Governor-General of Korea
During the period between 1910 and 1947 there were various Governors of Korea. Historically the most important of these viceroys were the Governors-General of Korea, who were at the head of the Japanese colony of Korea from 1910 to 1945.
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Residents-General in Korea
From 1905 to 1910 Korea was a protectorate of Japan and Japanese interests were represented by a Resident-General.
- Prince Ito Hirobumi (1905–1909)
- Viscount Sone (1909)
- Count Terauchi Masatake (1909–1910)
Governors-General of Korea
The Governor–General was based at the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul.
- Count Terauchi (1910–1916)
- Count Yoshimichi Hasegawa (1916–1919)
- Viscount Saito (1919–1927)
- General Kazushige Ugaki (1927)
- General Hanzo Yamanashi (1927–1929)
- Viscount Saito (second time 1929–1931)
- General Kazushige Ugaki (second time 1931–1936)
- General Jiro Minami (1936–1942)
- Kuniaki Koiso (1942–1944)
- Lord Nobuyuki (1944–1945)
Governors of Korea
After 1945 the Japanese Governorate was succeeded by a U.S.–Soviet Joint Occupation under two military Governors of Korea (U.S. and Soviet).
Soviet
- Ivan Chistyakov (1945–1947)
- Gennady Korotkov (1947–1948)
- succeeded by a President of North Korea
United States
- Archibald V. Arnold (1945)
- Archer L. Lerch (1945–1947)
- William F. Dean (1947–1948)
- succeeded by a President of South Korea
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