Lists of governors
# Lists of governors

This is list of lists of office holders known as governor.

    Note: Years denote times when the office was called governor, not governor-general, etc.

## Africa

### Egypt

* List of governors of Islamic Egypt (640–1517)
* List of Ottoman governors of Egypt (1517–1805)

### Italian East Africa

* List of Italian Governors of Amhara (1936–1941)
* List of colonial governors of Eritrea (1896–1941)
* List of Italian Governors of Scioa (1939–1941)
* List of Italian Governors of Galla-Sidamo, (1936–1941)
* List of Italian Governors of Harar, (1936–1941)
* List of colonial governors of Italian Somaliland (1889–1941)

### Kenya

* List of county governors of Kenya (current)
* List of colonial governors and administrators of Kenya (1905–1963, United Kingdom)

### Nigeria

* Lists of Nigerian state governors
* List of governors and governors-general of Nigeria (1914–1963, United Kingdom)

### South Sudan

* List of current state governors in South Sudan

### Sudan

* List of current state governors in Sudan
* List of governors of pre-independence Sudan (1893–1899, United Kingdom), mostly Governor-Generals and other titles

### Zimbabwe

* List of provincial governors of Zimbabwe (current)

### Other

* List of Ottoman governors of Algiers
* List of colonial governors of Angola (1589–1834, Portugal)
* List of colonial governors of Cameroon (France)
* List of colonial governors of Chad (France)
* List of colonial governors of the Comoros (France)
* List of colonial governors of Dahomey (France)
* List of colonial governors of the Danish Gold Coast (1668–1850)
* List of colonial governors of Eritrea (various; 1896–1941, Italy)
* List of governors of French Somaliland
* List of colonial governors of Gabon (France)
* List of governors of the Gold Coast (1621–1960, England/United Kingdom)
* List of colonial governors of Italian Cyrenaica (1912–1935, Italy)
* List of colonial governors of Italian Tripolitania (1911–1933, Italy)
* List of colonial governors of Ivory Coast (France)
* Agents and governors of Liberia (two governors of the American Colonization Society between 1839 and 1848)
* List of colonial governors of Mali (France)
* List of colonial governors of Mozambique (1609–1836, Portugal)
* List of colonial governors of Nyasaland (1907–1964, United Kingdom)
* List of governors of Oran (Spain, Ottoman Empire)
* List of governors of Portuguese Guinea (1879–1974, Portugal)
* List of colonial and departmental heads of Réunion (France)
* List of colonial governors of Senegal (France, United Kingdom)
* List of colonial governors and administrators of Seychelles (France, United Kingdom)
* List of colonial governors of Sierra Leone (1792–1827, 1837–1961, United Kingdom)
* List of colonial governors of Spanish Guinea (1778–1781, 1859–1961, 1964, Spain)
* List of colonial governors of South West Africa (1898–1915, Germany)
* List of governors of Tanganyika (Germany, United Kingdom)
* List of governors of Tangier (1471–1662, Portugal) (1662–1684, England)
* List of colonial governors of Togo (German Empire, United Kingdom)
* List of colonial governors of Ubangi-Shari (France), now the Central African Republic
* List of governors of Uganda (1910–1962, United Kingdom)

## Ancient Rome

* Lists of Ancient Roman governors

## Asia

### Afghanistan

* Lists of Afghan provincial governors

### India

* Lists of Indian governors, both before and after independence

### Indonesia

* Lists of Indonesian provincial governors

### Japan

* Lists of governors of prefectures of Japan

### Malaysia

* List of governors of Penang, before and after independence

### Pakistan

* Lists of Pakistani provincial governors
* List of caliphal governors of Sind (711–after 871)

### Philippines

* List of current Philippine provincial governors
* Governor of Bulacan
* List of governors of Cebu

### South Korea

* List of provincial-level governors in South Korea (current)

### Sri Lanka

* Lists of Sri Lankan provincial governors

### Thailand

* List of governors of Lop Buri
* List of governors of Surat Thani

### Other

* List of colonial governors of Burma
* List of governors of Dutch Ceylon (1640–1796)
* Governor of Hong Kong (1843–1997, England/United Kingdom)
* Governors of Azerbaijan (Iran)
* List of Umayyad governors of Iraq
* Governor of Labuan (1848–1890, United Kingdom)
   * Governor of North Borneo (1890–1906, North Borneo Company)
   * List of governors of the Straits Settlements (1906–1942, British East India Company) (1867–1946, United Kingdom)
* Governor of Northern Rhodesia (1924–1964)
* Governor of Macau (1623–1999, Portugal)
* List of caliphal governors of Medina
* Crown Colony of Sarawak (1946–1963, United Kingdom)
* List of Governors of Singapore (British East India Company, United Kingdom)
* List of Abbasid governors of Tarsus
* List of governors of Alanya, Turkey

## Europe

### Austria

* Lists of Austrian state governors

### Norway

* Lists of county governors of Norway

### Sweden

* Lists of Swedish county governors

### Other

* List of Umayyad governors of al-Andalus
* List of Ottoman governors of Bosnia
* Governor of Brittany
* List of Governors of Carlisle, England
* List of governors and heads of state of Fiume (Kingdom of Hungary and Austro-Hungarian Empire)
* List of Governors of Guernsey (12th century–1835, England/United Kingdom)
* List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands (1501–1794)
* Governor of the Isle of Man (1595–1828, England/United Kingdom)
* Governor of Limburg (Belgium)
* List of Governors of Luxembourg (while ruled by various powers from the 15th to 19th centuries)
* List of Governors of Malta (1801–1964, United Kingdom)
* List of governors of the Duchy of Milan
* List of governors of Siena
* List of governors of the Province of Trieste (1918–1954, various)

## Mauritius

* Governor of British Mauritius (1810–1968, United Kingdom)
* Governor of Dutch Mauritius (1598–1710, Dutch East India Company)
* Governor of Isle de France (Mauritius) (1721-1810, France)

## North and Central America

### Canada

* List of governors of the Hudson's Bay Company
* Governor of Montreal, now in Canada (1642–1760, France) (1760–1764, United Kingdom)
* List of governors of Trois-Rivières, now in Canada (1634–1760, France) (1760–1764, United Kingdom)
* List of Governors of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, now in Canada (1849–1871, United Kingdom)

### Caribbean

* List of colonial governors and administrators of Anguilla (1982–present, United Kingdom)
* List of governors of the Bahamas (1648–1973, United Kingdom)
* Governor of the Cayman Islands (1971–present, United Kingdom)
* List of colonial governors of Cuba (1511–1899, Spain, except for 1762–1763, when Cuba was captured by the British) (1899–1909, United States, except for part of 1902, when Cuba became independent)
* List of Governors of the Danish West Indies (various, 1665–1862?)
* List of colonial governors and administrators of Grenada (1649–1762, France) (1762–1802, 1967–1974, United Kingdom)
* List of colonial and departmental heads of Guadeloupe (various)
* List of governors of Jamaica (Spain, England/United Kingdom)
* List of Governors of the Leeward Islands (1671–1958, England/United Kingdom)
* List of colonial and departmental heads of Martinique (various)
* List of colonial governors of Saint-Domingue, now Haiti (France)
* Governors of Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten (1639–1854, Netherlands)
* List of governors of Trinidad (1506–1797, Spain) (1797–1889, United Kingdom)
* List of Governors of Trinidad and Tobago (1889–1962, United Kingdom)
* Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (1973–present, United Kingdom)
* List of governors of the Windward Islands (United Kingdom)

### Mexico

* Lists of Mexican state governors

### United States

* Lists of United States governors
* Lists of governors of colonial America
* List of Texas Governors and Presidents

### Other

* List of colonial governors and administrators of British Honduras
* List of governors of Greenland (1728–1979, Denmark)

## Oceania

### Australia

* Lists of Australian state governors

### Kingdom of Hawaii

* Governors of Hawaii (island)
* Governors of Kauai
* Governors of Maui
* Governors of Oahu

### Other

* Governor of Fiji (United Kingdom)
* List of colonial and departmental heads of French Polynesia
* List of colonial and departmental heads of New Caledonia (France)
* List of current state governors in Palau
* List of colonial governors of Samoa (1900–1914, Germany)
* List of Resident Commissioners and Governors of the Solomon Islands (1953–1978, United Kingdom)

## South America

### Argentina

* Lists of Argentine provincial governors

### Brazil

* Lists of Brazilian state governors

### Colombia

* Lists of Colombian department governors

### Other

* List of governors of British Guiana (1831–1966, United Kingdom)
* Royal Governor of Chile (1540–1788, Spain)
* List of Governors of the Falkland Islands (1848–1982, 1985–present, United Kingdom)
* List of colonial and departmental heads of French Guiana
* Royal Governor of Panama (1508–1818, Spain)
* List of colonial governors of Suriname (1650–1975, back and forth between England/United Kingdom and the Netherlands)

## By century

* List of governors of dependent territories in the 15th century
* List of governors of dependent territories in the 16th century
* List of governors of dependent territories in the 17th century
* List of governors of dependent territories in the 18th century
* List of governors of dependent territories in the 19th century
* List of governors of dependent territories in the 20th century
* List of governors of dependent territories in the 21st century

## Banking institutions

* List of governors of the Bangladesh Bank
* Governor of the Bank of Canada
* List of governors of the Banque Centrale du Congo
* Governor of the Bank of England
* Governor of the Bank of France
* List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India
* Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya
* Governor of Central Bank of Malaysia
* List of Governors of the State Bank of Pakistan
* Governor of the National Bank of Romania
* List of governors of national banks of Serbia and Yugoslavia
* List of Governors of the Central Bank of Turkey
* Federal Reserve Board of Governors of the United States

## Other

* Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor, an office of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom
