List of viceregal representatives of Elizabeth II
Commonwealth realms -- Governors-general
Table:
Country

Governor-general

Since

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Antigua and Barbuda

Sir Rodney Williams

14 August 2014

List

Australia

David Hurley

1 July 2019

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The Bahamas

Sir Cornelius A. Smith

28 June 2019

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Barbados

Dame Sandra Mason

8 January 2018

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Belize

Sir Colville Young

17 November 1993

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Canada

Julie Payette

2 October 2017

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Grenada

Dame Cécile La Grenade

7 May 2013

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Jamaica

Sir Patrick Allen

26 February 2009

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New Zealand

Dame Patsy Reddy

28 September 2016

List

Papua New Guinea

Sir Bob Dadae

28 February 2017

List

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Sir Tapley Seaton

20 May 2015

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Saint Lucia

Sir Neville Cenac

12 January 2018

List

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Susan Dougan

1 August 2019

List

Solomon Islands

Sir David Vunagi

7 July 2019

List

Tuvalu

Sir Iakoba Italeli

16 April 2010

List

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Antigua and Barbuda ( /ænˈtiːɡ ( w ) ə . bɑːrˈb ( j ) uːdə/ ( listen ) ; an-TEE-g ( w ) ə . bar-B ( Y ) OO-də ) is an island sovereign state in the West Indies in the Americas , lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean . It consists of two major islands , Antigua and Barbuda , and a number of smaller islands ( including Great Bird , Green , Guiana , Long , Maiden and York Islands and further south , the island of Redonda ) . The permanent population numbers about 95,900 ( 2018 est . ) , with 97% being resident on Antigua . The capital and largest port and city is St. John 's on Antigua , with Codrington being the largest town on Barbuda . Lying near each other ( the main Barbuda airport is less than 0.5° of latitude , or 56 kilometres ( 30 nautical miles ) , north of the main Antigua airport ) , Antigua and Barbuda are in the middle of the Leeward Islands , part of the Lesser Antilles , roughly at 17°N of the equator . The island of Antigua was explored by Christopher Columbus in 1493 and named for the Church of Santa María La Antigua . Antigua was colonised by Britain in 1632 ; Barbuda island was first colonised in 1678 . Antigua and Barbuda joined the West Indies Federation in 1958 . With the breakup of the federation , it became one of the West Indies Associated States in 1967 .
Sir Rodney Errey Lawrence Williams , KGN , GCMG ( born 2 November 1947 [ citation needed ] ) , is the current and 4th Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda .
The Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda is the representative of the Monarch of Antigua and Barbuda , currently being Queen Elizabeth II . The official residence of the Governor-General is Government House . The position of Governor-General was established when Antigua and Barbuda was granted independence on 1 November 1981 , prior to which there had existed the equivalent position of Governor of Antigua and Barbuda .
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania , and numerous smaller islands . It is the largest country in Oceania and the world 's sixth-largest country by total area . The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard . Australia 's capital is Canberra , and its largest city is Sydney . The country 's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne , Brisbane , Perth , and Adelaide . Indigenous Australians inhabited the continent for about 65,000 years prior to the first arrival of Dutch explorers in the early 17th century , who named it New Holland . In 1770 , Australia 's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788 , a date which became Australia 's national day . The population grew steadily in subsequent decades , and by the time of an 1850s gold rush , most of the continent had been explored and an additional five self-governing crown colonies established . On 1 January 1901 , the six colonies federated , forming the Commonwealth of Australia . Australia has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system that functions as a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy , comprising six states and ten territories . Australia is the oldest , flattest , and driest inhabited continent , with the least fertile soils . It has a landmass of 7,617,930 square kilometres ( 2,941,300 sq mi ) .
General David John Hurley , AC , DSC , FTSE ( born 26 August 1953 ) is a former senior officer in the Australian Army who is the 27th Governor-General of Australia , in office since 1 July 2019 . He was previously the 38th Governor of New South Wales , serving from 2014 to 2019 . In a 42-year military career , Hurley deployed on Operation Solace in Somalia in 1993 , commanded the 1st Brigade ( 1999-2000 ) , was the inaugural Chief of Capability Development Group ( 2003-2007 ) and Chief of Joint Operations ( 2007-2008 ) and served as Vice Chief of the Defence Force ( 2008-2011 ) . His career culminated with his appointment as Chief of the Defence Force on 4 July 2011 , in succession to Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston . Hurley retired from the army in June 2014 , and succeeded Dame Marie Bashir as Governor of New South Wales on 2 October 2014 .
The Governor-General of Australia is the head of the executive branch of the federal government , serving as the representative of the Australian monarch ( currently Elizabeth II ) . The position came into being with the adoption of the new national constitution on 1 January 1901 , and has been held by 27 people since then . Governors-general have no fixed term , but have usually served for around five years .
The Bahamas ( /bəˈhɑːməz/ ( listen ) ) , known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas , is a country within the Lucayan Archipelago in the West Indies . It is a member of the Commonwealth Realms under the monarchy of Queen Elizabeth II . The archipelagic state consists of more than 700 islands , cays , and islets in the Atlantic Ocean , and is located north of Cuba and Hispaniola Island ( Haiti and the Dominican Republic ) , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands , southeast of the U.S. state of Florida , and east of the Florida Keys . The capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence . The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes the Bahamas ' territory as encompassing 470,000 km2 ( 180,000 sq mi ) of ocean space . The Bahamas were inhabited by the Lucayans , a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taíno people , for many centuries . Columbus was the first European to see the islands , making his first landfall in the 'New World ' in 1492 . Later , the Spanish shipped the native Lucayans to slavery on Hispaniola , after which the Bahama islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648 , when English colonists from Bermuda settled on the island of Eleuthera . The Bahamas became a British crown colony in 1718 , when the British clamped down on piracy . After the American Revolutionary War , the Crown resettled thousands of American Loyalists to the Bahamas ; they took their slaves with them and established plantations on land grants . African slaves and their descendants constituted the majority of the population from this period on . The slave trade was abolished by the British in 1807 ; slavery in the Bahamas was abolished in 1834 .
Sir Cornelius Alvin Smith , GCMG ( born 7 April 1937 ) is the Governor-General of the Bahamas , serving since 28 June 2019 .
The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas is the representative of the Bahamian monarch ( currently Queen Elizabeth II ) . As The Queen can not reside in all her realms , she appoints representatives to carry out her duties as Queen of the Bahamas . Governors-General serve their term at Her Majesty 's pleasure , usually five years . They are responsible for appointing the Prime Minister , as well as other government ministers after consultation with the Prime Minister . Government House in Nassau is the official residence of governors-general . The current Governor-General is Cornelius A. Smith .
Barbados ( /bɑːrˈbeɪdɒs/ ( listen ) or /-doʊs/ ) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies , in the Caribbean region of North America . It is 34 kilometres ( 21 miles ) in length and up to 23 km ( 14 mi ) in width , covering an area of 432 km2 ( 167 sq mi ) . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 km ( 62 mi ) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea ; therein , Barbados is east of the Windwards , part of the Lesser Antilles , roughly at 13°N of the equator . It is about 168 km ( 104 mi ) east of both the countries of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and 180 km ( 110 mi ) south-east of Martinique and 400 km ( 250 mi ) north-east of Trinidad and Tobago . Barbados is outside the principal Atlantic hurricane belt . Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown . Inhabited by Kalinago people since the 13th century , and prior to that by other Amerindians , Barbados was visited by Spanish navigators in the late 15th century and claimed for the Spanish Crown . It first appeared in a Spanish map in 1511 . The Portuguese Empire claimed the island between 1532 and 1536 , but later abandoned it in 1620 ; with their only remnants being an introduction of wild boars for a good supply of meat whenever the island was visited , and to replenish their water supply . An English ship , the Olive Blossom , arrived in Barbados on 14 May 1625 ; its men took possession of it in the name of King James I . In 1627 , the first permanent settlers arrived from England , and it became an English and later British colony . As a wealthy sugar colony , it became an English centre of the African slave trade until that trade was outlawed in 1807 , with final emancipation of slaves in Barbados occurring over a period of years from 1833 .
Dame Sandra Prunella Mason , GCMG , DA , QC ( born 17 January 1949 ) is the Governor-General of Barbados . She was a practising Attorney-at-Law who has served as a High Court judge in Saint Lucia and a Court of Appeal judge in Barbados . She was the first woman admitted to the Bar in Barbados . She served as chair of the CARICOM commission to evaluate regional integration , was the first magistrate appointed as an Ambassador from Barbados , and was the first woman to serve on the Barbados Court of Appeals . She was the first Bajan appointee to the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal and served briefly as the Governor General of Barbados . She has been called one of the 10 most powerful women in Barbados . In 2017 , she was appointed as the 8th Governor General of Barbados , with a term beginning on 8 January 2018 . Simultaneously with her appointment , Mason was awarded the Dame Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George . On assumption of the office of Governor-General , Dame Sandra Mason , under the Order of the Dame of Saint Andrew , became the Chancellor and Principal Dame of Saint Andrew .
The Governor-General of Barbados is the representative of the Barbadian monarch ( presently Queen Elizabeth II ) . Under the government 's Table of Precedence for Barbados , the Governor-General of Barbados is regarded as being the most important of all personnel of the Barbados government . The office is accorded legitimacy by Chapter IV of the Constitution of Barbados . The Governor-General is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister of Barbados . The Governor-General exercises executive powers and who assents to bills in the monarch 's name before they can become promulgated into law . The Barbados constitution limits the powers of the Governor-General ( known as a constitutional monarchy system of governance ) . This effectively limits the powers of the Queen , as it does the Governor-General , who , in most instances , exercises authority on the advice of the prime minister or other persons or bodies within Barbados . The Office of the Governor-General was established when Barbados gained independence in 1966 . Since the settlement of Barbados by the British , Barbados has had 68 Governors and subsequently 8 Governors-General .
Belize ( /bəˈliːz/ ( listen ) ) is a Caribbean country located on the northeastern coast of Central America . Belize is bordered on the northwest by Mexico , on the east by the Caribbean Sea , and on the south and west by Guatemala . It has an area of 22,970 square kilometres ( 8,867 sq mi ) and a population of 408,487 ( 2019 ) . Its mainland is about 180 mi ( 290 km ) long and 68 mi ( 110 km ) wide . It has the lowest population and population density in Central America . The country 's population growth rate of 1.87% per year ( 2018 estimate ) is the second highest in the region and one of the highest in the Western Hemisphere . The Maya Civilization spread into the area of Belize between 1500 B.C . and A.D. 300 and flourished until about 1200 . European contact began in 1502 when Christopher Columbus sailed along the Gulf of Honduras . European exploration was begun by English settlers in 1638 . This period was also marked by Spain and Britain both laying claim to the land until Britain defeated the Spanish in the Battle of St. George 's Caye ( 1798 ) . It became a British colony in 1840 , known as British Honduras , and a Crown colony in 1862 .
Sir Colville Norbert Young GCMG MBE ( born 20 November 1932 ) is the Governor-General of Belize , and also patron of the Scout Association of Belize . He was appointed Governor-General in 1993 , taking office on 17 November of that year , and was knighted in 1994 .
The Governor-General of Belize is the viceregal representative of Belize who is also Commander in Chief of The Belize Defence Force . The position is largely ceremonial which the power is rarely exercised .
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering 9.98 million square kilometres ( 3.85 million square miles ) , making it the world 's second-largest country by total area . Its southern border with the United States , stretching some 8,891 kilometres ( 5,525 mi ) , is the world 's longest bi-national land border . Canada 's capital is Ottawa , and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto , Montreal , and Vancouver . As a whole , Canada is sparsely populated , with most of its land area dominated by forest and tundra . Its population is highly urbanized , with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities , and 70 percent residing within 100 kilometres ( 62 mi ) of the southern border . Canada 's climate varies widely across its vast area , ranging from Arctic climate in the north to hot summers in the southern regions , with four distinct seasons . Various indigenous peoples inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years before European colonization . Beginning in the 16th century , British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast . As a consequence of various armed conflicts , France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 . In 1867 , with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation , Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces . This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom .
Julie Payette CC CMM COM CQ CD DStJ ( French pronunciation : ​ [ ʒyli pajɛt ] ; born October 20 , 1963 ) is the Governor General of Canada , the 29th officeholder since Canadian Confederation . On July 13 , 2017 , Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Queen Elizabeth II had approved the appointment of Payette as the next Governor General of Canada . She was sworn in on October 2 , 2017 . She is the fourth woman and the sixth francophone to hold the post . Payette is an engineer , businessperson , and a former member of the Canadian Astronaut Corps . Payette has completed two spaceflights , STS-96 and STS-127 , and has logged more than 25 days in space . She served as chief astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency ( CSA ) , and has served as capsule communicator at NASA Mission Control Center in Houston . In July 2013 , Payette was named chief operating officer for the Montreal Science Centre , and in April 2014 , she was appointed to the board of directors of the National Bank of Canada .
The following is a list of the governors and governors general of Canada . Though the present-day office of the Governor General of Canada is legislatively covered under the Constitution Act , 1867 , and legally constituted by the Letters Patent , 1947 , the institution is , along with the institution of the Crown it represents , the oldest continuous and uniquely Canadian institution in Canada , having existed in an unbroken line since the appointment of Samuel de Champlain in 1627 .
Grenada ( /ɡrɪˈneɪdə/ ( listen ) grin-AY-də Grenadian Creole : La Gwenad ) is a sovereign state in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain . Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself plus six smaller islands which lie to the north of the main island . It is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago , northeast of Venezuela and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . Its size is 348.5 square kilometres ( 134.6 sq mi ) , and it had an estimated population of 112,200 in July 2018 . Its capital is St. George 's . Grenada is also known as the Island of Spice due to its production of nutmeg and mace crops . The national bird of Grenada is the critically endangered Grenada dove . Coordinates : 12°07′N 61°40′W / 12.117°N 61.667°W / 12.117 ; -61.667 Before the arrival of Europeans in the Americas , Grenada was inhabited by the indigenous Arawaks and later by the Island Caribs . Christopher Columbus sighted Grenada in 1498 during his third voyage to the Americas . Although it was deemed the property of the King of Spain , there are no records to suggest the Spanish ever landed or settled on the island . Following several unsuccessful attempts by Europeans to colonise the island due to resistance from the Island Caribs , French settlement and colonisation began in 1650 and continued for the next century . On 10 February 1763 , Grenada was ceded to the British under the Treaty of Paris .
Dame Cécile Ellen Fleurette La Grenade , GCMG OBE ( born 30 December 1952 ) is a Grenadian food scientist who has been serving as the Governor-General of Grenada since her swearing-in on 7 May 2013 .
The Governor-General of Grenada has been the representative of the Grenadian monarch since the country 's independence from the United Kingdom in 1974 . For a list of governors in Grenada before independence , see List of colonial governors and administrators of Grenada .
Jamaica ( /dʒəˈmeɪkə/ ( listen ) ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea . Spanning 10,990 square kilometres ( 4,240 sq mi ) in area , it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean ( after Cuba and Hispaniola ) . Jamaica lies about 145 kilometres ( 90 mi ) south of Cuba , and 191 kilometres ( 119 mi ) west of Hispaniola ( the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic ) ; the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some 215 kilometres ( 134 mi ) to the north-west . Originally inhabited by the indigenous Arawak and Taíno peoples , the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494 . Many of the indigenous people were either killed or died of diseases to which they had no immunity , and the Spanish thus forcibly transplanted large numbers of African slaves to Jamaica as labourers . The island remained a possession of Spain until 1655 , when England ( later Great Britain ) conquered it , renaming it Jamaica . Under British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter , with a plantation economy dependent on the African slaves and later their descendants . The British fully emancipated all slaves in 1838 , and many freedmen chose to have subsistence farms rather than to work on plantations . Beginning in the 1840s , the British began utilising Chinese and Indian indentured labour to work on plantations . The island achieved independence from the United Kingdom on 6 August 1962 . With 2.9 million people , Jamaica is the third-most populous Anglophone country in the Americas ( after the United States and Canada ) , and the fourth-most populous country in the Caribbean . Kingston is the country 's capital and largest city .
Sir Patrick Linton Allen ON GCMG CD KStJ ( born 7 February 1951 ) is a Jamaican pastor who is the sixth and current governor-general of Jamaica . The fourth of five children in a family of subsistence farmers , Allen spent over a decade as a teacher and principal , before leaving education to be trained as an Adventist minister at Andrews University in the United States . After becoming a pastor , Allen went on to serve in a number of leadership roles within the Seventh-day Adventist Church , eventually becoming the leader of the West Indies Union of Seventh-day Adventists , which had jurisdiction over Jamaica , The Bahamas , the Cayman Islands , and the Turks and Caicos Islands . Allen became Jamaica 's sixth appointed governor-general ( eighth overall , including two acting governors-general ) . He replaced Sir Kenneth O . Hall , who resigned for health reasons . Allen 's appointment was controversial due to his strong ties to the Seventh-day Adventist Church , and because of concerns that he would be unable to attend functions on Saturdays due to his faith 's strict observation of the sabbath . Allen resigned from his leadership of the West Indies Union prior to becoming governor-general , however .
The Governor-General of Jamaica represents the Queen of Jamaica , Elizabeth II . The monarch , on the advice of the prime minister , appoints a Governor-General as his or her representative in Jamaica . Both the monarch and the Governor-General hold much power , but rarely exercise it , usually only in emergencies and , in some cases , [ which ? ] war . The Governor-General represents the monarch on ceremonial occasions such as the state opening of Parliament , the presentation of honours , and military parades . Under the Constitution , they are given authority to act in some matters , for example in appointing and disciplining officers of the civil service , proroguing Parliament , and so on , but only in a few cases do they have the power to act entirely at their own discretion . Jamaican republicanism , a position which is held by the current Jamaican government , generally advocates for the replacement of the Governor-General with a non-executive president .
New Zealand ( Māori : Aotearoa [ aɔˈtɛaɾɔa ] ) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean . The country has two main landmasses - the North Island ( Te Ika-a-Māui ) , and the South Island ( Te Waipounamu ) - and around 600 smaller islands . It has a total land area of 268,000 square kilometres ( 103,500 sq mi ) . New Zealand is about 2,000 kilometres ( 1,200 mi ) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and 1,000 kilometres ( 600 mi ) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia , Fiji , and Tonga . Because of its remoteness , it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans . During its long period of isolation , New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal , fungal , and plant life . The country 's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks , such as the Southern Alps , owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions . New Zealand 's capital city is Wellington , and its most populous city is Auckland . Sometime between 1250 and 1300 , Polynesians settled in the islands and developed a distinctive Māori culture . In 1642 , Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight New Zealand . In 1840 , representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi , which declared British sovereignty over the islands . In 1841 , New Zealand became a colony within the British Empire and in 1907 it became a dominion ; it gained full statutory independence in 1947 and the British monarch remained the head of state .
Dame Patricia Lee Reddy , GNZM , QSO , DStJ ( born 17 May 1954 ) is a New Zealand lawyer and businesswoman serving as the 21st and current Governor-General of New Zealand , in office since 2016 . Before becoming governor-general , Reddy was a partner of a law firm , headed a major review of intelligence agencies , held multiple directorships , chaired the New Zealand Film Commission , and worked as a chief negotiator on Treaty of Waitangi settlements . Prime Minister John Key recommended her to succeed Sir Jerry Mateparae as governor-general , and Reddy was sworn in on 28 September 2016 .
The following is a list of the governors and governors-general of New Zealand . As the personal representative of the New Zealand monarch , the governor-general performs many of the functions vested in the Crown , such as summoning and dissolving parliament , granting or withholding the Royal Assent , making state visits and receiving ambassadors . These functions are performed on the advice of the head of government , the prime minister . Since the office was established in 1841 , 37 individuals have served as governor , governor-in-chief ( 1848-1853 ) , or governor-general ( since 1917 ) . The list does not include lieutenant-governors of the provinces of New Ulster and New Munster that existed between 1848 and 1853 . [ a ] The table also does not include administrators of the government , who fulfil vice-regal duties between the terms of governors-general , or at other times when the governor-general is overseas or otherwise unable to carry out the role . The role of administrator is normally undertaken by the chief justice .
Papua New Guinea ( PNG ; /ˈpæp ( j ) uə . ˈɡɪni , ˈpɑː-/ , also US : /ˈpɑːpwə- , ˈpɑːpjə- , ˈpɑːpə-/ ; Tok Pisin : Papua Niugini ; Hiri Motu : Papua Niu Gini ) , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( Tok Pisin : Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini ; Hiri Motu : Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini ) , is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia , a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia . Its capital , located along its southeastern coast , is Port Moresby . The western half of New Guinea forms the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua . It is the world 's 3rd largest island country with 462,840 km2 ( 178,700 sq mi ) . At the national level , after being ruled by three external powers since 1884 , Papua New Guinea established its sovereignty in 1975 . This followed nearly 60 years of Australian administration , which started during World War I . It became an independent Commonwealth realm in 1975 with Elizabeth II as its queen . It also became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in its own right . Papua New Guinea is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world . It is also one of the most rural , as only eighteen per cent of its people live in urban centres . There are 851 known languages in the country , of which 11 now have no known speakers .
Sir Bob Dadae , GCL , GCMG ( born 8 March 1961 ) is a Papua New Guinean politician who is the tenth and current Governor-General of Papua New Guinea . He assumed office as the tenth Governor-General on 28 February 2017 , succeeding Sir Michael Ogio . He was educated at the Ombo Lutheran Agency in Derim and the Bugandi High School , before completing a B.Com . degree from the University of Papua New Guinea ( 1988 ) and MBA degree from Griffith University ( 1995 ) . Prior to his election to parliament , he was an accountant for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea and a board member of the Christian Press publishing house . He was elected to the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea at the 2002 election as the United Party member for Kabwum Open , becoming the party 's deputy leader after the election . He became Deputy Speaker in 2004 . He was again re-elected at the 2007 election , and served as Minister for Defence under Michael Somare from 2007 to 2011 . He crossed to the People 's National Congress after Somare 's 2011 ouster , and was re-elected under that banner at the 2012 election . He was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George on 5 May 2017 . He was appointed to the Order of St John on 18 August 2017 .
The governor-general of Papua New Guinea is the representative of Papua New Guinean monarch , known in Tok Pisin as 'Missis Kwin ' .
Saint Kitts and Nevis ( /-ˈkɪts . ˈniːvɪs/ ( listen ) ) , also known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis , is an island country in the West Indies . Located in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles , it is the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere , in both area and population . The country is a Commonwealth realm , with Elizabeth II as queen and head of state . The capital city is Basseterre on the larger island of Saint Kitts . The smaller island of Nevis lies approximately 3 km ( 2 mi ) to the southeast across a shallow channel called The Narrows . The British dependency of Anguilla was historically also a part of this union , which was then known collectively as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla . However , it chose to secede from the union and remains a British overseas territory . To the north-northwest lie the islands of Sint Eustatius , Saba , Saint Barthélemy , Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten and Anguilla . To the east and northeast are Antigua and Barbuda , and to the southeast is the small uninhabited island of Redonda ( part of Antigua and Barbuda ) and the island of Montserrat . Saint Kitts and Nevis were among the first islands in the Caribbean to be colonized by Europeans . Saint Kitts was home to the first British and French colonies in the Caribbean , and thus has also been titled The Mother Colony of the West Indies .
Sir Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton , GCMG , CVO , QC , JP ( born 28 July 1950 ) is the fourth and current Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis . He was born on Saint Kitts , the son of William A. Seaton and his wife , Pearl A. Seaton , nee Godwin . He came to the position as Acting Governor-General after the ouster of his predecessor Sir Edmund Wickham Lawrence on 20 May 2015 . On 1 September 2015 , he was officially appointed Governor-General by Queen Elizabeth II on advice of Prime Minister Timothy Harris .
The Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis is the representative of the monarch of Saint Kitts and Nevis , currently Queen Elizabeth II . The appointed governor-general , currently Sir Tapley Seaton , lives in Government House , Basseterre , which serves as his official residence .
