Governor-General of Australia

The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australia's head of state, Charles III. The current Governor-General is Sam Mostyn.

The Governor-General of Australia is a powerful person in the country. The Governor-General is leader of the Executive Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Defence Forces.

 List of governors-general 

No.TermNameFromTo1 1 January 19019 January 1903 John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun2 9 January 190321 January 1904 Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson3 21 January 19049 September 1908 Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote4 9 September 190831 July 1911 William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley5 31 July 191118 May 1914 Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman6 18 May 19146 October 1920 Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson7 6 October 19208 October 1925 Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster88 October 192521 January 1931John Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven921 January 193123 January 1936Sir Isaac Isaacs1023 January 193630 January 1945Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie1130 January 194511 March 1947Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester1211 March 19478 May 1953Sir William McKell138 May 19532 February 1960Sir William Slim142 February 19603 February 1961William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil153 August 19617 May 1965William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle167 May 196530 April 1969Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey1730 April 196911 July 1974Sir Paul Hasluck1811 July 19748 December 1977Sir John Kerr198 December 197729 July 1982Sir Zelman Cowen2029 July 198216 February 1989Sir Ninian Stephen2116 February 198916 February 1996Bill Hayden2216 February 199629 June 2001Sir William Deane2329 June 200128 May 2003Dr Peter Hollingworth2411 August 20039 September 2008Major-General Michael Jeffery2510 September 200826 March 2014Ms Quentin Bryce, AC2626 March 20141 July 2019Sir Peter Cosgrove27 1 July 20191 July 2024David Hurley281 July 2024Sam Mostyn

Living former governors-general
 there are five living former governors-general of Australia. The most recently deceased governor-general, Bill Hayden (1989–1996), died on 21 October 2023.

NameTerm of officeDate of birthSir William Deane1996–2001Peter Hollingworth2001–2003Dame Quentin Bryce2008–2014Sir Peter Cosgrove2014–2019David Hurley2019–2024

Other websites
 Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia

References


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