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The Administrator of the Pitcairn Islands is the de facto Chair of the Island Council. The officeholder represents the interests of the Governor.
As a British overseas territory the head of state is Charles III, with the Governor of the Pitcairn Islands appointed by the British government to act as his local representative. However, as the Governor of the Pitcairn Islands is also the British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa, an Administrator is appointed as the Governor's representative on the island.
However, Pitcairn is largely autonomous, and most power is exercised not by officials appointed by the British government, but rather by the locally elected Mayor and Island Council.
The first and inaugural Administrator is His Honour Alan Richmond, who took up the office in November 2014.[1] In August 2018 Nicholas Kennedy become the second Administrator.[2]
List of administrators of the Pitcairn Islands
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| No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Tenure | Notes | Governor of Pitcairn | Monarch | |
| From | Until | ||||||
| 1 | Alan Richmond (?–?) |
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November 2014 | May 2016 |  Jonathan Sinclair |
 Elizabeth II | |
| 2 | Robin Shackell [3] (?–?) |
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May 2016 | August 2016 | Temporary administrator | ||
| 3 | Nicola Hebb [4] (?–?) |
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September 2016 | August 2018 | |||
 Laura Clarke | |||||||
| 4 | Nicholas Kennedy [5] (?–?) |
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August 2018 | December 2020 | |||
| 5 | Mark Tomlinson [6] (?–?) |
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January 2021 | February 2022 | |||
| 6 | Alasdair Hamilton [6][7] (?–?) |
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February 2022 | April 2022 | |||
| 7 | Colin Leeman [8] (?–?) |
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April 2022 | June 2022 | Temporary administrator |  Iona Thomas | |
| 8 | Stephen Twaites [9] (?–?) |
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June 2022 | July 2022 | Temporary administrator | ||
| 9 | Tim Moody [9] (?–?) |
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July 2022 | October 2022 | Temporary administrator | ||
| 10 | Simon Bull [9] (?–?) |
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October 2022 | November 2022 | Temporary administrator |  Charles III | |
| 11 | Steve Townsend [9] (?–?) |
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December 2022 | Joint administrators (Job share) | |||
| Fiona Kilpatrick [9] (?–?) |
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References
- ^ "Jonathan Sinclair on Twitter: "Signing into law new post of Administrator, flanked by Mayor (L) and Admin'r, Alan Richmond (R)"". Twitter. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "Laura Clarke on Twitter: "Nick Kennedy is moving to Pitcairn later this month as our new Administrator - and greatly looking forward to it!)"". Twitter. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ Pitcairn Island Council (2016). Minutes of the Council Meeting Held at the Public Hall, Commencing at 10:30am 22nd June 2016 (PDF) – via government.pn.
- ^ Pitcairn Island Council (2016). Minutes of the Council Meeting Held at the Public Hall, Commencing at 8:30am 4th September 2016 (PDF) – via government.pn.
- ^ "Nick Kennedy". gov.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ a b Pitcairn Island Council (2021). Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting Held at the Public Hall, Commencing at 9.00am 13th June 2021 (PDF) – via government.pn.
- ^ "Alasdair Hamilton". gov.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ Pitcairn Island Council (2021). Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting Held at the Public Hall, Commencing at 9.00am 17th November 2021 (PDF) – via government.pn.
- ^ a b c d e Pitcairn Island Council (2022). Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting Held at the Public Hall, Commencing at 9.00am 22nd June 2022 (PDF) – via government.pn.
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