Governor

A governor was a political position used throughout the galaxy. For the most part, governors were the chief executives of their delegated territory, enforcing laws and sitting as head of local police or military units.

Galactic Empire
Its use in the Galactic Empire was two-fold: planetary governors were chosen by the Imperial Ruling Council and were often given orders from the Diplomatic Service branch of Imperial Intelligence. The governor acted above the authority of the planet's local government, of which was little changed by the Empire, as long as it conformed to Imperial doctrine and law. Most planetary governors were granted their own military units to police their world, although the system's Moff could, at any time, take direct control from the governor. As such, the governor was always answerable to his respected system's Moff, or the regional governor, the second use of governorship within the Empire.

The regional governor, or Moff, were appointed by the Imperial Ruling Council or the Emperor himself to exercise more efficient military and political dominance over the far-stretched Imperial territories. The Moff ruled over a Sector, a territory of space bunching numerous systems into one political unit. The Moff had total control over all military and political resources within his Sector, including the planetary governors.

The planetary governor also appointed a lieutenant governor, a position which exercised very little power.