List of current non-sovereign monarchs

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This is a list of currently reigning constituent monarchs, including traditional rulers and governing constitutional monarchs. Each monarch reigns over a legally recognised dominion, but in most cases possess little or no sovereign governing power. Their titles, however, are recognised by the state. Entries are listed beside their respective dominion ("polity"), and are grouped by country.

African monarchs

{{Main|List of current constituent African monarchs}}

Asian monarchs

{{Main|List of current constituent Asian monarchs}}

European monarchs

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| {{Flag icon|Guernsey}} Guernsey{{Flag icon|Sark}}SarkChristopher Beaumont3 July 2016BeaumontHereditary
| {{Flag icon|Ireland}} IrelandTory Islandvacant19 October 2018Kings of ToryElective

North American monarchs

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| {{Flag icon|Nicaragua}} NicaraguaMiskito Kingdom

|José Miguel Coleman Hendy Clarence

|2016

|House of Miskito

|Hereditary

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| {{Flag icon|Panama}} Panama{{flagicon image|Flag of Nasi Tjer Di Indigenous Region.png}} Naso Tjër Di ComarcaReynaldo Santana02 Oct 2011Santanarowspan="3" | Elective and hereditary{{Cite web |title=After Landmark Territorial Win, Naso People of Panama Look to the Future |url=https://nacla.org/news/2021/02/10/landmark-territorial-win-panama-naso-people |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=NACLA |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Forest Defenders: A Panamanian Tribe Regains Control of Its Lands |url=https://e360.yale.edu/features/forest-defenders-a-panamanian-tribe-regains-control-of-its-lands |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=Yale E360 |language=en-US}}
style="vertical-align: top; " rowspan="2" | {{Flag icon|Trinidad and Tobago}} Trinidad and TobagoSanta Rosa

|Nona Aquan

|12 Oct 2019

|Aquan

|{{Cite web |title=President congratulates new queen of the Santa Rose First People {{!}} Loop Caribbean News |url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/president-congratulates-new-queen-santa-rose-first-people-0 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Loop News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Boucher |first=Alicia |title=Weekend Spotlight: Carib Queen Crowned |url=https://www.tv6tnt.com/news/7pmnews/weekend-spotlight-carib-queen-crowned/article_f3abadac-ee0e-11e9-82d9-6b75bd655df9.html |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Caribbean Communications Network |date=13 October 2019 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=A queen's simple life |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/features/local/a-queen-s-simple-life/article_b2c90d74-f12f-11e9-be56-d73d4ff96f27.html |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Trinidad Express Newspapers |date=17 October 2019 |language=en}}

Moruga

|Eric Lewis

|21 Feb 2022

|Lewis

|{{Cite web |title=Funeral rites for Grand Chief of First Peoples in Moruga today |url=http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/funeral-rites-for-grand-chief-of-first-peoples-in-moruga-today-6.2.1459634.c66bbb61f4 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=www.guardian.co.tt |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=SilVa |first=Rad-HiCa De |title=Memorial to be built soon for late Chief Navarro |url=http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/memorial-to-be-built-soon-for-late-chief-navarro-6.2.1459877.be4e839638 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=www.guardian.co.tt |language=en}}

South American monarchs

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| {{Flag icon| Bolivia}} Bolivia{{flagicon image|Flag Afrobolivian.svg}} Afro-BoliviansJulio Pinedo18 April 1992PinedoHereditary{{Cite web|url=http://www.casarealafroboliviana.org/|title=Web Oficial de la Casa Real Afroboliviana|website=www.casarealafroboliviana.org}}

