Editing Governor-general (section)

== Asian counterparts ==
* From 1644 to 1911, in [[Qing dynasty]] China, a governor-general or ''[[Viceroys in China|viceroy]]'' ({{zh|t=總督|s=总督|w=Tsung<sup>3</sup>-tu<sup>1</sup>|p=Zǒngdū}}) was the highest official of joint military and civil affairs in one or several [[Province of China|provinces]].
* The hereditary ''[[shōgun]]'' of Japan ({{langx|ja|征夷大将軍}}, ''sei-i tai-shōgun'') who ruled in the name of the emperor from 1185 until 1868 were equivalent to governors-general, though they often had far greater power than a governor-general would ordinarily have.
* Imperial Japan:
**From 1895 to 1945, [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Taiwan]] was administered by the Japanese [[Governor-General of Taiwan|governor-general of Taiwan]] (Japanese: 台湾総督, ''Taiwan sōtoku'').
** From 1910 to 1945, [[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea]] was administered by the Japanese [[Governor General of Korea|governor-general of Korea]] (Japanese: 朝鮮総督, ''chōsen sōtoku'').
* [[Iran|Islamic Republic of Iran]]
**The [[Provinces of Iran|provincial]] authority is headed by an appointed governor-general<ref name="IRNA" /> ([[Persian Language|Persian]]: استاندار, ''ostāndār'').
*Umayyad Empire
**The governor of Iraq appointed the governors of eastern provinces. Hence the Iraqi governor served as a Viceroy of the Caliph. See: Hajjaj bin Yousuf.