List of Okinawa Governors

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The list of governors of Okinawa includes all governors of Okinawa Prefecture as well as the " heads of administration" (Japanese gyōsei shuseki , English Chief Executive ) of the "Government of the Ryūkyū Islands" ( Ryūkyū seifu , Government of the Ryukyu Islands ), the civilian Arm of the US military administration .

Okinawa Prefecture 1879–1945

# Surname Term of office origin
Okinawa Prefecture Governors
Okinawa-kenrei
1 Nabeshima Naoyoshi May 19, 1879 - May 18, 1881 Heating
2 Uesugi Mochinori May 18, 1881 - April 22, 1883 Dewa
3 Iwamura Michitoshi Apr 22, 1883 - Dec 21, 1883 Tosa
4th Nishimura Sutezō Dec 21, 1883 - Apr 27, 1886 Ōmi
5 Ōsako Sadakiyo Apr. 27, 1886 - July 19, 1886 satsuma
Okinawa Prefecture Governors
Okinawa-kenchiji
1 Ōsako Sadakiyo July 19, 1886 - April 14, 1887 satsuma
2 Fukuhara Minoru Apr 14, 1887 - Sep 18 1888 Yamaguchi
3 Maruoka Kanji Sep 18 1888 - July 20, 1892 Kochi
4th Narahara Shigeru July 20, 1892 - April 6, 19080 Kagoshima
5 Hibi Shigeaki 0Apr 6, 1908 - June 1, 19130 Mie
6th Takahashi Takuya 0June 1, 1913 - June 9, 19140 Hiroshima
7th Ōaji Hisagorō 0June 9, 1914 - April 28, 1916
8th Odagiri Iwatarō Apr 28, 1916 - May 4, 19160 Nagano
9 Suzuki Kuniyoshi 0May 4, 1916 - April 18, 1919
10 Kawagoe Sōsuke Apr. 18, 1919 - May 27, 1921 Kagoshima
11 Wada Jun May 27, 1921 - October 25, 1923
12 Iwamoto Ki Oct 25, 1923 - June 24, 1924 Kagoshima
13 Kamei Mitsumasa June 24, 1924 - Sep. 28 1926
14th Imajuku Tsugio 28 Sep 1926 - May 7, 19270
15th Iio Tōjirō 0May 7, 1927 - December 26, 1928
16 Hosokawa Chōhei Dec 26, 1928 - July 5, 19290
17th Moriya Masao 0July 5, 1929 - Aug. 26, 1930
18th Ino Jirō Aug 26, 1930 - June 28, 1935 Gunma
19th Kurashige Hisashi June 28, 1935 - June 24, 1938
20th Fuchigami Fusatarō June 24, 1938 - Jan. 7, 19410
21st Hayakawa Hajime 0Jan. 7, 1941 - July 1, 19430
22nd Izumi Shuki 0July 1, 1943 - Jan. 12, 1945 Yamanashi
22nd Shimada Akira Jan. 12, 1945 -  June 1945 Hyogo

US military administration 1945–1972

# Surname Term of office origin (Military) governors /
high commissioners
Chairman of the Okinawa Advisory Council
Okinawa-shijunkai-iinchō
Okinawa Advisory Council Chair
1 Shikiya Koshin Aug 20, 1945 - Apr 24, 1946 Okinawa GA Douglas MacArthur
Governor of the civilian government Okinawa
Okinawa minseifu-Chiji
Governor of the Okinawa Civilian Administration
1 Shikiya Koshin Apr. 24, 1946 - Nov. 3, 19500 Okinawa GA Douglas MacArthur
Governor of the Government of the Okinawa Archipelago
Okinawa-guntō-seifu-chiji
Governor of Okinawa Gunto
(elected by the people)
1 Taira Tatsuo 0Nov. 4, 1950 - Mar. 31 1951 Okinawa (GA Douglas MacArthur)
Chief Executive of the Ryukyu Provisional Central Government. Ryūkyū
rinji-Ryūkyū-chūō-seifu-gyōsei-shuseki
Chief Executive of the Ryukyu Provisional Central Government
1 Higa Shōhei 0Apr. 1, 1951 - Mar. 31 1952 Okinawa GEN Matthew B. Ridgway

