Editing Governor (section)

===Italy===
*The essentially [[Stato da Mar|maritime empire]] of the Venetian republic, comprising Terra Firma, other Adriatic (mainly Istria and Dalmatia) and further Mediterranean (mainly Greek) possessions, used different styles, such as ''(castelleno e) [[provveditore]]'' (''generale'') or ''baile''.
*In the fascist regime there was the governor of the colonies of the [[Italian colonial empire]].
*In today's Italy, the official name of a head of a [[Regione]] (the Italian subnational entity) is ''Presidente della Giunta regionale'' (President of the regional executive council). Since 2000, when a constitutional reform decided the direct election of the president by the people, out of perceived analogy with the US equivalent, there has been a practice among journalists to call the official ''governatore/governatrice'' (governor), although other people would normally prefer to use ''presidente/presidentessa della Regione'' (Regional president) informally.
*In the various Italian provinces (former principalities and city-states) that became amalgamated as the Papal States, the Holy See exerted temporal power via its [[papal legate|legate]]s and [[Delegate Apostolic|delegates]], including some cardinals
*Also in [[Avignon]] and the surrounding southern French [[Comtat Venaissin]], the home of the popes during their 'Babylonian exile', and retained centuries after, but never incorporated into the [[Papal States]], [[Papal legate|legates]] and vice-legates were appointed.
*The sovereign modern remnant of the formerly large Papal States, the tiny Vatican City State, is now a mere enclave in Rome, the capital of [[Italian Republic]]. As it is too small to have further administrative-territorial divisions, it is the equivalent of a prime minister, governor and mayor all rolled into one post, styled the [[Governor of Vatican City]].