List of governors of Hokkaido

The list of governors of Hokkaido contains all the governors of the prefecture of Hokkaido since 1947 and also the head of the "Hokkaido authority" ( Hokkaido-chō ; not to be confused with today's building of Präfekturwaltung or authority for the development of Hokkaido the central government in the postwar period ) from 1886 to 1947.

Elected governors of Hokkaido since 1947

#	Surname	Term of office	origin	Party (s)
Governors of Hokkaidō Hokkaidō chiji
1	Toshibumi Tanaka	Apr. 21, 1947 -   1951	Aomori	More independent (electoral support from the SPJ )
		1951 -   1955		SPJ
		1955 - April 22, 1959
2	Kingo Machimura	Apr. 23, 1959 -   1963	Hokkaidō	LDP
		1963 -   1967
		1967 - Apr 22, 1971
3	Naohiro Dōgakinai	Apr. 23, 1971 -   1975	Hokkaidō	LDP
		1975 -   1979
		1979 - April 22, 1983
4th	Takahiro Yokomichi	Apr. 23, 1983 -   1987	Hokkaidō	SPJ
		1987 -   1991
		1991 - Apr 22, 1995
5	Tatsuya Hori	April 23, 1995 -   1999	Karafuto	Independent ( NFP , SPJ, Kōmei , Ex-DSP )
		April 1999 - April 22, 2003		Independent (LDP, DPJ , LP , SDP , Kōmeitō )
6th	Harumi Takahashi	Apr 23, 2003 - Apr 22, 2007	Toyama	Independent (LDP, Kōmeitō, NKP )
		Apr 23, 2007 - Apr 22, 2011		Independent (LDP, Kōmeitō)
		Apr 23, 2011 - Apr 22, 2015		Independent (LDP, Kōmeitō)
		Apr 23, 2015 - Apr 22, 2019		Independent (LDP, Kōmeitō)
7th	Naomichi Suzuki	since Apr. 23, 2019	Saitama	Independent (LDP, Kōmeitō, Daichi )

Head of the "Hokkaidō Authority" 1886–1947

#	Surname	Term of office
Head of the "Hokkaidō Authority" Hokkaidōchō-chōkan
1	Iwamura Michitoshi	1886-1888
2	Nagayama Takeshirō	1888-1891
3	Watanabe Chiaki	1891-1892
4th	Kitagaki Kunimichi	1892-1896
5	Hara Yasutaro	1896-1897
6th	Yasuba Yasukazu	1897-1898
7th	Sugita Teiichi	1898
8th	Sonoda Yasukata	1898-1906
9	Kawashima Atsushi	1906-1911
10	Ishihara Kenzō	1911-1912
11	Yamanouchi Kazuji	1912-1913
12	Nakamura Junkurō	1913-1914
13	Nishikubo Hiromichi	1914-1915
14th	Tawara Magoichi	1915-1919
15th	Kasai Shin'ichi	1919-1921
16	Miyao Shunji	1921-1923
17th	Toki Kahei	1923-1925
18th	Nakagawa Kenzō	1925-1927
19th	Sawada Ushimaro	1927-1929
20th	Ikeda Hideo	1929-1931
21st	Sagami Shin'ichi	1931-1936
22nd	Ikeda Kiyoshi	1936-1937
23	Ishiguro Hidehiko	1937-1938
24	Nakarai Kiyoshi	1938-1939
25th	Totsuka Kuichirō	1939-1942
26th	Saka Chiaki	1942-1945
27	Kumagai Ken'ichi	1945
28	Mochinaga Yoshio	1945-1946
29	Tomeoka Yukio	1946
30th	Masuda Kaneshichi	1946-1947
31	Okada Kaneyoshi	1947

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Iwamura is the family name, Michitoshi the first name.

See also

• List of governors of Japanese prefectures

Web links

• Zenkoku Chijikai (NGA): Governors- Elect of Hokkaidō , accessed August 27, 2019.
• Hokkaidō-ritsu monjokan , "Archives of Hokkaidō"

literature

• 日本 の 歴 代 知事 , Volume 1, Rekidaichiji-hensenkai 1980.