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  • Female heads of state is too broad an answer - that would leave out the Queens of the United Kingdom, Denmark and the Netherlands, and arguably the Governors-General of Canada, Antigua and Barbados Barbuda, and St Lucia.

    Who those people are miteque 2008

  • I didn't realize Governors-General were in competition with each other.

    Oh yeah, well, I sleep under a seal skin duvet. So there. - Beyond The Commons - Macleans.ca 2009

  • Since 1952, our Governors-General have been citizens of Canada.

    "What I've Seen" 2005

  • From Australasia there were three delegations, 2 led by Governors-General and the third by a Minister.

    ANC Today 2004

  • From Australasia there were three delegations, 2 led by Governors-General and the third by a Minister.

    ANC Today 2004

  • Governors-General of India or British America, and all who had held for ten years any Colonial Governorships.

    Representative Government 2002

  • Ulster has also given to Canada Lords Dufferin and Alexander, Governors-General, a Prime Minister (Meighen), numerous prominent politicians at Federal and Provincial levels, and the world of commerce the founders of the famous T. Eaton Company.

    Ulster's Place In Britain Today/The Economic Future of Great Britain 1967

  • As such, it has hitherto been firmly maintained by successive Governors-General of India under the explicit instructions of Her Majesty's Government.

    Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

  • This Inca had two Governors-General in the whole empire, called Suyuyoc

    History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

  • For many years after the conquest, deep religious sentiment pervaded the State policy, and not a few of the Governors-General acquired fame for their demonstrations of piety.

    The Philippine Islands John Foreman

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