List of governors of Kyoto Prefecture
Governor of Kyoto | |
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京都府知事 | |
![]() Incumbent since April 16, 2018 (2018-04-16)Takatoshi Nishiwaki | |
Type | Governor (Japan) |
Status | Head of government |
Abbreviation | Governor of Kyoto Prefecture |
Term length | Four years, no term limits |
Constituting instrument | Local Autonomy Act Article 139 |
Inaugural holder | Nobuatsu Nagatani |
Formation | June 15, 1868 (156 years ago) (1868-06-15) |
Deputy | Vice Governor of Kyoto Prefecture |
Salary | ¥1,188,640 per month (2020)[1] |
Website | www |
The governor of Kyoto, officially Governor of Kyoto Prefecture, is the chief executive of Kyoto, a prefecture in Japan. It serves from 1868 and comes from Kyoto machi-bugyō. The governors were appointed by the Home Ministry until 1947. The current governor is Takatoshi Nishiwaki, who was inaugurated on April 16, 2018.[2]
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Appointed governors, 1868–1947
No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
1 | ![]() | Nobuatsu Nagatani | June 1868 | July 1875 | 7 years, 1 month |
2 | ![]() | Masanao Makimura | July 1875 | January 1881 | 5 years, 6 months |
3 | ![]() | Kunimichi Kitagaki | January 1881 | July 1892 | 11 years, 6 months |
4 | ![]() | Sadaaki Senda | July 1892 | November 1893 | 1 year, 4 months |
5 | ![]() | Hiroshi Nakai | November 1893 | October 1894 | 11 months |
6 | ![]() | Chiaki Watanabe | October 1894 | October 1895 | 1 year |
7 | ![]() | Nobumichi Yamada | October 1895 | November 1897 | 2 years, 1 month |
8 | Tadakatsu Utsumi | November 1897 | March 1900 | 2 years, 4 months | |
9 | ![]() | Chikaaki Takasaki | March 1900 | February 1902 | 1 year, 11 months |
10 | ![]() | Shoichi Omori | February 1902 | April 1916 | 14 years, 2 months |
11 | ![]() | Jūshirō Kiuchi | April 1916 | May 1918 | 2 years, 1 month |
12 | ![]() | Eitaro Mabuchi | May 1918 | July 1921 | 3 years, 2 months |
13 | ![]() | Raizo Wakabayashi | July 1921 | October 1922 | 1 year, 3 months |
14 | ![]() | Tokikazu Ikematsu | October 1922 | December 1924 | 2 years, 2 months |
15 | ![]() | Hiroshi Ikeda | December 1924 | September 1926 | 1 year, 9 months |
16 | ![]() | Tsunenosuke Hamada | September 1926 | April 1927 | 7 months |
17 | ![]() | Shigoro Sugiyama | April 1927 | July 1927 | 3 months |
18 | ![]() | Shigeyoshi Omihara | July 1927 | July 1929 | 2 years |
19 | ![]() | Shinichi Sagami | July 1929 | October 1931 | 2 years, 3 months |
20 | Shinya Kurosaki | October 1931 | December 1931 | 2 months | |
21 | ![]() | Sukenari Yokoyama | December 1931 | June 1932 | 6 months |
22 | ![]() | Munenori Saito | June 1932 | January 1935 | 2 years, 7 months |
23 | ![]() | Shintarō Suzuki | January 1935 | April 1936 | 1 year, 3 months |
24 | ![]() | Keiichi Suzuki | April 1936 | April 1939 | 3 years |
25 | ![]() | Kotora Akamatsu | April 1939 | April 1940 | 1 year |
26 | ![]() | Jitsuzo Kawanishi | April 1940 | January 1941 | 9 months |
27 | Kyoushiro Ando | January 1941 | July 1943 | 2 years, 6 months | |
28 | ![]() | Chiyoji Yukizawa | July 1943 | April 1944 | 9 months |
29 | ![]() | Zentaro Arai | April 1944 | June 1945 | 1 year, 2 months |
30 | ![]() | Shigeo Miyoshi | June 1945 | October 1945 | 4 months |
31 | Atsushi Kimura | October 1945 | March 1947 | 1 year, 5 months | |
32 | Yoshiaki Yamamoto | March 1947 | April 1947 | 1 month |
Elected governors, 1947–present
No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Election | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
33 | Atsushi Kimura (木村惇) | April 12, 1947 | April 2, 1950 | 2 years, 355 days | 1947 | |
34 | ![]() | Torazo Ninagawa (蜷川虎三) | April 20, 1950 | April 15, 1978 | 27 years, 360 days | 1950 |
35 | 1954 | |||||
36 | 1958 | |||||
37 | 1962 | |||||
38 | 1966 | |||||
39 | 1970 | |||||
40 | 1974 | |||||
41 | Yukio Hayashida (林田悠紀夫) | April 16, 1978 | April 15, 1986 | 7 years, 364 days | 1978 | |
42 | 1982 | |||||
43 | Teiichi Aramaki (荒巻禎一) | April 16, 1986 | April 15, 2002 | 15 years, 364 days | 1986 | |
44 | 1990 | |||||
45 | 1994 | |||||
46 | 1998 | |||||
47 | ![]() | Keiji Yamada (山田啓二) | April 16, 2002 | April 15, 2018 | 15 years, 364 days | 2002 |
48 | 2006 | |||||
49 | 2010 | |||||
50 | 2014 | |||||
51 | ![]() | Takatoshi Nishiwaki (西脇隆俊) | April 16, 2018 | 6 years, 125 days | 2018 | |
52 | 2022 |