Editing Governor-general (section)

===France===
The equivalent term in French is ''gouverneur général'',{{NoteTag|The term ''Gouverneur général'' is still the official title in French in Canada, but refers to the British-instituted office.}} used in the following colonies:

* From 1887 to 1945 the French appointed a [[list of governors-general of French Indochina|governor-general]] to govern [[French Indochina]] (modern-day [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], and [[Vietnam]]); the function of the High Commissioner in the Pacific Ocean, from 22 March 1907 held by the governors of [[New Caledonia]], was used to coordinate that colony, the other French settlements in Oceania and the other governors of French Indochina and the [[resident commissioner]]s of the [[New Hebrides]] and the [[resident minister|residents]] of [[Wallis and Futuna]] were subordinated to him.
* The governor-general of [[New France]] was the vice-regal post in New France from 1663 until 1760 and was the last French vice-regal post. It was replaced by the British post of governor of the [[Province of Quebec]] following the fall of New France. While the districts of [[Montreal]] and [[Trois-Rivières]] had their own governors, the governor-general of New France and the governor of the district of Quebec were the same person.
* From 1699 to 1947, the French appointed a governor and general commander ({{langx|fr|Gouverneur de Pondichéry et commandant général des établissements français aux Indes orientales}}) to administer [[French India]] (including [[History of Pondicherry|Pondichéry]]).
*Governors-general of the [[Mascarene Islands]] (under control of the [[charter companies|chartered]] [[French Indies Company]] to 14 July 1767) from 4 June 1735 (succeeding to governors), and after its split-up of [[Mauritius]] (Réunion and the Seychelles got lower-styled [[commandant]]s or governors), until 25 September 1803
* [[Haiti]] January 1714 – 31 December 1803; last incumbent [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] shortly maintained the title after the January I, 1804 independence before proclaiming himself Emperor Jacques I
* Since its creation on 16 June 1895 in [[French West Africa]] (AOF), until 4 April 1957; the last stayed on as first of two high commissioners
* [[Madagascar]]
* From 28 June 1908 (previously it had a [[Commissaire général]], i.e. commissioner general) to 4 April 1957 (the last stayed on as first of three high commissioners) in [[French Equatorial Africa]] (AEF); during several periods he also acted as governor of the constitutive colony [[Congo Brazzaville]].

Furthermore, in Napoleonic Europe successive French governors-general were appointed by [[Napoleon I]] in:
* the German states of [[Brandenburg]] (various others got "mere" governors), two incumbents between 27 October 1806 and 10 December 1808, during the French occupation
* Province of [[Courland]] under the French occupation (from 1 August 1812, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and District of [[Pilten]] nominally re-established under joint French-Saxon protectorate 8 October 1812 – 20 December 1812) : Jacques David Martin, baron de Campredon (1761–1837)
* [[Parma and Piacenza]] under occupation, (after a commissioner) 15 February 1804 – 23 July 1808, later annexed as ''département'' under a "[[prefect]] of [[Taro]]".
* principality of [[Piombino]] May 1806 – 1811: Adolphe Beauvais (d. 1811)
* annexed [[Tuscany]], two incumbents, over prefects for [[Arno (department)|Arno]], [[Méditerranée]] [Mediterranean] and [[Ombrone]]:
** May 1808 – 3 March 1809 Jacques François de Boussay, baron de Menou (1750–1810)
** 3 March 1809 – 1 February 1814 Elisa Baciocchi Bonaparte (with courtesy style of Grand Duchess of Tuscany) (1777–1820)
* the [[Illyrian Provinces]] (comprising present [[Croatia]], [[Slovenia]] and even adjacent parts of [[Austria]] and Italy), annexed as part of the French Empire proper, 14 October 1809 – August 1813