Uchida Kakichi (内田 嘉吉, 18 November 1866 – 3 January 1933) was the 9th
Governor-General of Taiwan
The governor-general of Taiwan (, shinjitai: ) was the head of the Government-General of Taiwan in the Japanese era (including Formosa and the Pescadores) when they were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945.
The Japanese governors- ...
from 6 September 1923 to September 1924.
Prior to assuming the office of Governor-General, Uchida also served as Chief of Home Affairs under Governors-General
Sakuma Samata
General Count was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and 5th Governor-General of Taiwan from 11 April 1906 to May 1915. He participated in domestic conflicts, wars with Russia and was a leader of the expedition of Taiwan.
Biography
Sakum ...
and
Ando Sadami, the second highest position in the colonial government.
Early life
Uchida Kakichi was born in 1866 and graduated from the
Imperial University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...
. Following his education, he began his civil service career in the Japanese Ministry of Telecommunications.
Colonial service in Taiwan
Uchida served as the chief of civil affairs (director of civilian administration) for the Taiwan Government-General from 22 August 1910 to 19 October 1915, during the governorships of
Sakuma Samata
General Count was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and 5th Governor-General of Taiwan from 11 April 1906 to May 1915. He participated in domestic conflicts, wars with Russia and was a leader of the expedition of Taiwan.
Biography
Sakum ...
and
Andō Teibi.
See also
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Taiwan under Japanese rule
The Geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu, Penghu Islands, became an annexed territory of the Empire of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Taiwan Province, Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki a ...
References
Governors-general of Taiwan
1866 births
1933 deaths
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