Saint Lucia ( /ˈluːʃə/ ( listen ) ; French : Sainte-Lucie ) is a sovereign island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean . The island was previously called Iyonola , the name given to the island by the native Amerindians and later , Hewanorra , the name given by the native Caribs . Part of the Lesser Antilles , it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent , northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique . It covers a land area of 617 km2 ( 238 square miles ) and reported a population of 165,595 in the 2010 census . Its capital is Castries . The French were the island 's first European settlers . They signed a treaty with the native Island Caribs in 1660 . England took control of the island from 1663 to 1667 . In ensuing years , it was at war with France fourteen times , and the rule of the island changed frequently ( it was ruled seven times each by the French and British ) . In 1814 , the British took definitive control of the island . Because it switched so often between British and French control , Saint Lucia was also known as the Helen of the West Indies after the Greek mythological character , Helen of Troy . Representative government came about in 1840 ( universal suffrage was established in 1953 ) .
Sir Emmanuel Neville Cenac , GCSL , GCMG ( born 24 November 1939 ) is the Governor-General of Saint Lucia . He was appointed to that post in January 2018 . He was previously best known as a Saint Lucian politician , serving as the country 's foreign minister from 1987 to 1992 . On 18 January 2018 , Cenac was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ( GCMG ) in the 2018 Special Honours . Also in 2018 , Cenac was appointed Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Lucia ( GCSL ) , in his capacity as Chancellor of the Order .
The Governor-General of Saint Lucia is the representative of the monarch of Saint Lucia , currently Queen Elizabeth II . The official residence of the Governor-General is Government House . The position of Governor-General was established when Saint Lucia was granted independence on 22 February 1979 , prior to which there had existed the equivalent position of Governor of Saint Lucia .
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ( /ˌɡrɛnəˈdiːnz/ ( listen ) ) is a multi island Anglo-Caribbean country in the Lesser Antilles island arc , in the southeast Windward Islands , which lies in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean . The sovereign state is also frequently known simply as Saint Vincent . Its 389 km2 ( 150 sq mi ) territory consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and the northern two-thirds of the Grenadines , a chain of 32 smaller islands . Some of the Grenadines are inhabited - Bequia , Mustique , Union Island , Canouan , Palm Island , Mayreau , Young Island - while others are not : Tobago Cays , Petit Saint Vincent , Baliceaux , Bettowia , Quatre , Petite Mustique , Savan and Petit Nevis . Most of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lies within the Hurricane Alley . To the north of Saint Vincent lies Saint Lucia , to the east is Barbados , and Grenada lies to the south . Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a densely populated country for its size ( over 300 inhabitants/km2 ) with approximately 110,211 inhabitants . Kingstown is the capital and main port . Saint Vincent has a British colonial history , and is now part of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States , CARICOM , the Commonwealth of Nations , the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States ( CELAC ) .
Susan Dilys Dougan , OBE ( née Ryan , born 1954/1955 in Colonarie , Saint Vincent ) , is the Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines since 1 August 2019 . She is the first female Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .
The office of Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was created in 1979 when the islands gained independence as a Commonwealth realm . The Governor-General represents Queen Elizabeth II . Prior to independence , the islands were administered variously by lieutenant-governors , governors and administrators .
The Solomon Islands are a sovereign state consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of 28,400 square kilometres ( 11,000 sq mi ) . The country 's capital , Honiara , is located on the island of Guadalcanal . The country takes its name from the Solomon Islands archipelago , which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the North Solomon Islands ( part of Papua New Guinea ) , but excludes outlying islands , such as Rennell and Bellona , and the Santa Cruz Islands . In 1568 , the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to visit them , naming them the Islas Salomón . Britain defined its area of interest in the Solomon Islands archipelago in June 1893 , when Captain Gibson R.N. , of HMS Curacoa , declared the southern Solomon Islands a British protectorate . During World War II , the Solomon Islands campaign ( 1942-1945 ) saw fierce fighting between the United States and the Empire of Japan , such as in the Battle of Guadalcanal . The official name of the then British administration was changed from the British Solomon Islands Protectorate to the Solomon Islands in 1975 , and self-government was achieved the following year . Independence was obtained , and the name changed to just Solomon Islands ( without the definite article ) , in 1978 . At independence , Solomon Islands became a constitutional monarchy . The Queen of Solomon Islands is Elizabeth II , represented by the Governor-General .
