas and region)- Prefect - Ange ManciniAnge ManciniAnge Mancini is the French intelligence national coordinator.-Biography:His father was a bricklayer from Italy. In 1963, he started a career in the National Police. In 1983, he served as the head of the Service Régional de Police Judiciaire of Ajaccio. In 1985, he created the Recherche Assistance...
, Prefect of Guyane (2002-2006) - President of the Regional Council - Antoine KaramAntoine KaramAntoine Karam served as the President of the Regional Council of French Guiana, a région d'outre-mer of France, from 1992 to 2010....
, President of the Regional Council of Guyane (1992-present) - President of the General Council - Pierre Désert, President of the General Council of Guyane (2004-2008)
- Prefect - Ange Mancini
- French PolynesiaFrench PolynesiaFrench Polynesia is an overseas country of the French Republic . It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...
(overseas country)- High Commissioner -
- Michel MathieuMichel MathieuMichel Mathieu was high commissioner of New Caledonia from July 2005 until his death.Mathieu was born in Montpellier. Previously he was the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia from 17 November 2001, to 30 July 2005, when he was succeeded by Jacques Michaut...
, High Commissioner of French Polynesia (2001-2005) - Jacques MichautJacques MichautJacques Michaut was the temporary High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia from 30 July 2005, when he replaced Michel Mathieu, until 10 September 2005, when Anne Bouquet, the next commissioner, arrived in Tahiti.- References :* . Rulers.org. Accessed 2011-02-12.*...
, Acting High Commissioner of French Polynesia (2005) - Anne Boquet, High Commissioner of French Polynesia (2005-2008)
- Michel Mathieu
- President -
- Gaston FlosseGaston FlosseGaston Flosse is a French Polynesian politician who has been President of French Polynesia on four separate occasions. He is currently a member of the Senate of France.-Life and career:...
, President of French Polynesia (2004-2005) - Oscar TemaruOscar TemaruOscar Manutahi Temaru is a French Polynesian politician. He has been President of French Polynesia , a French dependency with broad powers of self-rule, on five occasions: in 2004, from 2005 to 2006, from 2007 to 2008, in 2009, and again since 1 April 2011.-Career:He first served as the President...
, President of French Polynesia (2005-2006)
- Gaston Flosse
- High Commissioner -
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands (overseas territory)
- Administrator-Superior -
- François Garde, Administrator-Superior of French Southern and Antarctic Lands (2000-2005)
- Michel Champon, Administrator-Superior of French Southern and Antarctic Lands (2005-present)
- Administrator-Superior -
- Glorioso IslandsGlorioso IslandsThe Glorieuses or Glorioso Islands are a group of French islands and rocks totalling , at , in the northern Mozambique channel, about northwest of Madagascar. The Glorieuses have an Exclusive Economic Zone of...
(uninhabited territory)- Administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Réunion
- GuadeloupeGuadeloupeGuadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
(overseas and region)- Prefect - Paul Girot de Langlade, Prefect of Guadeloupe (2004-2006)
- President of the Regional Council - Victorin LurelVictorin LurelVictorin Lurel is a politician from Guadeloupe who was elected to the French National Assembly in 2002 and is also the current head of the Regional council of the French overseas department of Guadeloupe. His term began on 22 April 2004 and got renewed on 14 March 2010.-External links:...
, President of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe (2004-present) - President of the General Council - Jacques GillotJacques GillotJacques Gillot, b. 4 March 1948 in Gosier, on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, is the President of the General Council of Guadeloupe. He has been chairing the General Council since March 2001...
, President of the General Council of Guadeloupe (2001-present) - Northern IslandsNorthern IslandsNorthern Islands may refer to:*Northern Islands Municipality, one of the four main political divisions of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands*The Northern Isles, Shetland and Orkney...
(Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin) - Maurice Michaud, Sub-Prefect of the Northern Islands (2003-present) - Saint-Barthélemy - Bruno Magras, Mayor of Saint-Barthélemy (1995-present)
- Saint-Martin (North St. Martin) - Albert Fleming, Mayor of Saint-Martin (1983-present)
- Juan de Nova (uninhabited territory)
- Administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Réunion
- MartiniqueMartiniqueMartinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
(overseas and region)- Prefect - Yves DassonvilleYves DassonvilleYves Dassonville is a French civil servant and statistician. He served as the High Commissioner of New Caledonia from October 25, 2007, succeeding Michel Mathieu, who resigned following a disagreement with then Minister of Overseas France Christian Estrosi over general strikes and social problems...
, Prefect of Martinique (2004-2007) - President of the Regional Council - Alfred Marie-JeanneAlfred Marie-JeanneAlfred Marie-Jeanne is a French politician in Martinique, a leader in the Martinican Independence Movement since 1978. He served as mayor of the commune of Rivière-Pilote from 1971 to 2000 and served as President of the Regional Council of Martinique from March 20, 1998 to March 2010...
, President of the Regional Council of Martinique (1998-present) - President of the General Council - Claude LiseClaude LiseClaude Lise is a French politician from Martinique. He is a Doctor, and was first elected to public office on September 24, 1995...
, President of the General Council of Martinique (1992-present)
- Prefect - Yves Dassonville
- MayotteMayotteMayotte is an overseas department and region of France consisting of a main island, Grande-Terre , a smaller island, Petite-Terre , and several islets around these two. The archipelago is located in the northern Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean, namely between northwestern Madagascar and...
(overseas collectivity)- Prefect -
- Jean-Jacques Brot, Prefect of Mayotte (2002-2005)
- Jean-Paul Kihl, Prefect of Mayotte (2005-2007)
- President of the General Council - Said Omar OiliSaïd Omar OiliSaïd Omar Oili was the president of the General Council of Mayotte from 8 April 2004 to 19 March 2008.-References:...
, President of the General Council of Mayotte (2004-2008)
- Prefect -
- New CaledoniaNew CaledoniaNew Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
(overseas country)- High Commissioner -
- Daniel ConstantinDaniel ConstantinDaniel Auguste Constantin , is a French colonial administrator.He was the préfet of Réunion from 1989 until 1991 and the high commissioner of New Caledonia from 31 July 2002 until September 2005.-References:...
, High Commissioner of New Caledonia (2002-2005) - Michel MathieuMichel MathieuMichel Mathieu was high commissioner of New Caledonia from July 2005 until his death.Mathieu was born in Montpellier. Previously he was the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia from 17 November 2001, to 30 July 2005, when he was succeeded by Jacques Michaut...
, High Commissioner of New Caledonia (2005-2008)
- Daniel Constantin
- President of the Government - Marie-Noëlle ThémereauMarie-Noëlle ThémereauMarie-Noëlle Thémereau is the former president of the government of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. She is a member of the loyalist Future Together party...
, President of the Government of New Caledonia (2004-2007)
- High Commissioner -
- RéunionRéunionRéunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
(overseas and region)- Prefect -
- Dominique VianDominique VianDominique Vian is a French overseas departments administrator. He was prefect of French Guiana from February 1997 to August 1999, prefect of Guadeloupe from August 2002 to July 2004, and prefect of Réunion since August 2004.-References:...
, Prefect of Réunion (2004-2005) - Laurent Cayrel, Prefect of Réunion (2005-2006)
- Dominique Vian
- President of the Regional Council - Paul VergèsPaul VergèsPaul Vergès is a Réunionese politician. Vergès founded the Communist Party of Réunion in 1959, a party which he led until he retired in 1993...
, President of the Regional Council of Réunion (1998-present) - President of the General Council - Nassimah Dindar, President of the General Council of Réunion (2004-present)
- Prefect -
- Saint-Pierre and MiquelonSaint-Pierre and MiquelonSaint Pierre and Miquelon is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France. It is the only remnant of the former colonial empire of New France that remains under French control....
(overseas collectivity)- Prefect -
- Claude Valleix, Prefect of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (2002-2005)
- Albert DupuyAlbert DupuyAlbert Dupuy is a French civil servant.He was prefect of the French overseas territory of St. Pierre and Miquelon, from January 2005 to August 2006.From December 2008 to July 2010, he was prefect of Isère....
