During the period between 1910 and 1947 there have been various Governors of Korea. Historically the most important of these viceroys have been the Governors-General of Korea, who were at the head of the Japanese colony of Korea from 1910 to 1945.

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 Kyongbuk 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

See also

• Governor-General of Taiwan
• Rulers of Korea
• List of Korea-related topics

External links

• History of US sabotage of Korean Peace and Reunification (anti-US)
• Rulers