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Australia

  • Ashmore and Cartier Islands
    Ashmore and Cartier Islands
    The 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 Island
    Christmas Island
    The 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 - Neil Lucas
      Neil Lucas
      Neil Bedford Lucas PSM, JP was the Administrator of Christmas Island and Cocos Islands. He served in the office from January 2006 to October 2009, when he was replaced by Brian Lacy....

      , Administrator of Christmas Island (2006-2009)
    • President of Shire of Christmas Island - Gordon Thomson (2002-present)
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
    Cocos (Keeling) Islands
    The 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 - Neil Lucas
      Neil Lucas
      Neil Bedford Lucas PSM, JP was the Administrator of Christmas Island and Cocos Islands. He served in the office from January 2006 to October 2009, when he was replaced by Brian Lacy....

      , Administrator of Christmas Island (2006-2009)
    • President of the Shire Council -
      1. Ronald "Ron" Grant (2001-2007)
      2. Mohammad Said Chongkin (2007-2009)
  • Coral Sea Islands
    Coral Sea Islands
    The 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 Islands
    Heard Island and McDonald Islands
    The 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 Island
    Norfolk Island
    Norfolk 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 -
      1. Grant Tambling
        Grant Tambling
        Grant 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)
      2. Owen Walsh
        Owen Walsh
        Owen Edward John Walsh is the current Administrator of the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.Walsh was educated at the University of Tasmania, from which he graduated with degrees in Arts and Law...

        , Administrator of Norfolk Island (2007–present)
    • Chief Minister -
      1. David Buffett
        David Buffett
        David Ernest Buffett AM is a political figure from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. He is the current Chief Minister of Norfolk Island since March 2010, a position he has held on three previous occasions...

        , Chief Minister of Norfolk Island (2006-2007)
      2. Andre Nobbs
        Andre Nobbs
        Andre Neville Nobbs is a political figure from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.He was elected to the Norfolk Island legislative Assembly in 2010 to become the Minister for Tourism, Industry and Development.-Chief Minister of Norfolk Island:...

        , Chief Minister of Norfolk Island (2007-2010)

Denmark

  • Faroe Islands
    Faroe Islands
    The 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 - Søren Christensen, High Commissioner of the Faroe Islands (2005-2008)
    • Prime Minister - Jóannes Eidesgaard
      Jóannes Eidesgaard
      Jóannes 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
      Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
      This is a list of Prime Ministers of the Faroe Islands.The Faroese term for the function, Løgmaður literally means "Lawman".-First Ministers :-First Ministers :-See also:...

       (2004-2008)
  • Greenland
    Greenland
    Greenland 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 - Søren Hald Møller
      Søren Hald Møller
      Søren 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)
    • Prime Minister - Hans Enoksen
      Hans Enoksen
      Hans 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)

France

  • Bassas da India
    Bassas da India
    Bassas 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 the administrator of French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  • Clipperton Island
    Clipperton Island
    Clipperton 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 Island
    Europa Island
    Europa 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 the administrator of French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  • French Guiana
    French Guiana
    French 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 - Jean-Pierre Laflaquière, Prefect of Guyane (2006-2009)
    • President of the Regional Council - Antoine Karam
      Antoine Karam
      Antoine 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)
  • French Polynesia
    French Polynesia
    French 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 - Anne Boquet, High Commissioner of French Polynesia (2005-2008)
    • President -
      1. Gaston Tong Sang
        Gaston Tong Sang
        Gaston Tong Sang is the former President of French Polynesia. He served terms as President of French Polynesia from November 2009 until April 2011, from April 2008 until February 2009 and from December 2006 until September 2007.; he is currently the Mayor of Bora-Bora...

        , President of French Polynesia
        President of French Polynesia
        This is the list of Presidents of French Polynesia.-See also:*List of monarchs of Tahiti*Colonial and Departmental Heads of French Polynesia-External links:*...

          (2006-2007)
      2. Oscar Temaru
        Oscar Temaru
        Oscar 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
        President of French Polynesia
        This is the list of Presidents of French Polynesia.-See also:*List of monarchs of Tahiti*Colonial and Departmental Heads of French Polynesia-External links:*...

