Yamaguchi Prefecture office held by head of government governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture
Governor
The current governor of Yamaguchi is former MIC bureaucrat Tsugumasa Muraoka. He won the gubernatorial election in February 2014 with more than 60% of the vote against other two candidates, and succeeded Shigetarō Yamamoto who had been hospitalized since October 2013 and resigned in January 2014.
Elected governors of Yamaguchi have been:
Head of Government Position Chief Minister of State Prime Ministership Chief of Executive State Premier