Oceanian monarchs

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| {{Flag icon|American Samoa}} American SamoaManu'aTu'i Manu'a vacant6 July 1904rowspan="7" | Elective and hereditaryalign="center" |
| {{Flag icon|Fiji}} FijiFijiTui Viti vacantalign="center" |
style="vertical-align: top; " rowspan="2" | {{Flag icon|Marshall Islands}} Marshall Islands {{#tag:ref|The government of the Marshall Islands recognises 12 chiefly domains, called mojen, each headed by one or several paramount chiefs. Each domain is represented in the Council of Iroij, an advisory body of traditional chiefs guaranteed by the Constitution.|group=oc|name=Marshalls}}KwajaleinIroijlaplap Michael Kabua19 September 2019Kabuaalign="center" |{{Cite news|title=Marshall Islands celebrate first 'Iroojlaplap' chief coronation in 50 years|publisher=France 24|location=Majuro, Marshall Islands|date=22 July 2022|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220722-marshall-islands-celebrate-first-iroojlaplap-chief-coronation-in-50-years|access-date=8 March 2023}}
North Ratak {{#tag:ref|This domain covers the islands of Ailuk, Aur, Maloelap, Taongi, Utirik and Wotje in the Ratak Chain. Its ruling clan has also laid claim to nearby Wake Island, under the name Eneen-Kio.|group=oc|name=Rataks}}Iroijlaplap Remios Hermios10 December 1998Hermiosalign="center" |{{Cite web|author=Cahoon, Ben|title=Marshall Islands Traditional Polities|work=World Statesmen.org|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Marshall_native.html|access-date=13 June 2010}}
style="vertical-align: top; " rowspan="3" | {{Flag icon|Federated States of Micronesia}} Federated States of MicronesiaMadolenihmwNahnmwarki Kerpet Ehpel {{#tag:ref|This chief is normally referred to as the Isipahu.|group=oc|name=Isipahu}}November 2008Dipwinpahnmei {{#tag:ref|The ruling line belongs specifically to the Inenkatau (or Upwutenmai) sept of the Dipwinpahnmei clan.|group=oc|name=Inenka}}align="center" |{{Cite news|last=Jaynes|first=Bill|title=PRC Ambassador Zhang Weidong turns over Pohnpei State Government building to the FSM|newspaper=Kaselehlie Press|location=Peilapalap, Pohnpei|date=17 February 2010|url=http://www.fsmgames.fm/news/kp/2010/feb10_6.htm|access-date=14 June 2010}}{{Cite journal|last=Riesenberg|first=Saul H.|title=The Native Polity of Ponape|journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology|volume=10|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|location=Washington, D.C.|year=1968|issue=10 |pages=1–115 |doi=10.5479/si.00810223.10.1 |url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/anthropology/pdf_lo/SCtA-0010.pdf|access-date=13 June 2010}}
SokehsNahnmwarki Herculano Kohler1997Sounkawadalign="center" |{{Cite press release|title=President Nena Was Bestowed Traditional Title|publisher= Government of the Federated States of Micronesia|date=20 November 1997|url=http://www.fsmgov.org/press/pr112017.htm|access-date=14 June 2010}}
UhNahnmwarki Welter John {{#tag:ref|This chief is normally referred to as the Sangiro.|group=oc|name=Sangiro}}30 September 1991Lasialap {{#tag:ref|The ruling line belongs specifically to the Sounpasedo sept of the Lasialap clan.|group=oc|name=Sounpas}}align="center" |{{Citation|title=Congressional Journal: First Regular Session|publisher=Fifteenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia|date=11 May 2007|location=Palikir, Pohnpei|url=http://www.fsmcongress.fm/pdf%20documents/Day%201%20Journal%20-%201st%20Regular%20%2015th%20Congress.pdf|access-date=14 June 2010}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
