Government System
The post of Governor of the Ryukyu Islands was created in 1945 and replaced in 1957 by the High Commissioner and the Civil Administrator of the Ryukyu Islands until 1972.
The government was headed by a Chief Executive, who for the first time was elected by the Ryukyuan people on the same day as elections to the Legislature in November 1968. Previously the Chief Executive was elected by members of the Legislature.
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