Events from the year 1939 in Taiwan, Empire of Japan.

Incumbents

Monarchy

Hirohito Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...

Central government of Japan

* Prime Minister:

Fumimaro Konoe Prince was a Japanese politician and prime minister. During his tenure, he presided over the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and the breakdown in relations with the United States, which ultimately culminated in Japan's entry into World W ...

Kiichirō Hiranuma Kiichirō, Kiichiro or Kiichirou (written: 麒一郎, 喜一郎 or 季一郎) is a masculine Japanese given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, poten ...

, Nobuyuki Abe

Taiwan

Governor-General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

– Seizō Kobayashi

Births

* 2 January – Rai Hau-min, President of

Judicial Yuan The Judicial Yuan () is the judicial branch of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan.''See'' Constitution arts. 77-82, ''available at'' ''See'' Additional Articles of the Constitution art. 5, ''available at'' It runs a Constitution ...

(2010–2016) * 3 January – Vincent Siew, Vice President of the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

(2008–2012) * 10 February – Hsieh Shen-shan, Magistrate of Hualien County (2003–2009) * 16 March – Fan Kuang-chun, Governor of Taiwan Province (2002–2003) * 1 April – Ma Ju-lung, former actor * 27 May – Lin Rong-San, Taiwanese politician, publisher and businessman (d.

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

) * 19 June – Wu Po-hsiung, Chairman of Kuomintang (2007–2009) * 27 December – Hsu Jung-shu, Member of

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

(1981–1984, 1993–2008)

References

{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 Years of the 20th century in Taiwan