List of governors of Shiga Prefecture

Appointed

 * Matsuda Michiyuki 1871-1875
 * Koteda Yasusada 1875-1884
 * Kojiro Iwasaki 1890-1891
 * Orita Heinai 1897-1899
 * Sada Suzuki 1902-1907
 * Kaiichiro Suematsu 1923-1925
 * Morio Takahashi 1925-1926
 * Shinya Kurosaki 1926-1927
 * Inada Syūichi 1945-1946

Elected

 * Iwakichi Hattori 1947-1954
 * Kotaro Mori 1954-1958
 * Kyujiro Taniguchi 1958-1966
 * Kinichiro Nozaki 1966-1974
 * Masayoshi Takemura 1974-1986
 * Minoru Inaba 1986-1998
 * Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu 1998-2006
 * Yukiko Kada 2006-2014
 * Taizō Mikazuki 2014–present