List of colonial governors of Nauru
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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) On 30 January 1968, Nauru achieved independence. For a list of heads of state after independence, see President of Nauru.

List of colonial governors of Nauru

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) On 30 January 1968, Nauru achieved independence. For a list of heads of state after independence, see President of Nauru.

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes

Reichskommissar (1888)

2 October 1888 to 3 October 1888	-	Franz Leopold Sonnenschein

Bezirksamtleute (1888–1905)

3 October 1888 to 14 May 1889	-	Robert Rasch	Acting

14 May 1889 to 1892	-	Christian Hermann Johannsen

1892 to 1897	-	Friedrich "Fritz" Jung

1898 to 1905	-	Ludwig Kaiser

Station chiefs (1906–1914)

1 April 1906 to 1908	-	Konrad Geppert

1908 to 1911	-	Joseph Siegwanz

1911 to 1912	-	Karl Warnecke

1912 to 9 September 1914	-	Wilhelm Wostrack	First 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 1914	-	Wilhelm Wostrack	Second time

Commanding Officer of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force [AN&MEF] (1914)

6 November 1914	-	Colonel William Holmes	Killed in the Battle of Messines (1917)

Commanding Officer of the Australian Garrison Nauru (1914)

6 November 1914 to 25 December 1914	-	Edward Creer Norrie

Administrators (1914–1942)

25 December 1914 to December 1917	-	Charles Rufus Marshall Workman

December 1917 to 9 June 1921	-	Geoffrey Whistler Bingham Smith-Rewse

10 June 1921 to 27 June 1927	-	Thomas Griffiths

27 June 1927 to 31 December 1932	-	William Augustin Newman

5 February 1929 to 1929	Unknown	Acting for Newman

1 January 1933 to 17 January 1933	Unknown	Acting

17 January 1933 to 31 August 1938	-	Rupert Clare Garsia

1 September 1938 to 22 October 1938	Unknown	Acting

22 October 1938 to 26 August 1942	FrederickChalmers.jpeg	Frederick Royden Chalmers	Japanese prisoner 26 August 1942 – 25 March 1943; murdered in captivity

Japanese Military Commanders (1942–1945)

26 August 1942 to 7 March 1943	-	Nakayama Hiromi

7 March 1943 to 13 July 1943	-	Takenouchi Takenao	Commander of the 67 Naval Guard Unit

13 July 1943 to 13 September 1945	-	Soeda Hisayuki	Commander of the 67 Naval Guard Unit

Australian Military Administrator (1945)

13 September 1945 to 31 October 1945	-	Joseph Lawrence Andrew Kelly

Administrators (1945–1968)

1 November 1945 to 30 August 1949	-	Mark Ridgway

31 August 1949 to 20 December 1949	-	Harold Hastings Reeve	Acting

20 December 1949 to 31 October 1952	-	Robert Stanley Richards

July 1952 to 30 June 1954	-	John Keith Lawrence	Acting (for Richards to 31 October 1952)

December 1953 to 30 June 1954	-	Keith Alan Read	Acting

1 July 1954 to 21 June 1958	-	Reginald Sylvester Leydin	First time

21 June 1958 to 30 April 1962	-	John Preston White

1 May 1962 to 31 May 1962	-	Frederick William McConaghy	Acting

1 June 1962 to February 1966	-	Reginald Sylvester Leydin	Second time

February 1966 to 2 May 1966	Unknown	Acting

3 May 1966 to 30 January 1968	-	Leslie Dudley King

Sentence(s)

Garsia was appointed Administrator of Nauru.

final_sentence: Garsia was appointed Administrator of Nauru.