List of colonial governors of Nauru

This article lists the colonial governors of Nauru, from the establishment of the German colonial presence in 1888 (as part of German New Guinea), through the Japanese occupation during World War II, until the independence of the Australian-administered Trust Territory of Nauru in 1968.

Annexation ceremony in Nauru, 3 October 1888.
German map of Nauru, 1897.
League of Nations mandates in the Pacific Ocean. The Trust Territory of Nauru (bordered in blue) is number 3.
Allied map of Nauru, World War II.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes
Reichskommissar (1888)
2 October 1888 to 3 October 1888Franz Leopold Sonnenschein
Bezirksamtleute (1888–1905)
3 October 1888 to 14 May 1889Robert RaschActing
14 May 1889 to 1892Christian Hermann Johannsen
1892 to 1897Friedrich "Fritz" Jung
1898 to 1905Ludwig Kaiser
Station chiefs (1906–1914)
1 April 1906 to 1908Konrad Geppert
1908 to 1911Joseph Siegwanz
1911 to 1912Karl Warnecke
1912 to 9 September 1914Wilhelm WostrackFirst time
British Commanding Officer of the Landing Party (1914)
9 September 1914 (hours)Myles Aldington Blomfield
Station chief (1914)
9 September 1914 to 6 November 1914Wilhelm WostrackSecond time
Commanding Officer of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force [AN&MEF] (1914)
6 November 1914Colonel William HolmesKilled in the Battle of Messines (1917)
Commanding Officer of the Australian Garrison Nauru (1914)
6 November 1914 to 25 December 1914Edward Creer Norrie
Administrators (1914–1942)
25 December 1914 to December 1917Charles Rufus Marshall Workman
December 1917 to 9 June 1921Geoffrey Whistler Bingham Smith-RewseAweida was the head chief of nauru
10 June 1921 to 27 June 1927Thomas GriffithsDaimon was the head chief of nauru
27 June 1927 to 31 December 1932William Augustin Newman
5 February 1929 to 1929UnknownActing for Newman
1 January 1933 to 17 January 1933UnknownActing
17 January 1933 to 31 August 1938Rupert Clare GarsiaTimothy Detudamo was head chief of nauru
1 September 1938 to 22 October 1938UnknownActing
22 October 1938 to 26 August 1942Frederick Royden ChalmersJapanese prisoner 26 August 1942 – 25 March 1943; murdered in captivity
Japanese Military Commanders (1942–1945)
26 August 1942 to 7 March 1943Hiromi Nakayama
7 March 1943 to 13 July 1943Takenao Takenouchi Commander of the 67 Naval Guard Unit
13 July 1943 to 13 September 1945Hisayuki Soeda
Australian Military Administrator (1945)
13 September 1945 to 31 October 1945Joseph Lawrence Andrew Kelly
Administrators (1945–1968)
1 November 1945 to 30 August 1949Mark Ridgway
31 August 1949 to 20 December 1949Harold ReeveActing
20 December 1949 to 31 October 1952Robert Stanley Richards
July 1952 to 30 June 1954John Keith LawrenceActing (for Richards to 31 October 1952)
December 1953 to 30 June 1954Keith Alan ReadActing
1 July 1954 to 21 June 1958Reginald Sylvester LeydinFirst time.Raymond Gadabu was head chief of Nauru.
21 June 1958 to 30 April 1962John Preston White
1 May 1962 to 31 May 1962Frederick William McConaghyActing
1 June 1962 to February 1966Reginald Sylvester LeydinSecond time
February 1966 to 2 May 1966UnknownActing
3 May 1966 to 30 January 1968Leslie Dudley King

On 30 January 1968, Nauru achieved independence. For a list of heads of state after independence, see President of Nauru.

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