High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

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The following is a list of the High Commissioners of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, administered by the United States.

Military Governors

#	Name	From	To
1	John H. Hoover	March 1944	June 19, 1944
2	Chester W. Nimitz	June 19, 1944	November 24, 1945
3	Raymond A. Spruance	November 24, 1945	February 3, 1946
4	John H. Towers	February 3, 1946	February 28, 1947
5	Louis E. Denfeld	February 28, 1947	July 18, 1947

High Commissioners

#	Name	From	To
1	Louis E. Denfeld	July 18, 1947	April 17, 1948
2	DeWitt Clinton Ramsey	April 17, 1948	May 1, 1949
3	Arthur W. Radford	May 1, 1949	January 6, 1951
4	Elbert D. Thomas	January 6, 1951	February 11, 1953
5	Frank E. Midkiff	March 13, 1953	September 1, 1954
6	Delmas H. Nucker	September 1, 1954[1]	May 1, 1961
7	Maurice W. Goding	May 1, 1961	May 27, 1966
8	William R. Norwood	May 27, 1966[2]	May 1, 1969
9	Edward E. Johnston	May 1, 1969	July 1, 1976
10	Peter Tali Coleman[3]	July 1, 1976	July 9, 1977
11	Adrian P. Winkel	July 9, 1977	1981
12	Janet J. McCoy	December, 1981	July 10, 1987

Director of the Office of Transition

#	Name	From	To
1	Charles D.Jordan	November 3, 1987	September 30, 1991

Palau

• Palau continued to be administered by the Office of Territorial and International Affairs, a unit of the United States Department of the Interior until May 25, 1994.

See also

• Governor of Nanyo

Notes

1. Acting to November, 1956
2. Acting to August 1, 1966
3. Acting

External links

• World Statesmen - Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)