style="vertical-align: top; " rowspan="3" | {{Flag icon|New Caledonia|local}} New CaledoniaKuniéHigh Chief Hilarion Vendégou26 September 1974 {{#tag:ref|Hilarion was recognised as grand chef in 1974, but, due to a violent succession dispute with his relative Jean-Marie Vendégou, was not formally enthroned until 7 July 1979. He is also the mayor of the island commune until 2014.|group=oc|name=Hilarion}}Vao {{#tag:refgroup=oc|name=Kanak}}Hereditaryalign="center" |{{Cite book|last=Godard|first=Philippe|title=Le mémorial Calédonien, Volume 8: 1970-1981|publisher=Art Calédoniennes|year=1980|location=Nouméa|pages=43, 60, 101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NyMHAQAAIAAJ|language=fr}}
MaréHigh Chief Dokucas Naisseline6 June 2007Naisseline {{#tag:ref|The Naisseline family is a branch of the Netché, a tribe of Kanaks.|group=oc|name=Netche}}Hereditary {{#tag:ref|The throne of the grand chef on Maré Island is traditionally held by the chief of Guahma district, an hereditary position.|group=oc|name=Guahma}}align="center"|{{Cite news|author=|title=Grand chef à 33 ans|newspaper=Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes|location=Maré, New Caledonia|date=7 June 2007|url=http://www.lnc.nc/pays/societe/161827-grand-chef-a-33-ans.html|access-date=14 June 2010|language=fr}}
LifouHigh Chief Evanes Boula13 June 1999Boula {{#tag:ref|A Kanak dynasty.|group=oc|name=Kanak}}Hereditary {{#tag:ref|The throne of the grand chef on Lifou Island, which also rules Ouvéa, is traditionally held by the chief of Lössi district, an hereditary position.|group=oc|name=Lossi}}align="center" |{{Cite web|title=Lifou|work=Genealogical Gleanings|publisher=Henry Soszynski, University of Queensland|url=http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/states/oceania/lifou.html|access-date=12 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613163943/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/states/oceania/lifou.html|archive-date=13 June 2011}}
style="vertical-align: top; " rowspan="2" | {{flagicon image|Flag of New Zealand.svg}} New Zealand25px Kīngitanga {{#tag:ref|Commonly referred to as the "Māori King Movement". Its elected ariki nui is often called the "Māori King" due to his nationalistic influence over all Māori tribes as a symbol of unity. This title is not officially recognised by the government of New Zealand.|group=oc|name=Mking}}Arikinui Nga wai hono i te po5 September 2024Te Wherowhero {{#tag:ref|Te Wherowhero is the lineage of the first king. It belongs to the Waikato iwi, which is part of the Tainui confederation.|group=oc|name=Whero}}Elective and hereditary {{#tag:ref|The monarch is appointed for life by the chiefs of the tribes involved in the Kīngitanga movement. Traditionally, selection is limited to direct descendants of the first king: Pōtatau I, of the Waikato tribe. However, in principle inheritance is open to any lineage should the electing chiefs be in agreement.|group=oc|name=Kingit}}align="center" |{{Cite news|author=|title=New Zealand Maori choose new king|newspaper=BBC News|date=21 August 2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5269822.stm|access-date=12 June 2010}}
TūwharetoaArikinui Tumu Te Heuheu Tūkino VIII5 August 1997Te HeuheuHereditaryalign="center"|{{Cite web|title=Ngati Tuwharetoa|work=Genealogical Gleanings|publisher=Henry Soszynski, University of Queensland|url=http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/states/oceania/tuwharetoa.html|access-date=12 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310170443/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/states/oceania/tuwharetoa.html|archive-date=10 March 2011}}