, Prefect of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (2005-2006)
- President of the General Council -
- Marc Plantagenest, President of the General Council of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (2000-2005)
- Paul Jaccachury, Interim President of the General Council (2005-2006)
- Prefect -
- Tromelin (uninhabited territory)
- Administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Réunion
- Wallis and FutunaWallis and FutunaWallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands , is a Polynesian French island territory in the South Pacific between Tuvalu to the northwest, Rotuma of Fiji to the west, the main part of Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast,...
(overseas collectivity)- Administrator-Superior -
- Christian Job, Administrator-Superior of Wallis and Futuna (2002-2005)
- Xavier de FurstXavier de FurstXavier de Fürst is the high administrator of the French government in the Wallis and Futuna islands in the South Pacific. He accepted the role and became administrator of the islands on 18 January 2005...
, Administrator-Superior of Wallis and Futuna (2005-2006)
- President of the Territorial Assembly -
- Patalione KanimoaPatalione KanimoaPatalione Kanimoa was the President of the Territorial Assembly in the French government of the Wallis and Futuna dependency in the South Pacific. He was nominated by the French president Jacques Chirac on 18 January 2005.-References:...
, President of the Territorial Assembly (2001-2005) - Apeleto Likuvalu, President of the Territorial Assembly (2005)
- Emeni Simete, President of the Territorial Assembly (2005-2007)
- Patalione Kanimoa
- WallisWallis IslandWallis is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna....
- Tomasi Kulimoetoke IITomasi Kulimoetoke IITomasi Kulimoetoke II was the 50th Lavelua of Wallis Island, which is known as Uvea in the Wallisian language, one of the three traditional kingdoms in the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna....
, King of Wallis (1959-present) - AlofiAlofiAlofi is the capital city of the Pacific Ocean nation of Niue. With a population of 581 , Alofi has the distinction of being the smallest national capital city in terms of population. It consists of the two villages Alofi North and Alofi South, where the government headquarters are located. Alofi...
- Soane Patita MaitukuSoane Patita MaitukuKing Soane Patita Maituku was the Tu'i Agaifo of the Kingdom of Alo from November 2002 until February 19, 2008, when he was deposed as the result of a unanimous decision taken by the kingdom's four chiefly clans....
, King of Alofi (2002-present) - SigaveSigaveSigavé is one of the three official chiefdoms of the French territory of Wallis and Futuna in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.-Geography:...
- Visesio MoelikuVisesio MoelikuVisesio Moeliku, born in 1922, has been Tu`i Sigave , in Wallis and Futuna, from March 10, 2004 to August 2009.-External links:* , beside King Soane Patita Maituku for Wallis and Futuna : Jacques Chirac meets King Visesio Moeliku...
, King of Sigave (2004-present)
- Administrator-Superior -
Netherlands
- ArubaArubaAruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
(autonomous territory)- Governor - Fredis RefunjolFredis RefunjolFredis Jose Refunjol is an Aruban politician serving as the current Governor of Aruba. Originally a teacher, he has served as a government official for the past twenty years, starting as a Member of the Estates of Aruba....
, Governor of Aruba (2004-present) - Prime Minister - Nelson O. OduberNelson O. OduberNelson Orlando Oduber was the Prime Minister of Aruba. He is a member of the Movimiento Electoral di Pueblo . He was prime minister for the first time from 1989 until 1994, when his party lost parliamentary elections, and has been prime minister again from 2001 until 2009...
, Prime Minister of Aruba (2001-2009)
- Governor - Fredis Refunjol
- Netherlands AntillesNetherlands AntillesThe Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
(autonomous territory)- Governor - Frits GoedgedragFrits GoedgedragFrits M. de los Santos Goedgedrag is the current and first Governor of Curaçao. From 1 July 2002 to 9 October 2010, Goedgedrag was the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles. From 1992 to 1998, he was Administrator of Bonaire....
, Governor of the Netherlands Antilles (2002-present) - Prime Minister - Etienne YsEtienne YsEtienne Nestor Ys is a Netherlands Antilles politician.Ys was born in Curaçao. He has served as Prime Minister on two occasions - from 3 June 2002 to 22 July 2003 and from 3 June 2004 to 26 March 2006...
