Governor-General of Hulstria and Gao-Soto

The Governor-General of Hulstria and Gao-Soto, also known as the Governor-General of the United Imperial Crownlands is the elected representative of the Crowns of Hulstria and Gao-Soto, a dual monarchical head of state consisting of the Kaiser of Hulstria and the Mikado of Gao-Soto. In this role, the Governor-General acts as the constitutional head of state of the Crownlands, sharing in the political and representative duties of both monarchs. In effect, when exercising this role, he functions much like the president of a parliamentary republic. He is also formally responsible for the conduct of the monarchs, jointly with the Staatsminister.

The Governor-General's office is the successor of the Governor-General of Greater Hulstria, an office that was created in 2647 under Rudolph V of Hulstria. Compared to this time period, the Governor-General has made a role reversal with the Staatsminister after the September Revolution. While the Greater Hulstria era saw the Governor-General the chief political officer in legislative and executive affairs and the Staatsminister a ceremonial cabinet chairman, the Septembrist Crownlands have made the Governor-General's office more ceremonial and the Staatsminister the head of government, the executive arising from the Imperial Diet. As such, where the Staatsministerium was at one point held most often by elder statesmen, such is now the case for the Governorate-General.