List of governors of dependent territories in the 20th century


;Territorial governors in the 19th century – Territorial governors in the 21st centuryColonial and territorial governors by year
This is a list of territorial governors in the 20th century AD, such as the administrators of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.
For the purposes of this list, a current dependency is any entity listed on these lists of dependent territories and other entities. A dependent territory is normally a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state yet remains politically outside of the controlling state's integral area. This latter condition distinguishes a dependent territory from an autonomous region or administrative division, which forms an integral part of the 'parent' state. The administrators of uninhabited territories are excluded.

Australia

;Australia:
;Belgium: Belgian colonial empire
;People's Republic of China:
;Denmark:
;Finland:
;French Third Republic, Vichy France, French Fourth Republic, French Fifth Republic:

''Africa''

;Empire of Japan: Japanese colonial empire
;Kingdom of the Netherlands: Dutch colonial empire
Asia
Caribbean
;New Zealand:
;Norway:
;Kingdom of Portugal, First Portuguese Republic, Ditadura Nacional, Second Portuguese Republic, Third Portuguese Republic: Portuguese colonial empire
Africa
Asia
Oceania
;Union of South Africa, Republic of South Africa
;United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: British colonial empire

''Africa''


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Central America

;List of governors of the Panama Canal Zone

Caribbean Sea

;List of colonial governors of Cuba
;Puerto Rico, unincorporated territory
;United States Virgin Islands, unincorporated territory Purchased from Denmark by the United States.

Pacific Ocean

;United States territorial acquisitions
;American Samoa, unincorporated territory
;*Baker Island unincorporated territory.
;*Guam, an unincorporated territory
;*Howland Island unincorporated territory


;*Philippines
;Wake Island, unincorporated territory

United States occupational forces

;*Cuba
;*United States occupation of Nicaragua
;*United States occupation of Veracruz
;*United States occupation of Haiti
;*Occupation of the Rhineland U.S. zone - south-central Rhine province, Birkenfeld, and Koblenz.
;*United States occupation of Iceland
;*Allied-occupied Austria
;*West Berlin The American sector consisted of the Boroughs of Neukölln, Kreuzberg, Tempelhof, Schöneberg, Steglitz, and Zehlendorf.
;*Allied-occupied Germany
;*Occupation of Japan,
;*Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands
;*1991 Haiti coup

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