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The King’s commissioner is the head of a province in the Netherlands. The officeholder chairs both the States Provincial and the Provincial Executive , but has a right to vote only in the latter. When the reigning monarch is a female, the office is known as Queen's commissioner. As there are twelve provinces in the Netherlands, there are twelve King's commissioners.
There are two levels of local government in the Netherlands: the provinces and the municipalities. The twelve provinces form the tier of administration between central government and the municipalities. The three tiers are organised in largely the same way, with a directly elected legislature, which in turn chooses the executive branch, headed by an appointed chairman. At the national and municipal levels, these are the King and the Mayor; at the provincial level it is the King's commissioner.