          (2007-2008)
  • French Southern and Antarctic Lands (overseas territory)
    • Administrator-Superior -
      1. Michel Champon, Administrator-Superior of French Southern and Antarctic Lands (2005-2007)
      2. Alain Mauroy, Acting Administrator-Superior of French Southern and Antarctic Lands (2007)
      3. Éric Pilloton, Administrator-Superior of French Southern and Antarctic Lands (2007-2008)
  • Glorioso Islands
    Glorioso Islands
    The 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 the administrator of French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  • Guadeloupe
    Guadeloupe
    Guadeloupe 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 -
      1. Jean-Jacques Brot, Prefect of Guadeloupe (2006-2007)
      2. Yvon Alain, Acting Prefect of Guadeloupe (2007)
      3. Emmanuel Berthier, Prefect of Guadeloupe (2007-2008)
    • President of the Regional Council - Victorin Lurel
      Victorin Lurel
      Victorin 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 Gillot
      Jacques Gillot
      Jacques 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 Islands
      Northern Islands
      Northern 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 the administrator of French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  • Martinique
    Martinique
    Martinique 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 -
      1. Yves Dassonville
        Yves Dassonville
        Yves 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)
      2. Patrice Latron, Acting Prefect of Martinique (2007)
      3. Ange Mancini
        Ange Mancini
        Ange 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 Martinique (2007-present)
    • President of the Regional Council - Alfred Marie-Jeanne
      Alfred Marie-Jeanne
      Alfred 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 Lise
      Claude Lise
      Claude 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)
  • Mayotte
    Mayotte
    Mayotte 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 -
      1. Jean-Paul Kihl, Prefect of Mayotte (2005-2007)
      2. Vincent Bouvier, Prefect of Mayotte (2007-2008)
    • President of the General Council - Said Omar Oili
      Saïd Omar Oili
      Saïd 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)
  • New Caledonia
    New Caledonia
    New 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 -
      1. Michel Mathieu
        Michel Mathieu
        Michel 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 (2005–2007)
      2. Jean-Bernard Bobin, Acting High Commissioner of New Caledonia (2007)
      3. Yves Dassonville
        Yves Dassonville
        Yves 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...

        , High Commissioner of New Caledonia (2007–present)
    • President of the Government -
      1. Marie-Noëlle Thémereau
        Marie-Noëlle Thémereau
        Marie-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)
      2. Harold Martin
        Harold Martin (politician)
        Harold Martin is a New Caledonian politician, President of the Government of New Caledonia and, since May 22, 2009, President of the Congress of New Caledonia...

        , President of the Government of New Caledonia (2007–2009)
  • Réunion
    Réunion
    Réunion 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 - Pierre-Henry Maccioni, Prefect of Réunion (26 August 2006-present)
    • President of the Regional Council - Paul Vergès
      Paul Vergès
      Paul 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)
  • Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
    Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
    Saint 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 - Yves Fauqueur, Prefect of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (2006-2008)
    • President of the General Council - Stéphane Artano
      Stéphane Artano
      Stéphane Artano is the president of the Conseil territorial of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, having been elected to that post on March 24, 2006. He is a member of the local political party Archipelago Tomorrow. Artano was convicted of embezzlement in 2009....

      , President of the General Council of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (2006-present)
  • Tromelin (uninhabited territory)
    • Administered by the administrator of French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  • Wallis and Futuna
    Wallis and Futuna
    Wallis 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 - Richard Didier
      Richard Didier
      Richard Didier is a French civil servant and administrator. Didier served as the Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna for two years August 14, 2006 and August 2008....

      , Administrator-Superior of Wallis and Futuna (2006-2008)
    • President of the Territorial Assembly -
      1. Emeni Simete, President of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna (2005-2007)
      2. Pesamino Taputai
        Pesamino Taputai
        Pesamino Taputai was the president of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna, a French territory in the Pacific Ocean, from April 11 to December 11, 2007. He was succeeded by Victor Brial.-References:...

        , President of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna (2007)
      3. Victor Brial, President of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna (2007 – present)
    • Wallis
      Wallis Island
      Wallis is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna....