, Prime Minister of Netherlands Antilles (2004-2006) - Bonaire - Herbert Domacassé, Administrator of Bonaire (2003-present)
- CuraçaoCuraçaoCuraçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
- Lizanne Richards-Dindial, Administrator of Curaçao (2000-present) - Saba - Antoine J.M. Solagnier, Administrator of Saba (1998-present)
- Sint Eustatius - Hyden C.I. Gittens, Administrator of Sint Eustatius (2004-present)
- Sint Maarten (South St. Martin) -
- Franklyn E. Richards, Administrator of Sint Maarten (2000-present)
- Sarah Wescott-Williams, Leader of the Government of Sint Maarten (1999-present)
- Governor - Frits Goedgedrag
New Zealand
- Cook IslandsCook IslandsThe Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
(self-governing territory)- High Commissioner -
- Kurt MeyerKurt Meyer (High Commissioner)Kurt Meyer was the New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands July 2001 - August 2005. He is the temporary representative in Niue since September 2005. - References :...
, High Commissioner of the Cook Islands (2001-2005) - John Bryan, High Commissioner of the Cook Islands (2005-2008)
- Kurt Meyer
- Queen's Representative - Fred GoodwinFred GoodwinSir Frederick Anderson Goodwin CA, FCIBS is a Scottish chartered accountant and former banker who was chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group between 2001 and 2009....
, Queen's Representative in the Cook Islands (2001-present) - Prime Minister - Jim MaruraiJim MaruraiJim Marurai is a Cook Islands politician and former Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Personal life:...
, Prime Minister of the Cook IslandsPrime Minister of the Cook IslandsThe Prime Minister of the Cook Islands is the official rsponsible for heading Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's government in the Cook Islands, a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand. The office was established in 1965, when self-government was first granted to the islands...
(2004-present)
- High Commissioner -
- NiueNiueNiue , is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the "Rock of Polynesia", and inhabitants of the island call it "the Rock" for short. Niue is northeast of New Zealand in a triangle between Tonga to the southwest, the Samoas to the northwest, and the Cook Islands to...
(associated state)- High Commissioner -
- Sandra Lee-VercoeSandra Lee-VercoeSandra Rose Te Hakamatua Lee-Vercoe QSO is a former New Zealand politician and diplomat. She served as deputy leader of the Alliance party, and was later High Commissioner to Niue.-Early life:...
, High Commissioner of Niue (2003-2005) - Kurt MeyerKurt Meyer (High Commissioner)Kurt Meyer was the New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands July 2001 - August 2005. He is the temporary representative in Niue since September 2005. - References :...
, Acting High Commissioner of Niue (2005-2006)
- Sandra Lee-Vercoe
- Prime Minister - Young VivianYoung VivianMititaiagimene Young Vivian is a Niuean politician who has twice been the premier of his country. Representing the Niue People's Action Party, he defeated sitting premier Sani Lakatani in May 2002 elections. Vivian had previously served as premier for a brief period from 12 December 1992 to 9...
, Prime Minister of Niue (2002-2008)
- High Commissioner -
- TokelauTokelauTokelau is a territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean that consists of three tropical coral atolls with a combined land area of 10 km2 and a population of approximately 1,400...
(territory)- Administrator - Neil WalterNeil WalterNeil Douglas Walter, CNZM is a distinguished New Zealand diplomat, and is a former Administrator of Tokelau, a territory of New Zealand. He served from February 1988 until 1990, and again from March 1, 2003 to 17 October 2006.-Biography:...
, Administrator of Tokelau (2003-2006) - Head of Government -
- Patuki IsaakoPatuki Isaako-Background and political role:Isaako is from Atafu. He was the head of government of Tokelau from February 2004 to February 2005.-Issues:...
, Head of Government of TokelauHeads of government of TokelauThe office of head of government of Tokelau , often simply called the Ulu, rotates yearly between the faipule of Tokelau's three atolls.-List:...
(2004-2005) - Pio TuiaPio TuiaPio Tuia was five times Ulu o Tokelau, head of government of Tokelau. The position of ulu rotates annually between the three faipule , who are elected for terms lasting three years. Tuia served as ulu for the fifth time from 2008 to 2009 and is the faipule of Nukunonu...