style="vertical-align: top; " rowspan="2" | {{Flag icon|Palau}} Palau {{#tag:ref|Palau is divided into 16 traditional polities. The 16-seat Council of Chiefs, made up of the traditional chiefs from each constituent state, is an advisory body to the President. The chiefs of Koror and Melekeok, the highest chiefs from Eoueldaob and Babeldaob respectively, are recognised as the two paramount chiefs of the nation.|group=oc|name=Palaudes}}25px KororvacantNgerekldeu {{#tag:ref|This is not the name of the ruling house or clan: it is the ritual name used by the successive chiefs from this lineage.|group=oc|name=Palaudyn}}Elective and Hereditary {{#tag:ref|Chiefs are selected by the most senior women of the ruling clan.|group=oc|name=Palausuc}}align="center" rowspan="2" |{{Cite web|author=Cahoon, Ben|title=Traditional chiefs of Palau|work=World Statesmen.org|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Palau.htm#Traditional|access-date=13 June 2010}}
25px MelekeokReklai Bao Ngirmang1998Ngetelngal {{#tag:refgroup=oc|name=Palaudyn}}Elective and Hereditary {{#tag:refgroup=oc|name=Palausuc}}
style="vertical-align: top; " rowspan="4" | {{Flag icon|Samoa}} Samoa {{#tag:ref|There are four paramount chiefs in Samoa, each presiding over a royal lineage (Tama a 'Āiga) of past kings. Chiefs are afforded considerable power. The national parliament, the Fono, is composed exclusively of chiefly titleholders (matai). The office of head of state (the O le Ao o le Malo) is traditionally reserved for the paramount chiefs, although this is not required by the Constitution.|group=oc|name=Samoa}}Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi {{#tag:ref|Tufuga Efi has held the chiefly title of Tui Atua Fa'asavali since 1 July 1983.|group=oc|name=Tupua}}1 July 1983Sa Tupuarowspan="3" | Elective and hereditaryalign="center" |{{Cite web|title=Tupua Tamasese|work=Genealogical Gleanings|publisher=Henry Soszynski, University of Queensland|url=http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/states/oceania/tupuatamasese.html|access-date=18 June 2010}}
Tuimaleali'ifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II {{#tag:ref|Va'aletoa Sualauvi has been the head of state since 21 July 2017.|group=oc|name=Va'aletoa}}1977Tuia'anaalign="center" |{{Cite web|title=Tuimaleali'ifano|work=Genealogical Gleanings|publisher=Henry Soszynski, University of Queensland|url=http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/states/oceania/tuimalealiifano.html|access-date=18 June 2010}}
vacant {{#tag:ref|The throne of the Mata'afa has been vacant since 1997; little other information is available.|group=oc|name=Mataafa}}December 1997Sa Mata'afaalign="center" |{{Cite web|title=Mata'afa|work=Genealogical Gleanings|publisher=Henry Soszynski, University of Queensland|url=http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/states/oceania/mataafa.html|access-date=18 June 2010}}
Malietoa Fa’amausili Molī16 August 2018Sa MālietoaElective and hereditary {{#tag:ref|The lineage associated with this title consists of three branches: Sa Moli, Sa Talavou and Sa Natuitasina (also spelled Gatuitasina). As the succession law dictates, heirs of all three branches are equally entitled to hold the title, and accession of an heir to the title is subject to nomination and consensus from all three branches. The most recent titleholders have been from the Moli sept.|group=oc|name=Samal}}align="center" |{{Cite web|title=Malietoa|work=Genealogical Gleanings|publisher=Henry Soszynski, University of Queensland|url=http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/states/oceania/malietoa.html|access-date=18 June 2010}}
| {{Flag icon|Tahiti}} TahitiTahitiTeriʻihinoiatua Joinville Hinoiariki Pomare XI19 April 2023PōmareElective and hereditaryalign="center" | {{cite web | url=https://ladepeche.pf/2023/04/17/un-roi-pomare-xi-et-bientot-une-principaute/ | title=Un roi, Pomare XI, et bientôt une Principauté | date=18 April 2023 }}
