Governor-general
vice-regal representative of the head of state in an independent realm or a major colonial state From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Governor General is a representative of a head of state. The term is mostly used in Commonwealth realm countries, where the governor general is a representative of the British monarch, who is the head of state of the Commonwealth realm countries.
Sometimes the title is spelled as Governor General, which is used in Canada,[1] but sometimes it is spelled with a hyphen "-", Governor-General, which is the spelling used in Australia.[2]
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