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A viceroy (/ ˈ v aɪ s r ɔɪ /) is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning "in the place of" and the Anglo-Norman roy (Old French roi, roy), meaning "king". This denotes the position as one who acts on behalf of a king ...
A viceroy is a royal official who rules an area in the name of the King (or Queen). The word is made of 'vice' (Latin for 'in place of') and 'roy' (French, meaning 'king').
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Muhammad Ali of Egypt. Muhammad Ali [a] (4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849) was the Ottoman Albanian [3] governor and de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848, considered the founder of modern Egypt. At the height of his rule, he controlled Egypt, Sudan, Hejaz, Najd, the Levant, Crete and parts of Greece . He was a military commander in an ...
Gubernur-jenderal (sekarang juga viceroy) mengepalai pemerintah pusat India, yang mengurusi provinsi-provinsi di India Britania, yang meliputi Punjab, Bengal, Bombay, Madras, Provinsi-Provinsi Serikat, dan lain-lain.
Wizurai (viceroy) adalah seorang pegawai diraja yang menguruskan sesebuah negara, tanah jajahan, atau wilayah bandar (atau negeri) atas nama dan sebagai wakil raja. Istilah viceroy berasal dari awalan Latin vice- bermaksud "di tempat" dan perkataan Perancis roi iaitu "raja".
The viceroy system began in 1441, the 6th year of Zhengtong period, when the minister of war was assigned to cope with the rebellion in Yunnan. From the late 15th century, the Ming central viceroys were assigned with increasing frequency. In the 5th year of Chenghua emperor (1469 AD), the viceroy of Liangguang (Guangdong and Guangxi) was ...
Viceroys of the British monarch. In the British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations, a viceroy or a governor-general is the senior representative of the British monarch .