style="vertical-align: top; " rowspan="8" | {{Flag icon|Tuvalu}} Tuvalu {{#tag:ref|Each island or atoll has a traditional high chief, the ulu-aliki, who is recognised by and plays an active ceremonial role in the national government. Thrones are primarily elective, but candidates are limited to members of a number of chiefly clans.|group=oc|name=Tuvalu}}FunafutiAliki Siaosi FinikiElective and hereditary {{#tag:ref|Funafuti's traditional chieftaincy is limited to senior members of two chiefly clans: Te Aliki a Mua, and Te Aliki a Muli. By custom, succession rotates between the two lineages.|group=oc|name=Funasuc}}align="center" rowspan="8" |{{Cite web|work=Government of Tuvalu; Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Industries; Economic Research and Policy Division|title=Te Kakeega II: National Strategies for Sustainable Development: 2005–2015: Malefatuga Declaration |place=Funafuti|publisher=United Nations|date=November 2005|page=27|url=https://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/tuvalu/nsds.pdf|access-date=14 June 2010}}.{{Cite book|last = Faaniu|first=Simati|editor=Laracy, Hugh |title=Tuvalu: A History|publisher=IPS Publications, University of the South Pacific|year=1983|location=Suva, Fiji|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NWaSHqXlS30C}}
NanumangaAliki Talivai SovolaMouhalaElective and hereditary
NanumeaAliki Iliala LimaElective and hereditary {{#tag:ref|The high chief, or Pulefenua, is elected by a council of chiefs (the Fale Kaupule) from senior members of Nanumea's seven chiefly clans, all of which claim descent from the first settlers.|group=oc|name=Nanusuc}}
NiutaoAliki Iosefa Lagafaoarowspan="5" | Elective and hereditary
NuiAliki Falani Mekuli
NukufetauAliki Valoaga Fonotapu
NukulaelaeAliki Aifou Tafia
VaitupuAliki Londoni Panapa
rowspan="4" style="vertical-align: top; " | {{Flag icon|Wallis and Futuna|local}} Wallis and Futuna{{flagicon|Alo}} AloTuʻi Lino Leleivai29 November 2018LalolaloElective and hereditary {{#tag:ref|The king is elected by a council of chiefs from the senior members of the kingdom's four chiefly clans.|group=oc|name=Alo}}align="center" |{{Cite web|author=Cahoon, Ben|title=Wallis and Futuna Islands|publisher=World Statesmen.org|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Wallis_Futuna.html|access-date=28 April 2010}}
{{flagicon|Sigave}} SigaveTuʻi Eufenio Takala5 March 2016VanaiElective and hereditary {{#tag:ref|The king is elected by a council of chiefs from the senior members of the kingdom's three chiefly clans: the Tamole, the Keletaona, and the Safoka.|group=oc|name=Sigave}}align="center" |{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|Uvea}} UveaTuʻi Felice Tominiko Halagahu (co-claimant)16 April 2016rowspan="2"| Takumasivarowspan="2"| Elective and hereditary {{#tag:ref|The king is elected, traditionally for ten years, by a council of ministers from the senior members of the kingdom's royal clans. These clans correspond to the three districts of the island: Hahake, Hihifo, and Muʻa. The present king is of the Hihifo clan.|group=oc|name=Uvea}}rowspan="2" align="center" |{{Cite web|author=Soszynski, Henry|title=Wallis|work=Genealogical Gleanings|publisher=University of Queensland|url=http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/states/oceania/uvea.html|access-date=28 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613164016/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/states/oceania/uvea.html|archive-date=13 June 2011}}
| Tuʻi Patalione Kanimoa (co-claimant)17 April 2016

