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Elections for Ogasawara Village Assembly Member and Village Mayor were held, establishing a village administration
On April 22 the first village assembly member and mayoral elections were held in Ogasawara Village and on April 23 Ogasawara Village was inaugurated as a true local government, establishing a village administration. (Ref. 1, 2, 3)
Since the reversion in 1968 up to the appointment of a mayor, with the consent of the Minister of Home Affairs, the Governor of Tokyo had appointed the director of the Ogasawara Branch Office to execute the duties of the village mayor. Until the village assembly was established, a Village Administration Deliberative Council (Sonsei Shingikai) undertook the village administration. (Ref. 1, 4 5)
Since the reversion in 1968 up to the appointment of a mayor, with the consent of the Minister of Home Affairs, the Governor of Tokyo had appointed the director of the Ogasawara Branch Office to execute the duties of the village mayor. Until the village assembly was established, a Village Administration Deliberative Council (Sonsei Shingikai) undertook the village administration. (Ref. 1, 4 5)
Ref. 1: “Act on Temporary Measures concerning Application of Laws and Regulations Incidental to Reversion of the Ogasawara Islands,” Law no. 83, June 1, 1968.
Ref. 2: “Ministry of Home Affairs Public Notice No. 58,” 2019, p. 6.
Ref. 3: Tokyo Metropolitan Ogasawara Branch Office, Kannai Gaiyo (Overview of the Jurisdiction), 2019 ed., p. 6.
Ref. 4: “Cabinet Order on the Establishment of a Village and Local Administrative Organizations in Connection with the Restoration of the Ogasawara Islands,” Cabinet Order no. 212, June 24, 1968.
Ref. 5: Tokyo Metropolitan Ogasawara Branch Office, Ogasawara shicho 50-nen no kiroku (Record of 50 years of the Ogasawara Branch Office), 2019, p. 6.
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