Governor of the South Seas Mandate
Introduction League of Nations mandates in the Pacific Ocean. The South Seas Mandate (bordered in ''orange'') is number 1.Japanese map of the South Seas Mandate in the 1930s.The '''Governor of the South Seas Mandate''' (officially known as the '''Director of the South Sea Agency''') was an official who administered the South Seas Mandate, a Class C League of Nations mandate in the Pacific Ocean under the administration of the Empire of Japan, as part of the Japanese colonial empire, between 1922 and 1944.The territory consisted of islands awarded to Japan by the League of Nations after World War I, prior to which they had been part of the German colonial empire. During World War II, the United States captured the islands from Japan. After World War II, the United Nations placed the territory under the United States trusteeship as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. The islands are now part of Palau, Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Marshall Islands.
List The following is a list of the governors the South Seas Mandate, as well as their predecessors during the Japanese occupation of the territory between 1914 and 1922. (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office)  Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office  1 60px '''Matsumura Tatsuo''' 28 December 1914 6 August 1915  2 60px '''Tōgō Kichitarō''' 6 August 1915 1 December 1916  3 60px '''Yoshida Masujirō''' 1 December 1916 1 December 1917  year 4 60px '''Nagata Yasujirō''' 1 December 1917 1 December 1919  years 5 60px '''Kojūrō Nozaki''' 1 December 1919 1 April 1922   6 60px '''Toshiro Tezuka''' 1 July 1918 ''1 April 1922''   (6) 60px '''Toshiro Tezuka''' ''1 April 1922'' 4 April 1923  7 60px '''Gosuke Yokota''' 4 April 1923 11 October 1931 †  –  '''Mitsusada Horiguchi''' 12 October 1931 21 November 1931  8 60px '''Kazuo Tawara''' 21 November 1931 5 February 1932  9 60px Baron '''Masayuki Matsuda''' 5 February 1932 4 August 1933  10 60px '''Hisao Hayashi''' 4 August 1933 19 September 1936  11 60px '''Kenjiro Kitajima''' 19 September 1936 9 April 1940  12 60px '''Shunsuke Kondo''' 9 April 1940 5 November 1943  13 60px '''Boshirō Hosogaya''' 5 November 1943 2 September 1945
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See also * High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
External links *  World Statesmen – Palau
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