= Cook Islands =

Each major atoll in the Cook Islands has a number of arikis, ceremonial high chiefs who together form the Are Ariki, a parliamentary advisory body with up to 24 seats. The only domains not listed below are those of Manuae, on which current information is inadequate, and Penrhyn, whose chiefly line is extinct. Styles and names are listed in their conventional local form. In addition to the generic title of ariki, which is worn at the end of one's name, each chiefly line carries its own unique style, which is placed at the beginning. Thus, if the chief's name is "Henry" and his title is "Ngamaru", he is styled "Ngamaru Henry Ariki".

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style="vertical-align: top; " rowspan="22" | {{Flag icon|Cook Islands}} Cook Islandsstyle="vertical-align: top" rowspan="3" | AitutakiManarangi Tutai Ariki2000Vaipaepae o Paurowspan="22" | Hereditaryalign="center" |{{Cite web|title=Female Head of State of the Cook Islands|work=Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership|publisher=Christensen, Martin|url=http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Cook_Islands_Heads.htm|access-date=18 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606090805/http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Cook_Islands_Heads.htm|archive-date=6 June 2011|url-status=dead}}
Tamatoa Purua Arikialign="center" |{{Cite press release|title=Mitiaro ariki re-elected House president|publisher=Government of the Cook Islands|date=7 August 2003|url=http://www.cook-islands.gov.ck/view_release.php?release_id=259|access-date=18 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001070450/http://www.cook-islands.gov.ck/view_release.php?release_id=259|archive-date=1 October 2010}}
Vaeruarangi Teaukura Arikialign="center" |{{Cite news|author=|title=Proclamation by the Ui Ariki|newspaper=The Cook Islands Herald|location=Rarotonga|publisher=Cook Islands Herald Online|date=16 June 2008|url=http://www.ciherald.co.ck/articles/t255c.htm|access-date=18 June 2010}}
style="vertical-align: top" rowspan="3" | {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Atiu,_Cook_Islands.gif}} AtiuParua Mataio Kea ArikiNuraualign="center" |{{Cite book|last=Kautai|first=Ngatupuna|title=Atiu: an island community|publisher=IPS Publications, University of the South Pacific|year=1991|location=Suva, Fiji|pages=30–32|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RGBY9yvybVgC|isbn=978-982-02-0163-7}}
Rongomatane Ada Ariki {{#tag:ref|Her full name is "Ada Teaupurepure Tetupu".|group=oc|name=Adafull}}1972Paruarangialign="center" |
Ngamaru Tupuna Ariki2021Te Akatuiraalign="center" |{{cite web |url=https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/local/tupuna-ngamaru-the-new-ngamaru-ariki/ |title=Tupuna Ngamaru the new Ngamaru Ariki |author=Melina Etches |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=23 June 2021 |access-date=25 June 2021}}
{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Mangaia,_Cook_Islands.gif}} MangaiaNumangatini Tereapii Ariki29 August 2020Nga Arikialign="center" |{{cite web |url=http://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/outer-islands/item/78297-mangaia-investiture-biggest-event-of-their-lives |title=Mangaia investiture: 'Biggest event of their lives' |author=Melina Etches |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=29 August 2020 |access-date=4 September 2020}}
style="vertical-align: top" rowspan="2" | {{flagicon image|Flag of the Rakahanga and Manihiki.png}} Manihiki {{#tag:ref|The two high chiefs on Manihiki also traditionally reign over neighbouring Rakahanga. They represent the populace of both islands in the area Ariki.|group=oc|name=Rakah}}Te Fakaheo Ariki {{#tag:ref|The title is also often written as Whakaheo Ariki.|group=oc|name=Whaka}}Hukutahu {{#tag:ref|Arikis of this line belong to either the Numatua or Tiangarotonga tribes.|group=oc|name=Hukutahu}}rowspan="2" align="center" |{{Cite book|last=Buck|first=Sir Peter Henry|title=Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga|publisher=Bernice P. Bishop Museum|year=1932|location=Honolulu, Hawaii|pages=28–65|url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BucMani.html}}
vacant {{#tag:ref|The throne of Te Faingaitu Ariki (alternatively Whaingaitu) is vacant. It is apparently disputed between members of the eligible tribes, but no information is available on the claimants.|group=oc|name=Faingaitu}}Matangaro {{#tag:ref|Arikis of this line belong to either the Heahiro or Mokopuwai tribes.|group=oc|name=Matangaro}}
style="vertical-align: top" rowspan="3" |{{flagicon image|Flag of Mauke Island, Cook Islands.gif}} MaukeTamuera Ariki {{#tag:ref|Sources are unclear on the name of the current Tamuera Ariki (often written Samuela Ariki).|group=oc|name=Tamuera}}Nuraualign="center" |
Tararo Temaeva Ariki {{#tag:ref|His name is sometimes written "Te Maeva" or simply "Maeva".|group=oc|name=Maeva}}Paruarangialign="center" |
Te Au Marae ArikiTe Akatuiraalign="center" |{{Cite news|last=Moekaʻa |first=Moana |title=Oliveta celebrates centenary |newspaper=Cook Islands News |location=Rarotonga |publisher=Cook Islands News Online |date=31 December 2009 |url=http://www.cinews.co.ck/2009/May/Wed20/local.htm#3 |access-date=18 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530014915/http://www.cinews.co.ck/2009/May/Wed20/local.htm |archive-date=30 May 2009 }}
