page_title: Denny Tamaki
hierarchical_section_title: Denny Tamaki
caption_attribution_description: English: U. S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Christopher McPhillips, deputy commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, thanks Okinawa Governor, Denny Tamaki with a hand shake during a tour on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 31, 2019. During the tour, members of the party were shown various buildings and tracts of land designated to be returned to the Government of Japan as part of the consolidation and relocation project. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nicole Rogge)
context_page_description: Denny Tamaki is a Japanese politician and the current Governor of Okinawa Prefecture since August 2018.
  Tamaki was a member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly for Okinawa City from 2002 to 2005 and became the first Amerasian member of the Japanese House of Representatives as the representative for Okinawa Prefecture's 3rd district from 2009 to 2012 and 2014 to 2018. Tamaki was elected governor as an independent in the 2018 Okinawa gubernatorial election following the untimely death of Governor Takeshi Onaga.
context_section_description: Denny Tamaki (玉城 デニー, Tamaki Denī, born 13 October 1959) is a Japanese politician and the current Governor of Okinawa Prefecture since August 2018. 
  Tamaki was a member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly for Okinawa City from 2002 to 2005 and became the first Amerasian member of the Japanese House of Representatives as the representative for Okinawa Prefecture's 3rd district from 2009 to 2012 and 2014 to 2018. Tamaki was elected governor as an independent in the 2018 Okinawa gubernatorial election following the untimely death of Governor Takeshi Onaga.
caption: Tamaki (right) with US Marines stationed in Okinawa (2019)
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