The Governor-General of Chà Âsen was the chief administrator of the Japanese colonial government in Korea from 1910 to 1945. All of the governors-general were affiliated with the Japanese military. Terauchi Masatake was the first governor-general. Prior to becoming governor-general, he was the third and the last resident-general. Upon the annexation of Korea to Japanese Empire, he became the governor-general.
There were ten governors-general, while eight individuals served in this position. Saità  Makoto and Ugaki Kazushige both served two nonconsecutive terms as governor-general. Saità  was the third and the sixth governor-general, and Ugaki was the fourth and seventh governor-general. Thus, Minami Jirà Â, Koiso Kuniaki, and Abe Nobuyuki were respectively the eight, ninth, and tenth governors-general, but they were respectively the sixth, seventh, and eight individuals to serve as governors-general.