Hiranuma Kiichirō
Japanese politician (1867–1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kiichirō Hiranuma (平沼 騏一郎, 28 September 1867 – 22 August 1952) was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939.
Kiichirō Hiranuma | |
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平沼 騏一郎 | |
Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 5 January 1939 – 30 August 1939 | |
Monarch | Hirohito |
Preceded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
Succeeded by | Nobuyuki Abe |
President of the Privy Council | |
In office 9 April 1945 – 3 December 1945 | |
Monarch | Hirohito |
Preceded by | Kantaro Suzuki |
Succeeded by | Kantaro Suzuki |
In office 13 March 1936 – 5 January 1939 | |
Monarch | Hirohito |
Preceded by | Ichiki Kitokuro |
Succeeded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
Personal details | |
Born | (1867-09-28)28 September 1867 Tsuyama, Japan |
Died | 22 August 1952(1952-08-22) (aged 84) Tokyo, Japan |
Political party | Independent |
Children | Takeo Hiranuma (Adopted) |
Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Hiranuma rose to prominence as a prosecutor and official in the Ministry of Justice. He served as minister of Justice under Prime Minister Gonnohyoe Yamamoto and later became a privy counsellor. After serving as president of the privy council, he became prime minister in 1939, but resigned later the same year. He later returned to cabinet under Fumimaro Konoe. After the Japanese surrender, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East for his role in World War II.