Hiranuma Kiichirō

Senior Second Rank
Baron

Kiichirō Hiranuma
平沼 騏一郎
Hiranuma in 1939
Prime Minister of Japan
In office
5 January 1939 – 30 August 1939
MonarchShōwa
Preceded byFumimaro Konoe
Succeeded byNobuyuki Abe
President of the Privy Council
In office
9 April 1945 – 3 December 1945
MonarchShōwa
Preceded byKantarō Suzuki
Succeeded byKantarō Suzuki
In office
13 March 1936 – 5 January 1939
MonarchShōwa
Preceded byIchiki Kitokuro
Succeeded byFumimaro Konoe
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
21 December 1940 – 18 July 1941
Prime MinisterFumimaro Konoe
Preceded byEiji Yasui
Succeeded byHarumichi Tanabe
Vice President of the Privy Council
In office
12 April 1926 – 13 March 1936
MonarchTaishō
Shōwa
PresidentYūzaburō Kuratomi
Ichiki Kitokurō
Preceded byYūzaburō Kuratomi
Succeeded byArai Kentarō
Minister of Justice
In office
6 September 1923 – 7 January 1924
Prime MinisterYamamoto Gonnohyōe
Preceded byDen Kenjirō
Succeeded bySuzuki Kisaburō
Member of the House of Peers
In office
9 January 1924 – 7 February 1924
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Japan
In office
5 October 1921 – 5 September 1923
Appointed byEmperor Taishō
Preceded byTomitani Shōtarō
Succeeded byHideo Yokota
Personal details
Born(1867-09-28)28 September 1867
Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan
Died22 August 1952(1952-08-22) (aged 84)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyIndependent
ChildrenTakeo Hiranuma (adopted)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Baron 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.[1] 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.[2]

References

  1. McClain, James L. (2002). Japan: A Modern History. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN 0393041565.
  2. Sherman, Christine. War Crimes: International Military Tribunal. Turner Publishing Company. (2001). ISBN 1-56311-728-2