Governor-General of Australia

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The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australia's head of state, Queen Elizabeth II. The current Governor-General is Maj-Gen. Michael Jeffery.

[edit] List of Governors-General

No. Term Title
1 1 January 1901 to 9 January 1903 John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
2 9 January 1903 to 21 January 1904 Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
3 21 January 1904 to 9 September 1908 Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
4 9 September 1908 to 31 July 1911 William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
5 31 July 1911 to 18 May 1914 Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman
6 18 May 1914 to 6 October 1920 Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson
7 6 October 1920 to 8 October 1925 Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster
8 8 October 1925 to 21 January 1931 John Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven
9 21 January 1931 to 23 January 1936 Sir Isaac Isaacs
10 23 January 1936 to 30 January 1945 Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie
11 30 January 1945 to 11 March 1947 Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
12 11 March 1947 to 8 May 1953 Sir William McKell
13 8 May 1953 to 2 February 1960 Sir William Slim
14 2 February 1960 to 3 February 1961 William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil
15 3 August 1961 to 7 May 1965 William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle
16 7 May 1965 to 30 April 1969 Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey
17 30 April 1969 to 11 July 1974 Sir Paul Hasluck
18 11 July 1974 to 8 December 1977 Sir John Kerr
19 8 December 1977 to 29 July 1982 Sir Zelman Cowen
20 29 July 1982 to 16 February 1989 Sir Ninian Stephen
21 16 February 1989 to 16 February 1996 Bill Hayden
22 16 February 1996 to 29 June 2001 Sir William Deane
23 29 June 2001 to 28 May 2003 Dr Peter Hollingworth
24 11 August 2003 to present Major-General Michael Jeffery
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