Editing Lieutenant (section)

=== Political titles ===
====Canada====
In Canada, the representative of the [[Canadian monarch]] in each province is called the [[Lieutenant Governor (Canada)|Lieutenant Governor]]. The Lieutenant Governor exercises all the royal prerogative powers that the monarch holds.

====France====
In [[History of France|French history]], "lieutenant du roi" was a title borne by the officer sent with military powers to represent the king in certain provinces. It is in the sense of a deputy that it has entered into the titles of more senior officers, [[lieutenant general]] and [[lieutenant colonel]].

====United Kingdom====
The [[British monarch]]'s representatives in the counties of the [[United Kingdom]] are called [[Lord Lieutenant|Lords Lieutenant]]. The [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] performed the function of [[viceroy]] in [[Ireland]].

====United States====
The [[Lieutenant governor (United States)|Lieutenant Governor]] is an official in [[State governments of the United States|state governments]] of 45 out of 50 [[United States]].  In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the [[Governor (United States)|governor]], standing in for the governor when they are absent from the state or temporarily incapacitated. In the event a governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the lieutenant governor typically becomes governor.

In the [[United States]], a [[Governor (United States)|governor]] serves as the [[chief executive officer]] and [[commander-in-chief]] in each of the fifty [[U.S. state|states]] and in the five permanently inhabited [[Territories of the United States|territories]], functioning as both [[head of state]] and [[head of government]] therein.