List_of_colonial_governors_of_the_Marshall_Islands

List of colonial governors of the Marshall Islands

List of colonial governors of the Marshall Islands

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This article lists the colonial governors of the Marshall Islands, from the establishment of the German colonial presence during the 1885 Carolines Question[1][2][3] (as part of German New Guinea), through the American capture of the islands during World War II, until the official establishment of the autonomous Government of the Marshall Islands in 1979 (within the American-administered TTPI).

German map of the protectorate (Schutzgebiet) of the Marshall Islands, 1897.
Marshall Islands District Administration (Distad) Office, 1978.

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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

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On 1 May 1979, Marshall Islands achieved autonomy within the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI). For a list of heads of state after autonomy, see President of the Marshall Islands.

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References

  1. [1]
    Spenneman, Dirk H.R. (1885). "Marshall Islands History Sources No. 18, Treaty of friendship between the Marshallese chiefs and the German Empire (1885)". Charles Sturt University (in Marshallese, German, and English). Digital Micronesia-An Electronic Library & Archive. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. [2]
    Spenneman, Dirk H.R. (2003). "German Protectorate Period". Marshallese Manit. Marshall Islands Visitors Authority. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. [3]
    Hezel, Francis X. (2003) Strangers in Their Own Land: A Century of Colonial Rule in the Caroline and Marshall Islands, University of Hawaii Press, pp. 45–46, ISBN 0824828046.
  4. [4]
    Dweight Heine, Micronesian leader par excellence Pacific Islands Monthly, January 1985, p24
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