style="vertical-align: top" rowspan="3" | {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Mitiaro,_Cook_Islands.svg}} MitiaroTou Travel ArikiNuraualign="center" |
Tetava Poitirere ArikiParuarangialign="center" |
Temaeu Teikamata Ariki20 February 1985{{cite web |url=https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/weekend/the-queen-of-happiness/ |title=The queen of happiness |author=Losirene Lacanivalu |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=28 November 2020 |access-date=29 November 2020}}Te Akatuiraalign="center" |
{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Pukapuka,_Cook_Islands.gif}} PukapukaAliki Makirai HenryJune 2022Pukapukaalign="center" |{{cite web |url=https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/culture/aliki-makirai-henry-new-ariki-for-pukapuka/ |title=Aliki Makirai Henry new Ariki for Pukapuka |publisher=Cook Islands News |author=Melina Etches |date=9 November 2022 |access-date=10 November 2022}}
style="vertical-align: top" rowspan="6" |{{flagicon image|Flag of Rarotonga 1888-1893.svg}} RarotongaMakea Vakatini Phillip Ngamatoa Ariki20 July 2020rowspan="3" | Te Au o Tongaalign="center" |{{cite web |url=https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/local/from-one-generation-to-the-next-rarotonga-prepares-for-a-historic-investiture/ |title=From one generation to the next: Rarotonga prepares for a historic investiture |author=Melina Etches |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=19 November 2020 |access-date=20 November 2020}}
George Taripo Karika Ariki13 December 2018align="center" |{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/378152/cooks-invest-new-tribal-leader |title=Cooks invest new tribal leader |publisher=RNZ |date=13 December 2018 |access-date=7 August 2020}}
vacant {{#tag:ref|The Makea Nui Ariki is one of three high chiefs in the Te Au o Tonga tribe on Rarotonga. The previous ariki died in 1994, and her successor has yet to be agreed upon. Several members of the tribe claim rightful inheritance of the title. Succession is traditionally limited to the Rangi Makea clan; the three other clans of the tribe (Sadaraka, Mere and Upokotokoa) are considered junior branches. Mere Maraea MacQuarrie, the youngest daughter of the last ariki, is the only known claimant from the Rangi Makea clan, and is apparently the contender most likely to be granted the title. Other contenders include Stanley Adam Hunt, Yolande Browne, and Matapo Oti Oti, all of whom claim descent from the earlier arikis. The first of these, Hunt, was "invested" with the Makea Nui title under the regnal name "Takaia Tutavake"; the ceremony, which took place 16 May 2009, was not recognised by the government.|group=oc|name=Nuiariki}}1994align="center" |{{Cite news|author=|title=Changes to succession to Makea Nui tribal title?|newspaper=The Cook Islands Herald|location=Rarotonga|publisher=Cook Islands Herald Online|date=22 April 2009|url=http://www.ciherald.co.ck/articles/h455f.htm|access-date=17 June 2010}}{{Cite news|last=Moekaʻa |first=Moana |title=Another makes claim for Makea Nui title |newspaper=Cook Islands News |location=Rarotonga |publisher=Cook Islands News Online |date=16 May 2009 |url=http://www.cinews.co.ck/2009/May/Wed20/local.htm#8 |access-date=17 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530014915/http://www.cinews.co.ck/2009/May/Wed20/local.htm |archive-date=30 May 2009 }}{{Cite news|last=Moekaʻa|first=Moana|title=Tahiti claimant seeks title|newspaper=Cook Islands News|location=Rarotonga|publisher=Cook Islands News Online|date=14 January 2009|url=http://www.cinews.co.ck/2010/January/Wed20/court_report.htm#1001140703|access-date=17 June 2010|archive-date=16 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055059/http://www.cinews.co.ck/2010/January/Wed20/court_report.htm#1001140703|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|author=|title=Makea contender wanting to rewrite history?|newspaper=The Cook Islands Herald|location=Rarotonga|publisher=Cook Islands Herald Online|date=13 October 2008|url=http://www.ciherald.co.ck/articles/t272d.htm|access-date=17 June 2010}}
Pa Tapaeru Marie Ariki {{#tag:ref|Her full regnal name is "Tapaeru Teariki Upokotini Marie", most commonly known as "Pa Marie".|group=oc|name=Marie}}27 June 1990rowspan="2" | Takitumualign="center" |
Kainuku Kapiriterangi Ariki6 May 2006align="center" |{{Cite journal|last=Jonassen|first=Jon|title=Cook Islands|journal=The Contemporary Pacific|volume=19|issue=1|pages=207–213|publisher=University of Hawaiʻi Press|year=2007|issn=1527-9464|doi=10.1353/cp.2007.0017|s2cid=258057098 }}
Tinomana Tokerau Ariki21 Nov 2013Puaikura {{#tag:ref|There are three separate lineages eligible for the Puaikura Royalty, all of which descend from Tinomana Enuarurutini ({{circa|1820}}–1854) the King of Puaikura and one of his three wives. They are (in order of seniority): Te Pori a Pa, Oakirangi, and Akaiti a Rua. The current Tinomana Ariki revert to the first and only married wife "Te Pori a Pa line".|group=oc|name=Puaikura}}align="center" |

