Governor of Okinawa Prefecture

Governor of Okinawa Prefecture
Flag of Okinawa Prefecture
Incumbent Takeshi Onaga since December 10, 2014
Residence	Okinawa Prefectural Government Headquarters
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Seiichirō Kinashi
Formation	1879

The Governor of Okinawa Prefecture (沖縄県知事一覧, Okinawa kenchiji ichiran) is the head of the local government in Okinawa Prefecture. The governor's official residence is in Okinawa Prefecture Government Building located in Naha, the capital city of the prefecture.

This is a list of the governors of Okinawa.

Name	Period
Chobyo Yara	May 15, 1972 – June 24, 1976
Koichi Taira	June 25, 1976 – November 23, 1978
Takemori Nijima (acting [for Taira to November 23, 1978])	July 21, 1978 – December 13, 1978
Junji Nishime	December 13, 1978 – December 9, 1990
Masahide Ota	December 10, 1990 – December 10, 1998
Keiichi Inamine	December 10, 1998 – December 9, 2006
Hirokazu Nakaima	December 10, 2006 – December 9, 2014
Takeshi Onaga	December 10, 2014 – Present

Sources

World Statesmen.org

Governors of Okinawa Prefecture

Empire of Japan 1879-1945	Nabeshima Naoyoshi Uesugi Mochinori Iwamura Michitoshi Nishimura Sutezō Maruoka Kanji Narahara Shigeru Hibi Kimei Akira Shimada

State of Japan since 1972	Chōbyō Yara Kōichi Taira Junji Nishime Masahide Ōta Keiichi Inamine Hirokazu Nakaima Takeshi Onaga

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