Governor-in-Chief

Governor-in-Chief was a title commonly used by the elected heads-of-state of worlds that were members of the Galactic Republic. Governments headed by a Governor-in-Chief or Governor were usually named with the prefix "governorate", i.e the Lantillian Governorate.

The title, as well as the title "governor", was often seen as a more "democratic-sounding" alternative to other government titles used throughout Republic history, such as king, prince, mandator (archaic), federator (archaic), president, chief-of-state, imperator/emperor, princeps civitatis ("first citizen"; archaic), regno/ren ("king", archaic), or high judicial, among others.