Editing Governor-general (section)

==Other colonial and similar usage ==
===Belgium===
* [[Belgian Congo]];
* [[Ruanda-Urundi]]

===Brazil===
{{Main|List of governors-general of Brazil}}
{{Further|Governorate General of Brazil}}

In [[Colonial Brazil|Brazil]], after a few governors, from 1578 until its promotion in 1763 to a [[viceroyalty]] (though various members of the nobility since 1640 had assumed, without sovereign authority, the title of Viceroy).

===France===
The equivalent term in French is ''gouverneur général'',{{NoteTag|The term ''Gouverneur général'' is still the official title in French in Canada, but refers to the British-instituted office.}} used in the following colonies:

* From 1887 to 1945 the French appointed a [[list of governors-general of French Indochina|governor-general]] to govern [[French Indochina]] (modern-day [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], and [[Vietnam]]); the function of the High Commissioner in the Pacific Ocean, from 22 March 1907 held by the governors of [[New Caledonia]], was used to coordinate that colony, the other French settlements in Oceania and the other governors of French Indochina and the [[resident commissioner]]s of the [[New Hebrides]] and the [[resident minister|residents]] of [[Wallis and Futuna]] were subordinated to him.
* The governor-general of [[New France]] was the vice-regal post in New France from 1663 until 1760 and was the last French vice-regal post. It was replaced by the British post of governor of the [[Province of Quebec]] following the fall of New France. While the districts of [[Montreal]] and [[Trois-Rivières]] had their own governors, the governor-general of New France and the governor of the district of Quebec were the same person.
* From 1699 to 1947, the French appointed a governor and general commander ({{langx|fr|Gouverneur de Pondichéry et commandant général des établissements français aux Indes orientales}}) to administer [[French India]] (including [[History of Pondicherry|Pondichéry]]).
*Governors-general of the [[Mascarene Islands]] (under control of the [[charter companies|chartered]] [[French Indies Company]] to 14 July 1767) from 4 June 1735 (succeeding to governors), and after its split-up of [[Mauritius]] (Réunion and the Seychelles got lower-styled [[commandant]]s or governors), until 25 September 1803
* [[Haiti]] January 1714 – 31 December 1803; last incumbent [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] shortly maintained the title after the January I, 1804 independence before proclaiming himself Emperor Jacques I
* Since its creation on 16 June 1895 in [[French West Africa]] (AOF), until 4 April 1957; the last stayed on as first of two high commissioners
* [[Madagascar]]
* From 28 June 1908 (previously it had a [[Commissaire général]], i.e. commissioner general) to 4 April 1957 (the last stayed on as first of three high commissioners) in [[French Equatorial Africa]] (AEF); during several periods he also acted as governor of the constitutive colony [[Congo Brazzaville]].

Furthermore, in Napoleonic Europe successive French governors-general were appointed by [[Napoleon I]] in:
* the German states of [[Brandenburg]] (various others got "mere" governors), two incumbents between 27 October 1806 and 10 December 1808, during the French occupation
* Province of [[Courland]] under the French occupation (from 1 August 1812, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and District of [[Pilten]] nominally re-established under joint French-Saxon protectorate 8 October 1812 – 20 December 1812) : Jacques David Martin, baron de Campredon (1761–1837)
* [[Parma and Piacenza]] under occupation, (after a commissioner) 15 February 1804 – 23 July 1808, later annexed as ''département'' under a "[[prefect]] of [[Taro]]".
* principality of [[Piombino]] May 1806 – 1811: Adolphe Beauvais (d. 1811)
* annexed [[Tuscany]], two incumbents, over prefects for [[Arno (department)|Arno]], [[Méditerranée]] [Mediterranean] and [[Ombrone]]:
** May 1808 – 3 March 1809 Jacques François de Boussay, baron de Menou (1750–1810)
** 3 March 1809 – 1 February 1814 Elisa Baciocchi Bonaparte (with courtesy style of Grand Duchess of Tuscany) (1777–1820)
* the [[Illyrian Provinces]] (comprising present [[Croatia]], [[Slovenia]] and even adjacent parts of [[Austria]] and Italy), annexed as part of the French Empire proper, 14 October 1809 – August 1813

===Japan===
From 1895 to 1945, [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Japanese-administered Taiwan]] had a [[Governor-General of Taiwan|governor-general]]. From 1910 to 1945, [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese-administered Korea]] had a [[Governor-General of Korea|governor-general]]. From 1905 to 1910, Japan had a [[Japanese Resident-General of Korea|resident-general]] in [[Korean Empire|Korea]].

===Netherlands===
From 1610 to 1942 the Dutch appointed a ''[[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies|gouverneur-generaal]]'' ("governor-general") to govern the [[Netherlands East Indies]], now [[Indonesia]]. Between the capitulation of the Dutch East Indies in 1942 and the formal end of colonial rule over Indonesia by the Dutch in 1949, no governor-general was appointed.

While in the Caribbean, various other titles were used, Curaçao had three governors-general between 1816 and 1820:

*1816–1819 Albert Kikkert
*1819–1820 Petrus Bernardus van Starkenborgh
*1820 Isaäk Johannes Rammelman Elsevier

===Philippines===
{{Main|Governor-General of the Philippines}}

The Philippines from the 16th through the 20th century had a series of governors-general during the Spanish and American colonial periods, as well as the brief [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines|Japanese occupation]] during [[World War II]].

====Spain====
Beginning 21 November 1564, the [[Spanish East Indies]] had a [[Governor-General of the Philippines|governor-general]], which was under the [[Viceroyalty of New Spain|Viceroy of New Spain]] based in [[Mexico]]. After the successful [[Mexican War of Independence]] in 1821, the governor-general reported directly to [[Spain]].

====United States====
From 1899 to 1935 under [[Military Government of the Philippine Islands|initial military rule]] then [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Insular Government]], the [[Philippines]] was administered by a series of [[Governor-General of the Philippines|governors-general]], first military and then civilian, appointed by the [[federal government of the United States]].

===Portugal===
The equivalent word in Portuguese is ''governador-geral''. This title was only used for the governors of the major colonies, indicating that they had, under their authority, several subordinate governors. In most of the colonies, lower titles, mainly ''governador'' (governor) or formerly [[captain-major]] (''capitão-mor''), prevailed
*In the [[Portuguese State of India]] (''Estado da Índia'', capital [[Goa]]) the style was changed repeatedly for another, mostly ''vice-rei'' ([[Viceroy]]). The viceroy title was usually reserved for members of the Portuguese royal family, the remaining governors receiving the title of ''governador-general'';
*in Africa, from 1837 Portugal appointed a governor-general to govern the overseas province of [[Portuguese Angola|Angola]], and another to govern the province of [[Portuguese Mozambique|Moçambique]]. For some time, a governor-general was also appointed to rule [[Portuguese Cape Verde|Cape Verde]] and [[Portuguese Guinea]], while these territories were united in a single province. Between 1921 and 1930, additional powers were given to some of the Angola and Mozambique governors, who were restyled in full ''Alto-comissário e governador-geral'' (high commissioner and governor-general).