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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Governor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The provinces of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) are led by governors.
In colonial America, the governor was the representative of the monarch who exercised executive power, many colonies originally elected their governors, but in the years leading up to the American Revolutionary War, the king began to to appoint them directly.
Currently, the counties of Sweden, the provinces of China and Finland, the states of Indonesia and some of the administrative divisions of Russia are among the areas which have leaders with the title of governor.
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The Governor's chief responsibility is for the Defence and External Affairs of the colony.
The provinces of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) are led by governors, as representatives of the President.
Currently, the län (counties) of Sweden (see *Over-Governor of Stockholm, Governors-General of Sweden, List of County Governors of Sweden), the provinces of Finland are among the areas which have leaders with the title of governor.
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 Governor - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In Britain's remaining crown colonies the governor may be a direct appointee of the British government and play an active role in lawmaking (though usually with the advice of elected local representatives).
Governors General are appointed on the advice (which is inevitably followed) of the prime minister of the nation.
Another related office is the lieutenant governor which in a state of United States is the second highest executive official in a state and which in Canada is an office for a Canadian province which is analogous to the governor for an Australian state.
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 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
She is also Head of the Commonwealth, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Commander-in-Chief of the UK Armed Forces and Lord of Mann
On 18 November, 1965, the Governor of Rhodesia (Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs) was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, an honour in the personal gift of the Queen, a week after Ian Smith had made his Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
She is cousin of Albert II of Belgium, Harald V of Norway, Juan Carlos I of Spain and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, as well as former kings Constantine II of Greece and Michael of Romania, and to the former Royal houses of Prussia/Germany and Russia.
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 New Netherland Project Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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Administrative Papers of Governors Richard Nicolls and Francis Lovelace, 1664-1673.
The Rise and Fall of New Sweden: Governor Johan Risingh’s Journal, 1654-1655, in its Historical Context.
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