      - Tomasi Kulimoetoke II
      Tomasi Kulimoetoke II
      Tomasi 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 (1959-2007)
    • Alofi
      Alofi
      Alofi 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 Maituku
      Soane Patita Maituku
      King 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 (2002-2008)
    • Sigave
      Sigave
      Sigavé is one of the three official chiefdoms of the French territory of Wallis and Futuna in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.-Geography:...

      - Visesio Moeliku
      Visesio Moeliku
      Visesio 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)

Netherlands

  • Aruba
    Aruba
    Aruba 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 Refunjol
      Fredis Refunjol
      Fredis 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
      Governor of Aruba
      The Governor of Aruba is the representative on Aruba of the Dutch head of state . The governors duties are twofold: he represents and guards the general interests of the Kingdom and is head of the Aruban Government. He is accountable to the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. As the head...

       (2004-present)
    • Prime Minister - Nelson O. Oduber
      Nelson O. Oduber
      Nelson 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
      Prime Minister of Aruba
      The Prime Minister of Aruba is Aruba's head of government. Together with Aruba's Council of Ministers, they form the executive branch of Aruban government.-List of Prime Ministers of Aruba:...

       (2001-2009)
  • Netherlands Antilles
    Netherlands Antilles
    The 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 Goedgedrag
      Frits Goedgedrag
      Frits 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
      Governor of the Netherlands Antilles
      The Governor of the Netherlands Antilles was the representative of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Netherlands Antilles and the head of the National Government of the Netherlands Antilles....

       (2002-present)
    • Prime Minister - Emily de Jongh-Elhage
      Emily de Jongh-Elhage
      Emily Saïdy de Jongh-Elhage was the last Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles from 26 March 2006 until their dissolution on 10 October 2010.She is also leader of the Party for the Restructured Antilles.-Personal background:...

      , Prime Minister of Netherlands Antilles (2006-present)
    • Bonaire - Herbert Domacassé, Administrator of Bonaire (2003-present)
    • Curaçao
      Curaçao
      Curaçao 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 - Sydney A.E. Sorton, Administrator of Saba (2006-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)

New Zealand

  • Cook Islands
    Cook Islands
    The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...

    (self-governing territory)
    • High Commissioner - John Bryan, High Commissioner of the Cook Islands (2005-2008)
    • Queen's Representative - Sir Fred Goodwin
      Frederick Tutu Goodwin
      Sir Frederick Tutu Goodwin, KBE, is the Queen's Representative to the Cook Islands.Goodwin joined the Cook Islands Police in 1956. He served as a constable, then joined the New Zealand Police Force for a short time, before returning to the Cook Islands, where he eventually rose to the rank of...

      , Queen's Representative of the Cook Islands
      Queen's Representative
      The Queen's Representative is the formal title given to the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, as Queen of New Zealand, in the Cook Islands....

       (2001-present)
    • Prime Minister - Jim Marurai
      Jim Marurai
      Jim 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 Islands
      Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
      The 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)
  • Niue
    Niue
    Niue , 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)
    • Resident Commissioner - Anton Ojala, Resident Commissioner of Niue (2006–2008)
    • Premier - Young Vivian
      Young Vivian
      Mititaiagimene 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...

      , Premier of Niue
      Premier of Niue
      The Premier of Niue is Niue's head of government. He or she is elected by the Niue Assembly, and forms a Cabinet consisting of him- or herself and three other members of the Assembly....

       (2002–2008)
  • Tokelau
    Tokelau
    Tokelau 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 - David Payton
      David Payton
      David Bruce Payton was the Administrator of Tokelau from 17 October 2006 to 2009.He was previously Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and then Ambassador to the Netherlands -References:...

      , Administrator of Tokelau (2006-present)
    • Head of Government -
      1. Kolouei O'Brien
        Kolouei O'Brien
        Kolouei O'Brien is a politician from Tokelau and current faipule of Fakaofo. He has served as the head of government of Tokelau three times previously, from February 2000 until February 2001, from February 2003 until February 2004, and from February 2006 until February 2007. Kolouei O'Brien has his...

        , Head of Government of Tokelau (2006–2007)
      2. Kuresa Nasau
        Kuresa Nasau
        Kuresa Nasau is a Tokelauan politician who currently serves as head of government . He has previously held the position five times. He is also faipule of Atafu...

