Past Governors of Iwate

Kenkichi KOKUBUN

First Term: April 30, 1947 - April 30, 1951

Second Term: April 30, 1951 - April 29, 1955

Senichi ABE

First Term: April 30, 1955 - April 29, 1959

Second Term: April 30, 1959 - April 29, 1963

Tadashi CHIDA

First Term: April 30, 1963 - April 29, 1967

Second Term: April 30, 1967 - April 29, 1971

Third Term: April 30, 1971 - April 29, 1975

Fourth Term: April 30, 1975 - April 29, 1979

Tadashi NAKAMURA

First Term: April 30, 1979 - April 29, 1983

Second Term: April 30, 1983 - April 29, 1987

Third Term: April 30, 1987 - April 29, 1991

Iwao KUDO

First Term: April 30, 1991 - April 29, 1995

Hiroya MASUDA

First Term: April 30, 1995 - April 29, 1999

Second Term: April 30, 1999 - April 29, 2003

Third Term: April 30, 2003 - April 29, 2007

Takuya TASSO

First Term: April 30, 2007 - September 20, 2011 （election delayed due to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami）

Second Term: September 13, 2011 - September 10, 2015

Third term: September 11, 2015 - current day