# Shunsuke Kondo - Governor of the South Seas Government (Nan'yo-cho, Koror)

URL: https://allhistories.com/micronesia/rulers/shunsuke-kondo-35
Reign: 9 Apr 1940 – 4 Nov 1943
Number in the list: 135
Dynasty: South Seas Mandate (Japan)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_the_South_Seas_Mandate

Governor during the Pacific War's opening years.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Kenjiro Kitajima](https://allhistories.com/micronesia/rulers/kenjiro-kitajima-34)
- Next in list: [Boshirō Hosogaya](https://allhistories.com/micronesia/rulers/boshiro-hosogaya-36)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1941 - [Pacific War begins and the mandate becomes a forward base](https://allhistories.com/micronesia/timeline/1941-pacific-war-begins-and-the-mandate-becomes-a-forward-base)
- 1942 - [Combined Fleet makes Truk its base](https://allhistories.com/micronesia/timeline/1942-combined-fleet-makes-truk-its-base)
- 1943 - [Militarisation and wartime population of Chuuk](https://allhistories.com/micronesia/timeline/1943-militarisation-and-wartime-population-of-chuuk)
- 1943 - [Admiral Koga takes command of the Combined Fleet](https://allhistories.com/micronesia/timeline/1943-admiral-koga-takes-command-of-the-combined-fleet)
- 1943 - [Japan reorganises the South Seas districts into three](https://allhistories.com/micronesia/timeline/1943-japan-reorganises-the-south-seas-districts-into-three)