Denny Tamaki
Denny Tamaki | |
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玉城 デニー | |
Official portrait | |
| Governor of Okinawa Prefecture | |
| Assumed office 4 October 2018 | |
| Monarchs | Akihito Naruhito |
| Preceded by | Takeshi Onaga Kiichiro Jahana (interim) Moritake Tomikawa (interim) |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 30 August 2009 – 13 September 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Chiken Kakazu |
| Succeeded by | Tomohiro Yara |
| Constituency | Okinawa 3rd (2009–2012) Kyushu PR (2012–2014) Okinawa 3rd (2014–2018) |
| Member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 28 September 2002 – August 2005 | |
| Constituency | Okinawa City |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dennis Tamaki 13 October 1959 |
| Party | Independent (2002–2005; 2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Alma mater | Sophia School of Social Welfare |
| Website | Official website |
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Denny Tamaki (玉城 デニー, Tamaki Denī; born 13 October 1959) is a Japanese politician who has served as the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture since 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. He was re-elected again in 2022.