        , Head of Government of Tokelau (2007–2008)

Norway

  • Bouvet Island
    Bouvet Island
    Bouvet 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
  • Norwegian Antarctic Territory
    Norwegian Antarctic Territory
    Norway 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 Land
    Queen Maud Land
    Queen 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 Island
    Peter I Island
    Peter 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 ...

    )
    • Winther Jan-Gunnar, Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute (2005-present)
    • Norwegian Antarctic claim has not been recognized by the United Nations, U.S., Russia, or by most other countries.

See also: Antarctic Treaty.

United Kingdom / British Crown

  • Akrotiri and Dhekelia
    Akrotiri and Dhekelia
    The 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 - Air Vice-Marshal Richard Lacey
      Richard Lacey
      Air Vice-Marshal Richard Howard Lacey, CBE was the Commander of British Forces Cyprus and former UK National Military Representative to the NATO HQ at SHAPE in Belgium.-Flying career:...

       (2006-2008)
  • Anguilla
    Anguilla
    Anguilla 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 - Andrew George
      Andrew George (governor)
      Andrew Neil George is a British diplomat. George served as the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Anguilla from July 2006 to March 2009...

      , Governor of Anguilla
      Governor of Anguilla
      The 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...

       (2006-2009)
    • Chief Minister - Osbourne Fleming
      Osbourne Fleming
      Osbourne 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 Anguilla
      Chief Minister of Anguilla
      -List of Chief Ministers of Anguilla:...

       (2000-2010)
  • Bermuda
    Bermuda
    Bermuda 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 -
      1. Sir John Vereker
        John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
        Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MVO, MC , was a British and Anglo-Irish soldier. As a young officer in World War I he won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of the Canal du Nord. During the 1930s he served as Chief of the...

        , Governor of Bermuda
        Governor of Bermuda
        The Governor of Bermuda is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Bermuda. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government...

         (2002-2007)
      2. Mark Capes, Acting Governor of Bermuda
        Governor of Bermuda
        The Governor of Bermuda is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Bermuda. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government...

         (2007)
      3. Sir Richard Gozney
        Richard Gozney
        Sir Richard Hugh Turton Gozney KCMG CVO KStJ is a British career diplomat. He has been Governor and Commander in Chief of Bermuda since 12 December 2007.-Background and education:...

        , Governor of Bermuda
        Governor of Bermuda
        The Governor of Bermuda is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Bermuda. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government...

         (2007–present)
    • Premier - Ewart Brown
      Ewart Brown
      Ewart Frederick Brown, Jr. was Premier of Bermuda and leader of the Progressive Labour Party from 2006 and 2010. He served as Member of Parliament for the constituency of Warwick South Central for 17 years until his retirement from politics in October 2010.Brown was elected leader of the ruling...

      , Premier of Bermuda (2006-present)
  • British Antarctic Territory
    British Antarctic Territory
    The 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 - Leigh Turner
      Leigh Turner
      Leigh Turner is a British civil servant who has been British ambassador to Ukraine, resident in Kiev, since 14 June 2008. As ambassador, he writes a regular blog in English and Ukrainian and publishes interviews and articles on UK/Ukraine relations....

      , Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory
      Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory
      This is a list of High Commissioners and Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory , the area of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom....

       (2006-2008)
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
    British Indian Ocean Territory
    The 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 - Leigh Turner
      Leigh Turner
      Leigh Turner is a British civil servant who has been British ambassador to Ukraine, resident in Kiev, since 14 June 2008. As ambassador, he writes a regular blog in English and Ukrainian and publishes interviews and articles on UK/Ukraine relations....

      , Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory
      Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory
      The Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory is the head of government in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Commissioner is appointed by the British monarch on the advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office...

       (2006-2008)
    • Administrator -
      1. Tony Humphries
        Tony Humphries
        Tony 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:...

         (2005-2007)
      2. Joanne Yeadon (2007-present)
  • British Virgin Islands
    British Virgin Islands
    The 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 - David Pearey
      David Pearey
      David Pearey was the Governor of the British Virgin Islands from 18 April 2006 to 5 August 2010. He was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of the British government, to represent the Queen in the territory, and to act as the de facto head of state.Prior to his appointment as Governor,...

