Takeshi Onaga

Takeshi Onaga
翁長 雄志
7th Governor of Okinawa Prefecture
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2014
Preceded by	Hirokazu Nakaima
Mayor of Naha
In office November 2000 – 3 October 2014
Preceded by	Kōsei Oyadomari
Succeeded by	Mikiko Shiroma
Member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly
In office 1992–1996
Personal details
Born	(1950-10-02) 2 October 1950 Naha, Okinawa, United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Hosei University
Website	onagatakeshi.jp

Takeshi Onaga (翁長 雄志, Onaga Takeshi) (born October 2, 1950) is a Japanese politician and the 7th and current governor of Okinawa Prefecture. He also served four terms as mayor of Naha, the capital city of the prefecture.^[1]

He graduated from Hosei University with a B.L. in 1975.

He was elected to the governorship on a platform opposing the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within Okinawa, and has been a strident opponent of the base's continued presence in the prefecture, which is supported by both the Japanese and American governments. In October 2015, Onaga revoked the land reclamation permit needed for continued work on the base.^[2]

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