List of U.S. governors of the Ryukyu Islands
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This article lists the U.S. governors of the Ryukyu Islands (Japanese: 琉球諸島, Hepburn: Ryūkyū-shotō, Okinawan: 琉球/ルーチュー Ruuchuu), an archipelago of Japanese islands within Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures, centered on the Okinawa Islands and its main island, Okinawa (the smallest and least populated of the five Japanese home islands[1]).
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琉球列島のアメリカ知事 (Ryūkyū-rettō no Amerika chiji) | |
United States Department of War United States Department of Defense | |
Type | Military governor |
Status | Senior-most officer of military occupation |
Member of | USMGR (1945–1950) USCAR (1950–1972) |
Seat | Naha, Okinawa |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | Treaty of San Francisco (Formal establishment)[lower-alpha 1] |
Precursor | Governor of Okinawa Prefecture |
Formation | 1 April 1945; 79 years ago (1945-04-01) |
First holder | LTG Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. |
Final holder | LTG James Benjamin Lampert |
Abolished | 14 May 1972; 52 years ago (1972-05-14) |
Succession | Governor of Okinawa Prefecture |
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The list encompasses the period of U.S. occupation, from the start of the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 until the return of the islands to Japanese sovereignty in 1972, in accordance with the 1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement.[2][3]