Netherlands
The Netherlands has a Lieutenant governor (Dutch: gezaghebber) in each of the three special municipalities on the islands in the Caribbean Netherlands; Saba, Bonaire, and Sint Eustatius, where their function is similar to a Mayor in the European Netherlands.
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