Governor-General of Taiwan ?
Seal of the Government-General of Taiwan
Seal of the Governor-General of Taiwan
Government-General of Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Style	Governor-General
Reports to	Prime Minister of Japan
Residence	Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan
Seat	Taihoku, Taiwan
Appointer	Emperor of Japan
Formation	10 May 1895
First holder	Kabayama Sukenori
Final holder	And? Rikichi
Abolished	25 October 1945
Succession	Governor of Taiwan Province

The Governor-General of Taiwan (?, Taiwan S?toku) 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 was ceded to the Republic of China.^[1]

Governors-General

  Military   Rikken Seiy?kai   Kenseikai   Rikken Minseit?

No	Portrait	Name	Origin	Occupation	Affiliation	Term of Office		Emperor of Japan
1		Kabayama Sukenori ?	Kagoshima	Admiral (Imperial Japanese Navy) (Viscount)	Military	10 May 1895	2 June 1896	Emperor Meiji ?
2		Katsura Tar?	Yamaguchi	Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) (Viscount)	Military	2 June 1896	14 October 1896
3		Nogi Maresuke ?	Yamaguchi	Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) (Baron)	Military	14 October 1896	26 February 1898
4		Kodama Gentar?	Yamaguchi	Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) (Baron)	Military	26 February 1898	11 April 1906
5		Sakuma Samata	Yamaguchi	General (Imperial Japanese Army) (Viscount)	Military	11 April 1906	1 May 1915
								Emperor Taish? ?
6		And? Teibi ?	Nagano	General (Imperial Japanese Army) (Baron)	Military	1 May 1915	6 June 1918
7		Akashi Motojiro	Fukuoka	Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army)	Military	6 June 1918	24 October 1919
8		Den Kenjir? ?	Hy?go	Member of Terauchi Cabinet (Baron)	Seiy?kai	29 October 1919	2 September 1923
9		Uchida Kakichi ?	Tokyo	Member of House of Peers	Seiy?kai	6 September 1923	1 September 1924
10		Izawa Takio	Nagano	Member of House of Peers	Kenseikai	1 September 1924	16 July 1926
11		Kamiyama Mitsunoshin	Yamaguchi	literary figure	Kenseikai	16 July 1926	16 June 1928	Emperor Sh?wa ?
12		Kawamura Takeji ?	Akita	Member of House of Peers	Seiy?kai	16 June 1928	30 July 1929
13		Ishizuka Eiz? ?	Fukushima	Member of House of Peers	Minseit?	30 July 1929	16 January 1931
14		?ta Masahiro ?	Yamagata	Director of Kwantung Leased Territory	Minseit?	16 January 1931	2 March 1932
15		Minami Hiroshi	Toyama	Member of House of Peers	Seiy?kai	2 March 1932	26 May 1932
16		Nakagawa Kenz? ?	Niigata	Undersecretary of Education	Minseit?	26 May 1932	2 September 1936
17		Seiz? Kobayashi ?	Hiroshima	Admiral (Imperial Japanese Navy)	Military	2 September 1936	27 November 1940
18		Hasegawa Kiyoshi ?	Fukui	Admiral (Imperial Japanese Navy)	Military	27 November 1940	30 December 1944
19		And? Rikichi ?	Miyagi	General (Imperial Japanese Army)	Military	30 December 1944	25 October 1945

See also

• Japanese Resident-General of Korea
  • List of Japanese Residents-General of Korea
• Japanese Governor-General of Korea
  • List of Japanese Governors-General of Korea
• Governor of Formosa
• Governor of Taiwan Province
• List of rulers of Taiwan
• History of Taiwan
• Timeline of Taiwanese history
• Taiwan under Japanese rule
• Government-General of Taiwan
• Political divisions of Taiwan (1895-1945)
• Taiwan after World War II

References

External links

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