, Head of Government of TokelauHeads of government of TokelauThe office of head of government of Tokelau , often simply called the Ulu, rotates yearly between the faipule of Tokelau's three atolls.-List:...
(2005-2006)
- Patuki Isaako
- Administrator - Neil Walter
Norway
- Bouvet IslandBouvet IslandBouvet Island is an uninhabited Antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 2,525 km south-southwest of South Africa. It is a dependent territory of Norway and, lying north of 60°S latitude, is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an...
(territory)- Administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Police from Oslo
- Governor - Åshild HauanÅshild HauanÅshild Hauan is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1981, and was re-elected on two occasions. She had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1977–1981...
, Governor of NordlandNordlandis a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...
(1995-present)
- Bouvet IslandBouvet IslandBouvet Island is an uninhabited Antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 2,525 km south-southwest of South Africa. It is a dependent territory of Norway and, lying north of 60°S latitude, is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an...
(dependent territory)- Administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Police from Oslo
- Norwegian Antarctic TerritoryNorwegian Antarctic TerritoryNorway has three dependent territories within the Antarctic and Subantarctic. These consist of Queen Maud Land on Antarctica and Peter I Island , which both are subject to the Antarctic Treaty System; and the Subantarctic Bouvet Island...
(Queen Maud LandQueen Maud LandQueen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
and Peter I IslandPeter I IslandPeter I Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea, from Antarctica. It is claimed as a dependency of Norway, and along with Queen Maud Land and Bouvet Island comprises one of the three Norwegian dependent territories in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic. Peter I Island is ...
)- Olav OrheimOlav OrheimOlav Orheim is a Norwegian glaciologist. He served as director of the Norwegian Polar Institute from 1993 to 2005. He was appointed associate professor in glaciology at the University of Bergen in 1989. Orheim was a central participant in the establishment of the research station Troll in Queen...
, Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute (1993-2005) - Winther Jan-Gunnar, Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute (2005-present)
- Olav Orheim
See also: Antarctic Treaty.
United Kingdom
- Akrotiri and DhekeliaAkrotiri and DhekeliaThe Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia are two British-administered areas comprising a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus administered as Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom...
(overseas territory)- Administrator - Maj. Gen. Peter Tomas Clayton Pearson (2003-present)
- AnguillaAnguillaAnguilla is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin...
(overseas territory)- Governor - Alan HuckleAlan HuckleAlan Edden Huckle is a British colonial administrator. He was the commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory from 2001 until 2004, when he left to become the governor of Anguilla in the Caribbean...
, Governor of AnguillaGovernor of AnguillaThe Governor of Anguilla is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Anguilla. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government...
(2004-present) - Chief Minister - Osbourne FlemingOsbourne FlemingOsbourne Berrington Fleming is a politician and the chief minister of Anguilla. He held that post from March 6, 2000, three days after the Anguilla United Front, a conservative coalition which included Fleming's Anguilla National Alliance won parliamentary elections, gaining at least 4 of the 7...
, Chief Minister of AnguillaChief Minister of Anguilla-List of Chief Ministers of Anguilla:...
(2000-present)
- Governor - Alan Huckle
- BermudaBermudaBermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
(overseas territory)- Governor - Sir John VerekerJohn Vereker (governor)Sir John Michael Medlicott Vereker, KCB, KStJ, FRSA, CInstM is an independent member of the Board of XL Group plc, and of a number of its subsidiaries and Committees; and an independent Director of MWH Global...
, Governor of Bermuda (2002-present) - Premier - Alex ScottWilliam Alexander ScottWilliam Alexander "Alex" Scott JP, MP is a politician in Bermuda who is the MP for the Warwick South East constituency. Between 2003 and 2006 he served as the Premier of Bermuda and leader of the Progressive Labour Party ....
, Premier of Bermuda (2003-2006)
- Governor - Sir John Vereker
- British Antarctic TerritoryBritish Antarctic TerritoryThe British Antarctic Territory is a sector of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom as one of its 14 British Overseas Territories. It comprises the region south of 60°S latitude and between longitudes and , forming a wedge shape that extends to the South Pole...
(overseas territory)- Commissioner - Tony CrombieTony CrombieAnthony John "Tony" Crombie was an English jazz drummer, pianist, bandleader and composer. He was regarded as one of the finest jazz drummers and bandleaders, and occasional but very capable pianist and vibraphonist, to emerge in Britain, and as an energising influence on the British jazz scene...
, Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory (2004-present)
- Commissioner - Tony Crombie
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryThe British Indian Ocean Territory or Chagos Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Africa and Indonesia...
(Chagos Islands) (overseas territory)- Commissioner - Tony CrombieTony CrombieAnthony John "Tony" Crombie was an English jazz drummer, pianist, bandleader and composer. He was regarded as one of the finest jazz drummers and bandleaders, and occasional but very capable pianist and vibraphonist, to emerge in Britain, and as an energising influence on the British jazz scene...
, Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory (2004-present) - Administrator -
- Charles A. Hamilton (2002-2005)
- Tony HumphriesTony HumphriesTony Humphries is a former Administrator of the British Indian Ocean Territory , a British overseas territory in the Indian Ocean. Humphries was Administrator from February 2005 to December 2007.-References:...
(2005-present)
- Commissioner - Tony Crombie
- British Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin IslandsThe Virgin Islands, often called the British Virgin Islands , is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S...
(overseas territory)- Governor - Tom MacanTom MacanThomas Townley Macan was educated at Shrewsbury School and the University of Sussex, where he was President of the Student Union. He was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the British Virgin Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea, from 14 October 2002 to 10...
, Governor of the British Virgin Islands (2002-2006) - Chief Minister - Orlando SmithOrlando SmithD. Orlando Smith, OBE is the current Premier of the British Virgin Islands. He also formerly served as Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands from 2003 to 2007...
, Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands (2003-2007)
- Governor - Tom Macan
- Cayman IslandsCayman IslandsThe Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica...
(overseas territory)- Governor -
- Bruce DinwiddyBruce DinwiddyBruce Harry Dinwiddy, CMG was the governor of the Cayman Islands from May 2002 to October 2005. He has been working for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office since 1973. Before becoming a colonial administrator, he was posted to many countries around the world, and also spent time working in England...
, Governor of the Cayman Islands (2002-2005) - George McCarthyGeorge A. McCarthyGeorge McCarthy, OBE is the former Chief Secretary of the Cayman Islands. He served as Financial Secretary for twelve years prior to assuming the post of Chief Secretary in November 2004 until retirement in 2009. The post of Chief Secretary is the second-highest post in the Cayman Islands...
, Acting Governor of the Cayman Islands (2005) - Stuart JackStuart JackStuart Duncan Macdonald Jack, CVO is a British diplomat and a former Governor of the Cayman Islands. He joined the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1972...
, Governor of the Cayman Islands (2005-present)
- Bruce Dinwiddy
- Leader of Government Business -
- McKeeva BushMcKeeva BushWilliam McKeeva Bush, OBE , is a Caymanian politician and the current Premier of the Cayman Islands. He also serves as leader of the United Democratic Party and the first elected member for West Bay...
(2001-2005) - Kurt TibbettsKurt TibbettsDarwin Kurt Tibbetts, OBE is a Caymanian politician. Tibbetts is a former Leader of Government Business in the Cayman Islands. He currently serves as the First Elected Member for George Town, serving his fifth term in the Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands...
(2005-present)
- McKeeva Bush
- Governor -
- Falkland IslandsFalkland IslandsThe Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...
(overseas territory)- Governor - Howard PearceHoward PearceHis Excellency Howard John Stredder Pearce, CVO was Governor of the Falkland Islands and Civil Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands until July 2006. He assumed both positions on 3 December 2002. Before his appointment, Pearce was High Commissioner to Malta from 1999 to 2002...
, Governor of the Falkland Islands (2002-2006) - Chief Executive - Chris SimpkinsChris SimpkinsChris John Simpkins was Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands from March 2003 to September 2007.The position of Chief Executive is a 3-year appointment in the first instance, with a possible extension for a further 2 years...
, Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands (2003-2007)
- Governor - Howard Pearce
- GibraltarGibraltarGibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
(overseas territory)- Governor - Sir Francis Richards, Governor of Gibraltar (2003-present)
- Chief Minister - Peter CaruanaPeter CaruanaPeter Richard Caruana, QC is a Gibraltarian politician, and has been Chief Minister of Gibraltar since 1996, when his party, the Gibraltar Social Democrats , first came to power. His party was re-elected to office in 2000, 2003 and 2007...
, Chief Minister of Gibraltar (1996-present)
- MontserratMontserratMontserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline...
(overseas territory)- Governor - Deborah Barnes Jones, Governor of MontserratGovernor of MontserratThe Governor of Montserrat is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Montserrat. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government...
(2004-present) - Chief Minister - John OsborneJohn Osborne (politician)John Alfred Osborne was a chief minister of Montserrat.He first came to that position in November 1978, as a member of the People's Liberation Movement, and continued until losing legislative council elections on October 10, 1991. By 2001 he had switched parties, joining the New People's...
, Chief Minister of MontserratChief Minister of MontserratThe Chief Minister of Montserrat is the head of government of Montserrat, an island in the Caribbean that is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, appointed by the Governor of Montserrat on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, Montserrat's head of state. The current Chief Minister of Montserrat is...
(2001-2006)
- Governor - Deborah Barnes Jones, Governor of Montserrat
- Pitcairn IslandsPitcairn IslandsThe Pitcairn Islands , officially named the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, form a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Pacific...
(overseas territory)- Governor - Richard FellRichard FellRichard Taylor Fell CVO was the British High Commissioner to New Zealand and the colonial Governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands from 2001 to 2006....
, Governor of the Pitcairn IslandsGovernor of the Pitcairn IslandsThe Governor of the Pitcairn Islands is the representative of the British crown in the Pitcairn Islands, which are the last remaining British territory in the Pacific Ocean...
(2001–present) - Commissioner - Leslie Jacques, Commissioner of the Pitcairn Islands (2003–present)
- Mayor - Jay WarrenJay WarrenJay Calvin Warren is a political figure from the Pacific territory of the Pitcairn Islands.-Political roles:Jay Warren was elected Mayor of the last remaining British dependency in Oceania in the general election held on 15 December 2004, defeating Brenda Christian, who had held the Mayoralty in...
, Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands (2004–present)
- Governor - Richard Fell
- Saint HelenaSaint HelenaSaint Helena , named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha...
(overseas territory)- Governor - Michael ClancyMichael ClancyMichael Clancy was Chief Secretary from 1997 to 2000, and later Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Saint Helena and its Dependencies from 2004 to 2007....
, Governor of Saint Helena (2004-present) - Ascension - Andrew Kettlewell, Administrator (2002-present)
- Tristan da CunhaTristan da CunhaTristan da Cunha is a remote volcanic group of islands in the south Atlantic Ocean and the main island of that group. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying from the nearest land, South Africa, and from South America...
-- Anne Green, Chief islanders (2003-present)
- Mike HentleyMike HentleyMichael Hentley was the administrator for the British overseas territory Tristan da Cunha, which is situated in the South Atlantic Ocean. He reported to Michael Clancy, who is the governor and is based in Saint Helena....
, Administrator (2004-present)
- Governor - Michael Clancy
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, known as the South Sandwich...
(colony)- Administrated by the Governor of the Falkland Islands
- Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos IslandsThe Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.The Turks and...
(overseas territory)- Governor -
- Jim PostonJim PostonJames "Jim" Poston, CBE was a British diplomat who was Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 2002 to 2005. Poston succeeded acting Governor Cynthia Astwood on 16 December 2002....
, Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2002-2005) - Mahala WynnsMahala WynnsMahala Wynns is the current Deputy Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands since August 9, 2006. She was also the acting Governor of the TCI in 2005 and 2008....
, Governor (acting) of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2005) - Richard TauwhareRichard TauwhareRichard Tauwhare was the tenth Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands, serving from 11 July 2005 to 16 July 2008. He succeeded Governor Jim Poston....
, Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2005-present])
- Jim Poston
- Chief Minister - Michael MisickMichael MisickMichael Eugene Misick was the chief minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 15 August 2003 to 9 August 2006 and was the first Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 9 August 2006 to 23 March 2009....
, Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2003-present)
- Governor -
United States
- American SamoaAmerican SamoaAmerican Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...
(unincorporated territory)- Governor - Togiola TulafonoTogiola TulafonoTogiola Talalelei A. Tulafono is the Governor of American Samoa. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He had previously served as Lieutenant Governor, taking this position on January 3, 1997....
, Governor of American Samoa (2003-present)
- Governor - Togiola Tulafono
- Baker IslandBaker IslandBaker Island is an uninhabited atoll located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean about southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia, and is a possession of the United States. Its nearest neighbor is Howland Island, to the north.Located at...
(unincorporated territory)- Administrated by US Department of the Interior
- GuamGuamGuam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
(unincorporated territory)- Governor - Felix Camacho, Governor of Guam (2003-present)
- Howland IslandHowland IslandHowland Island is an uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia and is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States. Geographically, it is part...
(unincorporated territory)- Administered by US Department of the Interior
- Jarvis IslandJarvis IslandJarvis Island is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometer coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean at , about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands...
(unincorporated territory)- Administered by US Department of the Interior
- Johnston AtollJohnston AtollJohnston Atoll is a atoll in the North Pacific Ocean about west of Hawaii. There are four islands located on the coral reef platform, two natural islands, Johnston Island and Sand Island, which have been expanded by coral dredging, as well as North Island and East Island , an additional two...
(unincorporated territory)- Administered by US Department of the Interior
- Kingman ReefKingman ReefKingman Reef is a largely submerged, uninhabited triangular shaped reef, east-west and north-south, located in the North Pacific Ocean, roughly half way between the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa at...
(unincorporated territory)- Administered by US Department of the Interior
- Midway Islands (unincorporated territory)
- Administered by US Department of the Interior
- Navassa IslandNavassa IslandNavassa Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea, claimed as an unorganized unincorporated territory of the United States, which administers it through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Haiti, which claims to have had sovereignty over Navassa since 1801, also claims the island...
(unincorporated territory)- Administered by US Department of the Interior
- Northern Mariana IslandsNorthern Mariana IslandsThe Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...
(commonwealth)- Governor - Juan N. BabautaJuan N. BabautaJuan Nekai Babauta is a Northern Mariana Islander politician. Babauta served as the sixth elected Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for one term from January 14, 2002 until January 9, 2006....
, Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (2002-present)
- Governor - Juan N. Babauta
- Palmyra AtollPalmyra AtollPalmyra Atoll is an essentially unoccupied equatorial Northern Pacific atoll administered as an unorganized incorporated territory by the United States federal government...
(unincorporated territory)- Administered by US Department of the Interior
- Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
(commonwealth)- Governor -
- Sila María CalderónSila María CalderónSila María Calderón Serra is a Puerto Rican politician and businesswoman who served as the seventh Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. She is the first and, to date, only woman elected to that office...
, Governor of Puerto Rico (2001-2005) - Aníbal Acevedo ViláAníbal Acevedo ViláAníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the eighth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth of the United States, from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus and a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law,...
(2005-present)
- Sila María Calderón
- Governor -
- U.S. Virgin Islands (unincorporated territory)
- Governor - Charles Turnbull, Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands (1999-2007)
- Wake IslandWake IslandWake Island is a coral atoll having a coastline of in the North Pacific Ocean, located about two-thirds of the way from Honolulu west to Guam east. It is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior...
(unincorporated territory)- Administered by US Department of the Interior
Others (contested territories in East Asia)
- Paracel IslandsParacel IslandsThe Paracel Islands, also called Xisha Islands in Chinese and Hoàng Sa Islands in Vietnamese, is a group of islands under the administration of Hainan Province, The People's Republic of China. Vietnam and the Republic of China also claim sovereignty of these islands...
- Occupied by the People's Republic of China; claimed by Vietnam and the Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Spratly IslandsSpratly IslandsThe Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia , about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometers of land...
- Claimed in their entirety by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam; portions claimed by Malaysia and the Philippines; about 45 islands are occupied by relatively small numbers of military forces from the People's Republic of China, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam; Brunei has established a fishing zone that overlaps a southern reef, but has not made any formal claim