List of Okinawa Governors
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 |
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Okinawa Prefecture Governors Okinawa-kenrei |
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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 |
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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, 1908 | Kagoshima |
5 | Hibi Shigeaki | Apr 6, 1908 - June 1, 1913 | Mie |
6th | Takahashi Takuya | June 1, 1913 - June 9, 1914 | Hiroshima |
7th | Ōaji Hisagorō | June 9, 1914 - April 28, 1916 | |
8th | Odagiri Iwatarō | Apr 28, 1916 - May 4, 1916 | Nagano |
9 | Suzuki Kuniyoshi | May 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, 1927 | |
15th | Iio Tōjirō | May 7, 1927 - December 26, 1928 | |
16 | Hosokawa Chōhei | Dec 26, 1928 - July 5, 1929 | |
17th | Moriya Masao | July 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, 1941 | |
21st | Hayakawa Hajime | Jan. 7, 1941 - July 1, 1943 | |
22nd | Izumi Shuki | July 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 |
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Chairman of the Okinawa Advisory Council Okinawa-shijunkai-iinchō Okinawa Advisory Council Chair |
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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 |
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1 | Shikiya Koshin | Apr. 24, 1946 - Nov. 3, 1950 | Okinawa | GA Douglas MacArthur |
Governor of the Government of the Okinawa Archipelago Okinawa-guntō-seifu-chiji Governor of Okinawa Gunto (elected by the people) |
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1 | Taira Tatsuo | Nov. 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 |
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1 | Higa Shōhei | Apr. 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) |
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1 | Higa Shōhei | Apr 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 | Dec. 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 |
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Okinawa Prefecture (elected) Governors (kōsen) Okinawa-kenchiji |
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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, 1982 | Okinawa | LDP , DSP , New Liberal Club , "Social Democratic League" |
Dec 10, 1982 - Dec 9, 1986 | ||||
Dec 10, 1986 - Dec 9, 1990 | ||||
4th | Ōta Masahide | Dec 10, 1990 - Dec 9, 1994 | Okinawa | Okinawa Shakai Taishūtō, SPJ, KPJ |
Dec 10, 1994 - Dec 9, 1998 | Okinawa Shakai Taishūtō, SPJ, KPJ, New Japan Party | |||
5 | Inamine Keiichi | Dec 10, 1998 - Dec 9, 2002 | Dalian | LDP, Shinshin Okinawa , Sports and Peace Party |
Dec 10, 2002 - Dec 9, 2006 | LDP, Kōmeitō, Conservative Party | |||
6th | Nakaima Hirokazu | Dec 10, 2006 - Dec 9, 2010 | Osaka | LDP, Kōmeitō |
Dec 10, 2010 - Dec 9, 2014 | LDP, Kōmeitō, Minna no Tō | |||
7th | Onaga Takeshi | Dec 10, 2014 - Aug 8, 2018 | Okinawa | KPJ, Okinawa Shakai Taishūtō, SDP , Seikatsu no Tō |
8th | Denny Tamaki [Tamaki Yasuhiro] | Oct 4, 2018 - | Okinawa | KDP , People's Democratic Party , KPJ, LP , SDP, Okinawa Shakai Taishūtō |
See also
Web links
- Okinawa Prefecture: 沖 縄 県 歴 代 知事 ・ 副 知事 ・ 出納 長 (governors, lieutenant governors, and treasurers ( suitōchō ) since 1972) , accessed October 5, 2018
- Robert D. Elridge: Post-Reversion Okinawa and US-Japan Relations. A Preliminary Survey of Local Politics and the Bases, 1972-2002. (PDF; 2.1 MB) Kokusai Kōkyō Seisaku Kenkyūka (OSIPP), Osaka University, US-Japan Alliance Affairs Series, No. May 1, 2004.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Stanisław Meyer: Gubernatorzy Okinawy oraz Przewodniczący Rządu Riukiu. In: Encyclopedia Okinawy. Retrieved March 9, 2011 (Polish).
- ↑ Ryūkyū Shimpō: 沖 縄 コ ン パ ク ト 事 典
- ↑ 小田 切 磐 太郎 Reading to Yamagata Prefecture : Historical Governors
- ↑ 日本人 名 大 辞典 , Kōdansha 2009.
- ↑ 日本人 名 大 辞典 , Kōdansha 2009.