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The Governor of the South Pacific Mandate was an official who ruled the Japanese South Pacific Mandate , a mandated territory in the Pacific Ocean under the administration of the Empire of Japan , 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 . After World War II the United Nations placed the territory under United States administration 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 .[ 1]
The following is a list of the Governors the South Pacific Mandate, as well as their predecessors during the Japanese occupation of the territory between 1914 and 1922.
Commanders of Interim Southern Islands Defense Unit
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Name
From
To
1
Tatsuo Matsumura
December 28, 1914
August 6, 1915
2
Kichitaro Togo
August 6, 1915
December 1, 1916
3
Masujiro Yoshida
December 1, 1916
December 1, 1917
4
Yasujiro Nagata
December 1, 1917
December 1, 1919
5
Kojoro Nozaki
December 1, 1919
April 1, 1922
Head of Civil Affairs Bureau
Governors
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Name
From
To
1
Toshiro Tezuko
April 1, 1922
April 4, 1923
2
Gosuke Yokota
April 4, 1923
October 11, 1931
3
Mitsusada Horiguchi
October 12, 1931
November 21, 1931
4
Kazuo Tawara
November 21, 1931
February 5, 1932
5
Masayuki Matsuda
February 5, 1932
August 4, 1933
6
Hisao Hayashi
August 4, 1933
September 19, 1936
7
Kenjiro Kitajima
September 19, 1936
April 9, 1940
8
Shunsuke Kondo
April 9, 1940
November 5, 1943
9
Boshiro Hosokaya
November 5, 1943
February 2, 1944
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