Historical country records
Marshall Islands historical timeline
Marshall Islands
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 1885 | German rule | Leaders |
| 13 Sep 1886 | protectorate declared | Leaders |
| 1 Apr 1906 | part of German New Guinea (see under Papua New Guinea) | Leaders |
| 3 Oct 1914 | Japanese occupation | Leaders |
| 17 Dec 1920 | League of Nations mandate | Leaders |
| 1944 | U.S. occupation | Leaders |
| 18 Jul 1947 | part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands | Leaders |
| 1 May 1979 | autonomy (Republic of the Marshall Islands) | Leaders |
| 21 Oct 1986 | Compact of Free Association with the U.S. effective | Leaders |
| 10 Jul 1987 | trust territory dissolved | Leaders |
| 22 Dec 1990 | final independence (Security Council ratifies termination of trusteeship) | Leaders |
| 1885 - 1886 | Gustav von Oertzen | Commissioners |
| 1886 - 5 Oct 1887 | Wilhelm Knappe | Commissioners |
| 14 Apr 1888 - 29 Mar 1889 | Franz Leopold Sonnenschein | Commissioners |
| 14 Apr 1890 - Feb 1892 | Friedrich Louis Max Biermann | Commissioners |
| 1893 - 1894 | Ernst Schmidt-Dargitz | Commissioners |
| 11 May 1894 - Mar 1898 | Georg Irmer | Landeshauptleute |
| 24 Mar 1898 - 18 Jan 1906 | Eugen Brandeis | Landeshauptleute |
| 1921 - 4 Apr 1923 | Toshiro Tezuka | Administrators |
| 4 Apr 1923 - 11 Oct 1931 | Gosuke Yokota | Administrators |
| 12 Oct 1931 - 21 Nov 1931 | Mitsusada Horiguchi | Administrators |
| 21 Nov 1931 - 5 Feb 1932 | Kazuo Tawara | Administrators |
| 5 Feb 1932 - 4 Aug 1933 | Masayuki Matsuda | Administrators |
| 4 Aug 1933 - 19 Sep 1936 | Hisao Hayashi | Administrators |
| 19 Sep 1936 - 9 Apr 1940 | Kenjiro Kitajima | Administrators |
| 9 Apr 1940 - 5 Nov 1943 | Shunsuke Kondo | Administrators |
| 5 Nov 1943 - 1944 | Ishiro Hosokaya | Administrators |
| 17 Nov 1979 - 20 Dec 1996 | Amata Kabua | Presidents |
| 20 Dec 1996 - 14 Jan 1997 | Kunio Lemari (acting) | Presidents |
| 14 Jan 1997 - 10 Jan 2000 | Imata Kabua | Presidents |
| 10 Jan 2000 - 7 Jan 2008 | Kessai H. Note | Presidents |
| 7 Jan 2008 - | Litokwa Tomeing | Presidents |