The Governor-General of Chōsen was the chief administrator of the Japanese colonial government in Korea from 1910 to 1945. All of the governors-general were affiliated with the Japanese military. Terauchi Masatake was the first governor-general. Prior to becoming governor-general, he was the third and the last resident-general. Upon the annexation of Korea to Japanese Empire, he became the governor-general.
There were ten governors-general, while eight individuals served in this position. Saitō Makoto and Ugaki Kazushige both served two nonconsecutive terms as governor-general. Saitō was the third and the sixth governor-general, and Ugaki was the fourth and seventh governor-general. Thus, Minami Jirō, Koiso Kuniaki, and Abe Nobuyuki were respectively the eight, ninth, and tenth governors-general, but they were respectively the sixth, seventh, and eight individuals to serve as governors-general.
Governors-General of Chōsen PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeMonarchRōmajiKanji1Terauchi Masatake1 October 19109 October 1916MeijiTaishō2Hasegawa Yoshimichi9 October 191612 August 19193Saitō Makoto(1st term)12 August 191914 April 1927Shōwa4Ugaki Kazushige(1st term)14 April 192710 December 19275Yamanashi Hanzō10 December 192717 August 1929(3)Saitō Makoto(2nd term)17 August 192917 June 1931(4)Ugaki Kazushige(2nd term)17 June 19315 August 19366Minami Jirō5 August 193615 June 19427Koiso Kuniaki15 June 194212 July 19448Abe Nobuyuki12 July 194412 September 1945
See also Japanese Resident-General of Korea List of Japanese residents-general of Korea Governor-General of Chōsen Governor-General of Taiwan