Governor General facts for kids
Governor General is a representative of a head of state. The term is mostly used in Commonwealth countries, where the governor general is a representative of the monarch.
Sometimes the title is spelled as Governor General, which is used in Canada, but sometimes it is spelled with a hyphen "-", Governor-General, which is the spelling used in Australia.
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David Hurley and Patsy Reddy, the governors-general of Australia and New Zealand respectively, with their spouses in 2021
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Lord Tweedsmuir was Governor General of Canada from 1935 to 1940. The uniform shown here was the unique ceremonial dress for a governor general
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Tim Healy, first Governor-General of the Irish Free State
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future US President William Howard Taft was the First American Governor General of the Philippines
See also
In Spanish: Gobernador general para niños
