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 | |
| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Preceded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Succeeded by | Nobuyuki Abe |
| President of the Privy Council | |
| In office 9 April 1945 – 3 December 1945 | |
| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Preceded by | Kantarō Suzuki |
| Succeeded by | Kantarō Suzuki |
| In office 13 March 1936 – 5 January 1939 | |
| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Preceded by | Ichiki Kitokuro |
| Succeeded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 21 December 1940 – 18 July 1941 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Preceded by | Eiji Yasui |
| Succeeded by | Harumichi Tanabe |
| Vice President of the Privy Council | |
| In office 12 April 1926 – 13 March 1936 | |
| Monarch | Taishō Shōwa |
| President | Yūzaburō Kuratomi Ichiki Kitokurō |
| Preceded by | Yūzaburō Kuratomi |
| Succeeded by | Arai Kentarō |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 6 September 1923 – 7 January 1924 | |
| Prime Minister | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe |
| Preceded by | Den Kenjirō |
| Succeeded by | Suzuki 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 by | Emperor Taishō |
| Preceded by | Tomitani Shōtarō |
| Succeeded by | Hideo Yokota |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1867 Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan |
| Died | 22 August 1952 (aged 84) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | Takeo Hiranuma (adopted) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo 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
- ↑ McClain, James L. (2002). Japan: A Modern History. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN 0393041565.
- ↑ Sherman, Christine. War Crimes: International Military Tribunal. Turner Publishing Company. (2001). ISBN 1-56311-728-2