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What is a proconsul?

What is a proconsul? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (in ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
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Rather, he is to function as an imperial proconsul, wielding unfettered power over a militarily occupied country.
The council has some powers, but the US proconsul, Paul Bremer, has a veto over its decisions.
Why not go the full hog and ask Dublin to send a proconsul to the loyal colony?
His inattention provides a foil for the conversion of the Roman proconsul Sergius Paulus at the center of the image.
With the defeat of Japan, MacArthur became the virtual American proconsul in Tokyo, often ignoring instructions from Washington on occupation policy.
He would remain proconsul over Italy, Spain, Gaul and Syria, but the Senate would take up responsibility for the rest of the provinces.

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