      , Governor of the British Virgin Islands (2006-present)
    • Head of Government -
      1. Orlando Smith
        Orlando Smith
        D. 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)
      2. Ralph T. O'Neal
        Ralph T. O'Neal
        Ralph Telford O'Neal, OBE is the former Premier of the British Virgin Islands, and is expected to be appointed as the leader of the opposition...

        , Premier of the British Virgin Islands (2007-present)
  • Cayman Islands
    Cayman Islands
    The 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 - Stuart Jack
      Stuart Jack
      Stuart 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
      Governor of the Cayman Islands
      The Governor of the Cayman Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the Cayman Islands. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government...

       (2005-2009)
    • Leader of Government Business - Kurt Tibbetts
      Kurt Tibbetts
      Darwin 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...

      , Leader of Government Business of the Cayman Islands
      Leader of Government Business
      The Premier of the Cayman Islands is the political leader and head of government. The post of Premier in the Cayman Islands is the equivalent to Chief Minister or Prime Minister in other British Overseas Territories. It is the highest political level that can be attained within the British colonial...

       (2005-2009)
  • Falkland Islands
    Falkland Islands
    The 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 - Alan Huckle
      Alan Huckle
      Alan 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 the Falkland Islands
      Governor of the Falkland Islands
      The Governor of the Falkland Islands is the representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands, acting "in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf" as the islands' de facto head of state in the absence of the British monarch...

       (2006-2010)
    • Chief Executive -
      1. Chris Simpkins
        Chris Simpkins
        Chris 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
        Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands
        The Chief Executive of the Falklands Islands is the head of government of the Falkland Islands, as well as head of the public service responsible for the efficient and effective management of the Falkland Islands Government...

         (2003-2007)
      2. Michael Blanch
        Michael Blanch
        Michael Dennis Blanch TD is a British diplomat who served as Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands from January 2000 to March 2003, and again as interim Chief Executive from 12 September 2007 to 3 January 2008....

        , Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands
        Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands
        The Chief Executive of the Falklands Islands is the head of government of the Falkland Islands, as well as head of the public service responsible for the efficient and effective management of the Falkland Islands Government...

         (2007-2008)
  • Gibraltar
    Gibraltar
    Gibraltar 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 Robert Fulton, Governor of Gibraltar
      Governor of Gibraltar
      The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The Governor is appointed by the British Monarch on the advice of the British Government...

       (2006-present)
    • Chief Minister - Peter Caruana
      Peter Caruana
      Peter 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
      Chief Minister of Gibraltar
      The Chief Minister of Gibraltar is the leader of the largest party elected to the Gibraltar Parliament, and is formally appointed by the Governor of Gibraltar, representative of the British Crown.-List of Chief Ministers:...

       (1996-present)
  • Guernsey
    Guernsey
    Guernsey, 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...

    (crown dependency)
    • Monarch - Elizabeth II
      Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
      Elizabeth 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 Normandy
      Duke of Normandy
      The 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 Fabian Malbon
      Fabian Malbon
      Vice 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)
    • Bailiff - Geoffrey Rowland
      Geoffrey Rowland
      Sir 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 -
      1. Laurie Morgan
        Laurie Morgan
        Laurie 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 Guernsey
        Chief Minister of Guernsey
        The 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)
      2. Mike Torode
        Mike Torode
        Michael W. Torode was the second Chief Minister of Guernsey. He was voted in by the States of Deliberation on 5 March 2007 and his term expired on 30 April 2008....

        , Chief Minister of Guernsey
        Chief Minister of Guernsey
        The 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...

         (2007–2008)
    • Alderney
      Alderney
      Alderney is the most northerly of the Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The area is , making it the third-largest island of the Channel Islands, and the second largest in the Bailiwick...

       (self-governing island)
      • Head of Government - Sir Norman Browse
        Norman Browse
        Sir Norman Browse has been President of the States of Alderney since 2002. He is a retired surgeon.-Professional life:...

        , President of the States of Alderney
        President of the States of Alderney
        The President of the States of Alderney is the head of Alderney's legislature, the States of Alderney. The Presidency is the latest of a variety of political positions to govern the island. The current President is Stuart Trought....

         (2002 – present)
    • Sark
      Sark
      Sark is a small island in the Channel Islands in southwestern English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. It is a royal fief, geographically located in the Channel Islands in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, with its own set of laws based on Norman law and its own parliament. It has a population...

       (self-governing island)
      • Seigneur - John Michael Beaumont
        John Michael Beaumont
        John Michael Beaumont, OBE is the 22nd Seigneur of Sark. A retired engineer, he is a son of Francis William Lionel Collings Beaumont and Enid . He succeeded his grandmother, Sibyl Hathaway, as the ruler of Sark upon her death in 1974.- References :...

        , Seigneur of Sark (1974 – present)
  • Isle of Man
    Isle of Man
    The 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...

    (crown dependency)
    • Monarch - Elizabeth II
      Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
      Elizabeth 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 Mann
      Lord of Mann
      The 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 - Sir Paul Haddacks, Lieutenant-Governor of Man (2005-present)
    • Chief minister - Tony Brown
      James Anthony Brown
      James Anthony "Tony" Brown is a Manx politician, former businessman and electrician, Who was the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, from December 2006, until October 2011, When he stepped down from office following his decision to retire....

      , Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
      Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
      The Chief Minister is the executive head of the Isle of Man Government.The office derives from that of Chairman of the Executive Council. Before 1980 the Executive Council was chaired by the Lieutenant Governor, but thereafter the chairman was elected by Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man...

       (2006–present)
  • Jersey
    Jersey
    Jersey, 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...

    (crown dependency)
    • Monarch - Elizabeth II
      Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
      Elizabeth 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 Normandy
      Duke of Normandy
      The 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 - Andrew Ridgway
      Andrew Ridgway
      Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Peter Ridgway KBE CB is a former Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. He was appointed to the role for a 5 year term on 14 June 2006 after a long military career.-Military career:...

      , Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey (2006-present)
    • Bailiff - Philip Bailhache
      Philip Bailhache
      Sir 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 Walker
      Frank 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 Jersey
      Chief Minister of Jersey
      The 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)
  • Montserrat
    Montserrat
    Montserrat 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 -
      1. Deborah Barnes Jones, Governor of Montserrat
        Governor of Montserrat
        The 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...

         (2004-2007)
      2. John Skerritt, Acting Governor of Montserrat
        Governor of Montserrat
        The 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...

         (2007)
      3. Howard A. Fergus, Acting Governor of Montserrat
        Governor of Montserrat
        The 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...

         (2007)
      4. Peter Andrew Waterworth
        Peter Andrew Waterworth
        Peter Andrew Waterworth is a British barrister and diplomat, who was the Governor of Montserrat from 2007 to 2011.He was sworn in at the Legislative Council of Montserrat on 27 July 2007, 19 years to the day since he was last in Montserrat, when he served as a Foreign and Commonwealth Office legal...

        , Governor of Montserrat
        Governor of Montserrat
        The 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...

         (2007-present)
    • Chief Minister - Lowell Lewis
      Lowell Lewis
      The Honourable Lowell Lyttleton Lewis is a politician , a former Chief Minister of Montserrat. He took office on 2 June 2006 and headed a coalition government consisting of the Montserrat Democratic Party , which he leads, the former ruling New People's Liberation Movement , and an independent...

      , Chief Minister of Montserrat
      Chief Minister of Montserrat
      The 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...

       (2006-2009)
  • Pitcairn Islands
    Pitcairn Islands
    The 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 - George Fergusson
      George Fergusson
      The Hon. George Duncan Raukawa Fergusson is a British diplomat. He was the British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa, and the Governor of the Pitcairn Islands, from 2006 to 2010.-Biography:...

      , Governor of the Pitcairn Islands
      Governor of the Pitcairn Islands
      The 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...

       (2006-present)
    • Commissioner - Leslie Jacques, Commissioner of the Pitcairn Islands (2003-present)
    • Mayor -
      1. Jay Warren
        Jay Warren
        Jay 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 (2004-2007)
      2. Mike Warren
        Mike Warren (mayor of Pitcairn)
        Michael Calvert Warren is the current mayor of Adamstown, the capital city and sole settlement of Pacific territory Pitcairn Islands....

        , Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands (2007-present)
  • Saint Helena and Dependencies
    Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
    Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of the islands of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and the Tristan da Cunha group...

