Governor-General of Taiwan

The governor-general of Taiwan (Template:Langx, shinjitai: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) was the head of the Government-General of Taiwan in the Japanese era (including Formosa and the Pescadores) when they were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945.

The Japanese governors-general were members of the Diet, civilian officials, Japanese nobles or generals. They exercised their power on behalf of the sovereign of Taiwan (the emperor of Japan) until the dissolution of the empire when the dominion came under administration of the Republic of China and was renounced by Japan.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Governors-general of Taiwan, 1895–1945 Template:Anchor

Governors-General of Taiwan (1895–1945)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name	Origin prefecture	Occupation	Affiliation	Term of office		Emperor of Japan
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |1		Kabayama Sukenori 樺山資紀	Kagoshima	Admiral (Imperial Japanese Navy) (Viscount)	Military	10 May 1895	2 June 1896	Meiji
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |2		Katsura Tarō 桂太郎	Yamaguchi	Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) (Viscount)	Military	2 June 1896	14 October 1896
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |3		Nogi Maresuke 乃木希典	Yamaguchi	Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) (Baron)	Military	14 October 1896	26 February 1898
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |4		Kodama Gentarō 兒玉源太郎	Yamaguchi	Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) (Baron)	Military	26 February 1898	11 April 1906
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |5		Sakuma Samata 佐久間左馬太	Yamaguchi	General (Imperial Japanese Army) (Viscount)	Military	11 April 1906	1 May 1915
Taishō
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |6		Andō Teibi 安東貞美	Nagano	General (Imperial Japanese Army) (Baron)	Military	1 May 1915	6 June 1918
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |7		Akashi Motojiro 明石元二郎	Fukuoka	Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army)	Military	6 June 1918	24 October 1919
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |8		Den Kenjirō 田健治郎	Hyōgo	Member of Terauchi Cabinet (Baron)	Seiyūkai	29 October 1919	6 September 1923
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |9		Uchida Kakichi 內田嘉吉	Tokyo	Member of House of Peers	Seiyūkai	6 September 1923	1 September 1924
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |10		Izawa Takio 伊澤多喜男	Nagano	Member of House of Peers	Kenseikai	1 September 1924	16 July 1926
	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |11		Kamiyama Mitsunoshin 上山滿之進	Yamaguchi	literary figure	Kenseikai	16 July 1926	16 June 1928
Shōwa
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |12		Kawamura Takeji 川村竹治	Akita	Member of House of Peers	Seiyūkai	16 June 1928	30 July 1929
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |13		Ishizuka Eizō 石塚英藏	Fukushima	Member of House of Peers	Minseitō	30 July 1929	16 January 1931
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |14		Ōta Masahiro 太田政弘	Yamagata	Director of Kwantung Leased Territory	Minseitō	16 January 1931	2 March 1932
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |15		Minami Hiroshi 南弘	Toyama	Member of House of Peers	Seiyūkai	2 March 1932	26 May 1932
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |16		Nakagawa Kenzō 中川健蔵	Niigata	Undersecretary of Education	Minseitō	26 May 1932	2 September 1936
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |17		Kobayashi Seizō 小林躋造	Hiroshima	Admiral (Imperial Japanese Navy)	Military	2 September 1936	27 November 1940
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |18		Hasegawa Kiyoshi 長谷川清	Fukui	Admiral (Imperial Japanese Navy)	Military	27 November 1940	30 December 1944
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |19		Andō Rikichi 安藤利吉	Miyagi	General (Imperial Japanese Army)	Military	30 December 1944	25 October 1945

Timeline

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See also

• Governor of Formosa
• Governor of Taiwan Province
• Japanese Governor-General of Korea
  • List of Japanese governors-general of Korea
• History of Taiwan
• Japanese Resident-General of Korea
  • List of Japanese residents-general of Korea
• List of rulers of Taiwan
• Political divisions of Taiwan (1895–1945)
• Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan
• Taiwan after World War II
• Timeline of Taiwanese history

External links

• Archives of the Japanese Taiwan Governor-Generals (Chinese)
• Japanese Governors of Taiwan (Mandarin)