Sir David Okete Vuvuiri Vunagi , GCMG ( born 5 September 1950 ) is a retired Solomon Islands Anglican bishop and incumbent Governor-General of Solomon Islands . He was the Archbishop of Melanesia and Bishop of the Diocese of Central Melanesia , from 2009 to 2015 . He is married and has three children . He was born in Samasodou , in Isabel Province . He studied at KGVI Secondary School , from 1968 to 1973 . He achieved a Diploma of Education in Science at the University of the South Pacific , in Fiji , in 1976 , and a M.B . of Education in Biology at the University of Papua New Guinea , in 1982 . Before serving as a priest , he was a teacher at the government school at KGVI and at the Selwyn College of the Church of Melanesia . Vunagi achieved a Bachelor of Theology at St. John 's College , in Auckland , New Zealand , in 1990 . He was a teacher at the Bishop Patteson Theological College Kohimarama , in Solomon Islands , in 1992 . He moved to Canada , where he was assistant priest at St. Anselm 's Parish in the Diocese of New Westminster , British Columbia , from 1996 to 1998 . He achieved a Master of Theology at the Vancouver School of Theology , in 1998 .
The Governor-General of Solomon Islands is the resident representative of the Solomon Islands ' monarch , currently Elizabeth II . The Queen does not reside in the country but appoints a Governor-General to act on her behalf , subordinate to her , for a five-year term . Although the office holds considerable reserve powers , it is largely a symbolic figurehead position with little day-to-day involvement in government . Solomon Islands is a Commonwealth realm and , following independence in 1978 , adopted a constitutional monarchy based on , but separate from , that of the United Kingdom . Prior to the country 's independence and the establishment of this office , the islands were governed by a Governor and the Executive Council . The Governors-General of the majority of Commonwealth realms are nominated by the Prime Minister of each realm and appointed by the Queen but in Solomon Islands , the Governor-General is nominated by the National Parliament by vote and appointed by the Queen . Although the nominee is elected by Parliament the Queen is not bound to accept that nomination for appointment , although she is likely to dissent only in extraordinary circumstances . The current Governor-General is David Vunagi , a retired Solomon Islands Anglican bishop , who was nominated unopposed in June 2019 .
Tuvalu ( /tuːˈvɑːluː/ too-VAH-loo ) ( formerly known as the Ellice Islands ) , is a country in Polynesia , located in the Pacific Ocean , situated in Oceania and about midway between Hawaii and Australia . The island country lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands ( which belong to the Solomon Islands ) , southeast of Nauru , south of Kiribati , west of Tokelau , northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna , and north of Fiji . It is composed of three reef islands and six true atolls spread out between the latitude of 5° to 10° south and longitude of 176° to 180° , west of the International Date Line . Tuvalu has a population of 11,192 ( 2017 census ) . The total land area of the islands of Tuvalu is 26 square kilometres ( 10 sq mi ) . The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians . The origins of the people of Tuvalu are addressed in the theories regarding migration into the Pacific that began about three thousand years ago . During pre-European-contact times there was frequent canoe voyaging between the islands as Polynesian navigation skills are recognised to have allowed deliberate journeys on double-hull sailing canoes or outrigger canoes . The pattern of settlement that is believed to have occurred is that the Polynesians spread out from Samoa and Tonga into the Tuvaluan atolls , with Tuvalu providing a stepping stone to further migration into the Polynesian outliers in Melanesia and Micronesia . In 1568 , Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to sail through the archipelago , sighting the island of Nui during his expedition in search of Terra Australis . The island of Funafuti was named Ellice 's Island in 1819 ; the name Ellice was applied to all of the nine islands after the work of English hydrographer Alexander George Findlay . The Ellice Islands came into Great Britain 's sphere of influence in the late 19th century , as the result of a treaty between Great Britain and Germany relating to the demarcation of the spheres of influence in the Pacific Ocean .
Sir Iakoba Taeia Italeli , GCMG , is a Tuvaluan politician who is the current Governor-General of Tuvalu , having served in this role since on 16 April 2010 . He is also a former Attorney General of Tuvalu who served from 2002 to 2006 . He was the Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific from July 2014 to June 2015 .
The Governor-General of Tuvalu is the representative of the Tuvaluan monarch ( currently Queen Elizabeth II ) and performs the duties of the Queen in her absence .