Hibi Kimei Explained

Hibi Kimei 日比 重明
Order:	Governor of Okinawa Prefecture
Term Start:	April 6, 1908
Term End:	June 1, 1913
Predecessor:	Narahara Shigeru
Successor:	Takahashi Takuya
Birth Date:	26 June 1848
Occupation:	Politician
Nationality:	Japanese

was Governor of Okinawa Prefecture (1908 - 1913).^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Further reading

• Hata Ikuhiko, ed. "日本官僚制総合事典：1868 – 2000" (Comprehensive Encyclopedia of the Japanese Bureaucracy), Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai, 2001.

Notes and References

1. Cabinet of Japan, "高知県属日比重明同県書記官ニ被任ノ件" (Concerning the Appointment of Hibi Kimei of Kochi Prefecture as Secretary in that Prefecture), 1886.
2. Jinji Kōshinjo, ed. "人事興信録 第3版" (Who's Who Volume 3), 1911. (page 14 lists birth date as May 27 Kaei 1 under the old calendar)
3. Prefectural Governors Editorial Committee, ed. "新編日本の歴代知事" (Japan's Prefectural Governors, New Edition), Nihontoshosentā, 1991, p.1124.
4. "官報 第6142号 - 叙任及辞令" (Government Gazette #6142 – Appointments and Commissions), December 21, 1903
5. Jinji Kōshinjo, ed. "人事興信録 第6版" (Who's Who Volume 6), 1921, p.4.