Governor of Hokkaido

Governor of Hokkaido
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Incumbent Harumi Takahashi since 14 April 2003
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Toshibumi Tanaka
Formation	1947

The Governor of Hokkaido (北海道知事 Hokkai dōchiji) is the head of the local government Hokkaido, Japan's largest prefecture. The seat of the local government is located in Sapporo, the capital city of the prefecture. The current governor and the first female to hold the office is Harumi Takahashi.

This is a list of the governors of Hokkaido.

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Number of terms
1	Toshibumi Tanaka (田中敏文)	May 1947	April 1959	First term independent, Social Democratic Party	3
2	Kingo Machimura (町村金五)	April 1959	April 1971	Liberal Democratic Party	3
3	Naohiro Dōgakinai (堂垣内尚弘)	April 1971	April 1983	Liberal Democratic Party	3
4	Takahiro Yokomichi	April 1983	April 1995	Social Democratic Party	3
5	Tatsuya Hori	April 1995	April 2003	Independent	2
6	Harumi Takahashi	April 2003	Incumbent	Independent	4