Head of Administration of the Ryūkyū Government Ryūkyū -seifu-gyōsei-shuseki
Chief Executive of the Ryukyu Government
(from 1957 appointed with consultation of the Rippōin , elected by the Rippōin from 1965, elected by the people in 1968)
1 Higa Shōhei 0Apr 1, 1952 - Oct 25, 1956 Okinawa GEN Matthew B. Ridgway
GEN Mark W. Clark
GEN John E. Hull
GEN Maxwell D. Taylor
GEN Lyman L. Lemnitzer
2 Tōma Jūgō Nov 11, 1956 - Nov 10, 1959 Okinawa GEN Lyman L. Lemnitzer
LTG James E. Moore
LTG Donald P. Booth
3 Ōta Seisaku Nov 11, 1959 - Oct 31, 1964 Okinawa LTG Donald P. Booth
LTG Paul W. Caraway
LTG Albert Watson II
4th Matsuoka Seiho Oct. 31, 1964 - Nov. 30, 1968 Okinawa LTG Albert Watson II
(LTG Ferdinand T. Unger )
5 Yara Chōbyō 0Dec. 1, 1968 - May 14, 1972 Okinawa (LTG Ferdinand T. Unger)
(LTG James B. Lampert )

Okinawa Prefecture since 1972

# Surname Term of office origin Support parties
Okinawa Prefecture (elected) Governors
(kōsen) Okinawa-kenchiji
1 Yara Chōbyō May 15, 1972 - June 24, 1976 Okinawa Okinawa Shakai Taishūtō , SPJ , KPJ
2 Taira Kōichi June 25, 1976 - Nov. 23, 1978 Okinawa Okinawa Shakai Taishūtō, SPJ, KPJ, Kōmeitō
3 Nishime Junji Dec 10, 1978 - Dec 9, 19820 Okinawa LDP , DSP , New Liberal Club , "Social Democratic League"
Dec 10, 1982 - Dec 9, 19860
Dec 10, 1986 - Dec 9, 19900
4th Ōta Masahide Dec 10, 1990 - Dec 9, 19940 Okinawa Okinawa Shakai Taishūtō, SPJ, KPJ
Dec 10, 1994 - Dec 9, 19980 Okinawa Shakai Taishūtō, SPJ, KPJ, New Japan Party
5 Inamine Keiichi Dec 10, 1998 - Dec 9, 20020 Dalian LDP, Shinshin Okinawa , Sports and Peace Party
Dec 10, 2002 - Dec 9, 20060 LDP, Kōmeitō, Conservative Party
6th Nakaima Hirokazu Dec 10, 2006 - Dec 9, 20100 Osaka LDP, Kōmeitō
Dec 10, 2010 - Dec 9, 20140 LDP, Kōmeitō, Minna no Tō
7th Onaga Takeshi Dec 10, 2014 - Aug 8, 20180 Okinawa KPJ, Okinawa Shakai Taishūtō, SDP , Seikatsu no Tō
8th Denny Tamaki [Tamaki Yasuhiro] 0Oct 4, 2018 - Okinawa KDP , People's Democratic Party , KPJ, LP , SDP, Okinawa Shakai Taishūtō

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Stanisław Meyer: Gubernatorzy Okinawy oraz Przewodniczący Rządu Riukiu. In: Encyclopedia Okinawy. Retrieved March 9, 2011 (Polish).
  2. Ryūkyū Shimpō: 沖 縄 コ ン パ ク ト 事 典
  3. 小田 切 磐 太郎 Reading to Yamagata Prefecture : Historical Governors
  4. 日本人 名 大 辞典 , Kōdansha 2009.
  5. 日本人 名 大 辞典 , Kōdansha 2009.