    (overseas territory)
    • Governor -
      1. Michael Clancy
        Michael Clancy
        Michael 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
        Governor of Saint Helena
        The Governor of Saint Helena is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha...

         (2004-2007)
      2. Andrew Gurr
        Andrew Gurr
        Andrew John Gurr is a contemporary literary scholar who specializes in William Shakespeare and English Renaissance theatre.-Life and work:...

        , Governor of Saint Helena
        Governor of Saint Helena
        The Governor of Saint Helena is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha...

         (2007-present)
    • Ascension
      Ascension Island
      Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around from the coast of Africa and from the coast of South America, which is roughly midway between the horn of South America and Africa...

      - Ross Denny, Administrator of Ascension Island
      Administrator of Ascension Island
      The Administrator of Ascension Island is the head of government and representative of the Governor of Saint Helena in Ascension Island. The role of the Administrator includes that of chairing the territory's Island council which consists of 7 elected members...

       (2008-present)
    • Tristan da Cunha
      Tristan da Cunha
      Tristan 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)
      • David Morley (administrator)
        David Morley (administrator)
        David Morley is a career Diplomat and a former Administrator of Tristan da Cunha.He took up the office on 13 September 2007 having arrived, with his wife Jacki, the previous day. He was the 20th person to serve in the office of administrator. He was replaced on 15 September 2010 by Sean...

        , Administrator of Tristan da Cunha
        Administrator of Tristan da Cunha
        The Administrator of Tristan da Cunha is the head of government and representative of the Governor of Saint Helena in Tristan da Cunha. The role of the Administrator is to chair the territory's Island council which consists of 8 elected members and 3 appointed members...

         (2007-present)
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
    South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
    South 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...

    (overseas territory)
    • Administrated by the Governor of the Falkland Islands
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    The 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 - Richard Tauwhare
      Richard Tauwhare
      Richard 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
      Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
      The Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Turks and Caicos Islands. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government...

       (2005-2008)
    • Premier - Michael Misick
      Michael Misick
      Michael 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....

      , Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
      Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
      This is a list of Chief Ministers and Premiers of the Turks and Caicos Islands.-Chief Ministers of the Turks and Caicos Islands:-Premiers of the Turks and Caicos Islands:...

       (2003-2009)

United States

  • American Samoa
    American Samoa
    American 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 Tulafono
      Togiola Tulafono
      Togiola 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)
  • Baker Island
    Baker Island
    Baker 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
  • Guam
    Guam
    Guam 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 Island
    Howland Island
    Howland 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 Island
    Jarvis Island
    Jarvis 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 Atoll
    Johnston Atoll
    Johnston 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 Reef
    Kingman Reef
    Kingman 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 Island
    Navassa Island
    Navassa 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 Islands
    Northern Mariana Islands
    The 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 - Benigno R. Fitial
      Benigno R. Fitial
      Benigno Repeki Fitial is the current governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Fitial was elected on November 6, 2005 and assumed office on January 9, 2006 and was re-elected to a second, five-year term in 2009....

      , Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (2006-present)
  • Palmyra Atoll
    Palmyra Atoll
    Palmyra Atoll is an essentially unoccupied equatorial Northern Pacific atoll administered as an unorganized incorporated territory by the United States federal government...

    (incorporated territory)
    • Administered by US Department of the Interior
  • Puerto Rico
    Puerto Rico
    Puerto 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 - Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
      Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
      Aníbal 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,...

      , Governor of Puerto Rico
      Governor of Puerto Rico
      The Governor of Puerto Rico is the Head of Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Since 1948, the Governor has been elected by the people of Puerto Rico...

       (2005-2009)
  • U.S. Virgin Islands (unincorporated territory)
    • Governor -
      1. Charles Turnbull, Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands (1999-2007)
      2. John de Jongh
        John de Jongh
        John Percy de Jongh, Jr. is the current Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.-Life and career:de Jongh was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child he attended Sts. Peter and Paul School on St. Thomas. After his parents' divorce, he lived with his mother in Detroit, Michigan while his mother did...

        , Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands (2007-present)
  • Wake Island
    Wake Island
    Wake 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 Islands
    Paracel Islands
    The 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 Islands
    Spratly Islands
    The 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
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