= Others =

In Fiji, which became a colony of the United Kingdom in 1874, the British monarchs were historically bestowed the title Tui Viti, which translates as "King of Fiji" or "Paramount Chief of Fiji". The last holder of the title (from 6 February 1952) was Queen Elizabeth II, of the House of Windsor. The state became a republic in 1987, abolishing the title by establishing a new constitution. The former Great Council of Chiefs, however, still recognised Elizabeth II as Tui Viti, as the nation's traditional queen and its supreme tribal chief, despite no longer holding a constitutional office. Consequently, while Fiji remains a republic, a monarch or paramount chief is still recognised by traditional tribal politics. The Queen made no official claim to the Tui Viti throne, although until at least 2002, she remained open to the possibility of a constitutional restoration of the monarchy.{{Cite news|author=|title=Queen still chief of Fiji|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=Sydney|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald Online|date=20 November 2002|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/20/1037697676385.html|access-date=18 June 2010}}

Native chiefs in Fiji are considered members of the nobility. The House of Chiefs, consisting of about 70 chiefs of various rank determined by a loosely defined order of precedence, was modeled after the British House of Lords.{{Cite web|title=Fijian Chiefly Titles|work=Genealogical Gleanings|publisher=Henry Soszynski, University of Queensland|url=http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/states/fiji/fiji.html|access-date=18 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613164009/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/states/fiji/fiji.html|archive-date=13 June 2011}} Tongan chiefs, subordinate to a king, are also considered nobles and have therefore been excluded from the above list.{{Cite web|title=Tongan Titles|work=Genealogical Gleanings|publisher=Henry Soszynski, University of Queensland|url=http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/states/tonga/tonga.html|access-date=18 June 2010}}

In American Samoa there are 14 paramount chiefs, with Manu'a traditionally subordinate to the Tu'i Manu'a, a title that is now considered purely historical; the last titleholder, Elisala, died 2 July 1909. The paramount chiefly titles are: on Tutuila, Faumuina, Lei'ato, Letuli, Fuimaono, Tuitele, Satele, Mauga, and in the Manu'a Islands, Laolagi, Aso'au, Lefiti, Sotoa, Galea'i, Misa and Tuiolosega.

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Further reading

  • {{Cite web

|last=Soszynski

|first=Henry

|date=1996–2010

|title=Genealogical Gleanings

|publisher=University of Queensland

|url=http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/

|access-date=19 April 2010

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522085526/http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/

|archive-date=22 May 2010

}}

  • {{Cite web

|last = Tick

|first = Donald P.

|date = 2007–2010

|title = Royal Timor: Kings, Rajas and Dynasties of Timor

|url = http://www.royaltimor.com/

|access-date = 28 April 2010

}}

  • {{Cite journal

| last = Van Klinken

| first = Gerry

| title = Return of the Sultans: The Communitarian Turn in Local Politics

| journal = The Revival of Tradition in Indonesian Politics: The Deployment of Adat from Colonialism to Indigenism

| pages = 149–169

| publisher = Routledge

| location = London

| year = 2007

| ssrn = 1309406

}}

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