List of U.S. governors of the Ryukyu Islands explained

Post:	U.S. governor
Body:	the Ryukyu Islands
Insignia:	Seal of High Commissioner of the Ryukyu Islands.svg
Insigniacaption:	Seal of High Commissioner of the Ryukyu Islands
Department:	United States Department of War United States Department of Defense
Type:	Military governor
Status:	Senior-most officer of military occupation
Seat:	Naha, Okinawa
Termlength:	No fixed term
Precursor:	Governor of Okinawa Prefecture
First:	LTG Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Last:	LTG James Benjamin Lampert
Succession:	Governor of Okinawa Prefecture

This article lists the U.S. governors of the , an archipelago of Japanese islands within Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures, centered on the Okinawa Islands and its main island, Okinawa (the smallest and least populated of the five Japanese home islands^[1]).

The list encompasses the period of U.S. occupation, from the start of the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 until the return of the islands to Japanese sovereignty in 1972, in accordance with the 1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement.^{[2] [3]}

Officeholders

Source: ^[4]

† denotes people who died in office.

United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (USMGR, 1945–1950)

See main article: United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands.

Military Governors

United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR, 1950–1972)

See main article: United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands.

Governors and Commanders-in-Chief, Far East Command (in Tokyo)

See main article: Far East Command (United States) and United States Forces Japan.

Civil Administrators

See also

• History of the Ryukyu Islands
• Government of the Ryukyu Islands, the body of Okinawan self-governance from 1952–1972.
• List of governors of the Nanpō Islands

Notes and References

1. Web site: 離島とは(島の基礎知識) (what is a remote island?) . . MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) . 22 August 2015 . 9 August 2019 . Japanese . website . MILT classification 6,852 islands（main islands: 5 islands, remote islands: 6,847 islands) . https://web.archive.org/web/20071113053915/http://www.mlit.go.jp/crd/chirit/ritoutoha.html . 2007-11-13.
2. Web site: Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II. National Archives. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. 28 July 2019. 1995. 260.12 Records of the U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR) 1945–72.
3. Agreement between the United States of America and Japan Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and Daito Islands. United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, Volume 23, Part 1. 1973. 23. 449. 28 July 2019. US Department of State.
4. Web site: Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands. worldstatesmen.org. B. Cahoon. 28 July 2019.