Hamaguchi Osachi
Japanese politician (1870-1931)
Hamaguchi Osachi (Kyūjitai: 濱口 雄幸; Shinjitai: 浜口 雄幸, also Hamaguchi Yūkō, 1 April 1870 – 26 August 1931) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister and Prime Minister of Japan from 1929 to 1931. He initially survived an assassination attempt in 1930, but died about nine months later from a bacterial infection caused by his unhealed wounds.[1]
Hamaguchi Osachi | |
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濱口 雄幸 | |
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Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 10 March 1931 – 14 April 1931 | |
Monarch | Shōwa |
Preceded by | Kijūrō Shidehara (acting) |
Succeeded by | Wakatsuki Reijirō |
In office 2 July 1929 – 14 November 1930 | |
Monarch | Shōwa |
Preceded by | Tanaka Giichi |
Succeeded by | Kijūrō Shidehara (acting) |
Member of the House of Representatives for Kochi 1st District Kochi (1919-1920) Kochi 2rd District (1920-1928) | |
In office 26 March 1919 – 26 August 1931 | |
Member of the House of Representatives for Kochi City | |
In office 25 March 1915 – 25 January 1917 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Kōchi, Japan | 1 April 1870
Died | 26 August 1931 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 61)
Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
Resting place | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan |
Political party | Rikken Minseitō (1927–1931) |
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Spouse(s) | Natsuko Hamaguchi |
Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
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References
change- ↑ "3-18 Shooting of Prime Minister HAMAGUCHI Osachi". Modern Japan in Archives. National Diet Library of Japan. 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2013.