The governor-general of Taiwan ( ja, 臺灣總督, Taiwan Sōtoku) was the head of the
Government-General of Taiwan in the
Japanese era (including
Formosa
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is an island country located in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, formerly known in the Western political circles, press and literature as Formosa, makes up 99% of the land area of the territori ...
and the
Pescadores) when they were part of the
Empire of Japan
The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent form ...
, from 1895 to 1945.
The Japanese governors-general were members of the Diet, civilian officials, Japanese nobles or generals. They exercised their power on behalf of the sovereign of Taiwan (the
emperor of Japan
The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his position is derived from "the ...
) until the dissolution of the empire when the dominion came under administration 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 northeas ...
and was renounced by Japan.
Governors-general
Timeline
See also
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Governor of Formosa
The governor of Formosa ( nl, gouverneur van Formosa; ) was the head of government during the Dutch colonial period in Taiwan, which lasted from 1624 to 1662. Appointed by the governor-general of the Dutch East Indies in Batavia (modern-day J ...
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Governor of Taiwan Province
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Japanese Governor-General of Korea
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List of Japanese governors-general of Korea
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History of Taiwan
The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ances ...
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Japanese Resident-General of Korea
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List of Japanese residents-general of Korea
The resident-general was the leader of Korea under Japanese rule from 1905 to 1910.
Itō Hirobumi was the first resident-general. There were three residents-general in total. After the annexation of Korea to Japan, the last resident-general, Te ...
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List of rulers of Taiwan
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Political divisions of Taiwan (1895–1945)
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Taiwan after World War II
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Timeline of Taiwanese history
This is a timeline of Taiwanese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Taiwan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Taiwan and History of the Republic ...
References
External links
Archives of the Japanese Taiwan Governor-Generals(Chinese)
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Taiwan under Japanese rule