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The governor of Kyoto, officially Governor of Kyoto Prefecture, is the 
chief executive
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of Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...
, a prefecture
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in Japan
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. It serves from 1868 and comes from Kyoto machi-bugyō
were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were usually '' fudai'' ''daimyō'', but this was amongst the senior administrative posts open to those who were not ''daimyō''.Beasley, William ...
. The governors were appointed by the Home Ministry
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Lists of current ministries of internal affairs
Named "ministry"
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until 1947. The current governor
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is Takatoshi Nishiwaki
is a Japanese politician and the current Governor of Kyoto Prefecture.
Governor of Kyoto
Nishiwaki won the 2018 gubernatorial election, defeating his sole opponent Kazuhito Fukuyama, with 55.90% of the vote. In the race, Nishiwaki was backed ...
, who was inaugurated on April 16, 2018.
Appointed governors, 1868–1947
Elected governors, 1947–present
References
{{Authority control Politics of Kyoto Prefecture * Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture