military governor

military governor

The military commander or other designated person who, in an occupied territory, exercises supreme authority over the civil population subject to the laws and usages of war and to any directive received from the commander's government or superior.

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military governor - the head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country)burgrave - the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuriesgovernor - the head of a state governmentmargrave - the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany