Masaichi Niimi | |
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Governor of Hong Kong under Japanese occupation | |
In office 25 December 1941 – 20 February 1942 Serving with Takashi Sakai | |
Monarch | Shōwa |
Prime Minister | Hideki Tōjō |
Preceded by | Sir Mark Aitchison Young |
Succeeded by | Rensuke Isogai |
Personal details | |
Born | Hiroshima, Japan | 4 February 1887
Died | 2 April 1993[1] | (aged 106)
Awards | Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (July 1942) Order of the Rising Sun (2nd Class) (1936) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Branch/service | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Years of service | 1908–1944 |
Rank | Vice Admiral |
Commands | Ōi, Yakumo, Maya, Naval Education Bureau, Naval Academy, 2nd China Expeditionary Fleet, Maizuru Naval District |
Battles/wars | |
Vice-Admiral Masaichi Niimi (新見 政一, Niimi Masaichi, 4 February 1887 – 2 April 1993) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.