The Governor of Anguilla is the representative of the

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in the

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. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the

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. The Governor is the highest authority on Anguilla, but daily business is handled by local Anguillan elected officials. The main role of the Governor is to appoint the

Premier of Anguilla The Premier of Anguilla is the head of government in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla. The Premier is appointed by the Governor of Anguilla on behalf of the monarch of the United Kingdom, currently King Charles III. Up until 2019 the o ...

. The Governor's official residence is

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at Old Ta. The Governor has her own flag: the

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defaced with the

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. The current Governor is

Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam is a British lawyer and civil servant who has served as Governor of Anguilla since 18 January 2021. She is the second female holder of the position after Christina Scott. On 15 December 2022, the Foreign, Commonwealt ...

, who was sworn in on 18 January 2021.

List of governors of Anguilla

*1982–83:

Charles Henry Godden Charles Henry Godden, CBE (19 November 1922 – 10 June 2020) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who served as Her Majesty's Commissioner, then Governor of Anguilla, from 1978 to 1983. Godden was appointed a Commander of the Order ...

*1983–87:

Alastair Turner Baillie Alastair Turner Baillie (24 December 1932 – 18 November 2009) was a British diplomat. He served as Governor of Anguilla The Governor of Anguilla is the representative of the monarch in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla. The Gove ...

*1987–89:

Geoffrey Owen Whittaker Geoffrey Owen Whittaker, OBE (10 January 1932 – 24 February 2015) was a British civil servant. He served as the Governor of the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla from 1987 until 1989. Second son of Alfred James Whittaker (d. 1971) and Ger ...

*1989–92: Brian George John Canty *1992–95:

Alan William Shave Alan William Shave, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, CVO, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 3 November 1936) is a retired British journalist and diplomat. He was Governor of Anguilla from 1992 to 1995. References The Ame ...

*1995–96:

Alan Hoole Alan Norman Hoole (25 April 1942 – 8 May 2000) was the Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha between 1991 and 1995, he then served as Governor of Anguilla between 1995 and 1996. He was educated at Sheffield University and C ...

*1996–2000: Robert Harris *2000–04: Peter Johnstone *2004–06:

Alan Huckle Alan Edden Huckle (born 15 June 1948) is an English senior diplomat in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British Government. He was the commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and the British Antarctic Territory fro ...

*2006–09: Andrew George *2009–13:

Alistair Harrison William Alistair Harrison (born 14 November 1954) is His Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps. He was previously Governor of Anguilla from 21 April 2009 to 23 July 2013. Early life Harrison was born on 14 November 1954 in Guisborough, N ...

*2013–17:

Christina Scott Christina Martha Elena Scott (born 25 December 1974) is a British civil servant and diplomat. She served as Governor of Anguilla between 2013 and 2017, and was the first woman to hold the post. She has been Deputy Head of Mission at the Britis ...

*2017–20:

Tim Foy Timothy John Foy is a former British civil servant and territorial governor. He served as Governor of Anguilla from August 2017 through December 2020. During his inaugural address, he stated that economic development and improving public safet ...

*2021–:

References

External links

Government of Anguilla – H.E. The Governor
{{British dependencies governors Government of Anguilla Anguilla-related lists

List of governors of Anguilla

See also

References

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