Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. People (hierarchy name)
4. people (agents)
5. [people by occupation]
6. [people in administration and government]
7. administrators
8. officers (administrators)
9. public officers

Narrower term/s

• governors general [NP]
• military governors [NP]
• beys

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to officers, appointed or elected, in various administrative bodies, that hold the chief governing authority. In the United States, refers to the executive heads of each of the states. In the British Commonwealth, refers to the representative of the Crown in a member nation or dependency.