Katsura Tarō

Junior First Rank
Prince

Katsura Tarō

CSOC GCSOC
Junior First Rank; Prince; Katsura Tarō; CSOC GCSOC
桂太郎
Prime Minister of Japan
	In office; 21 December 1912 – 20 February 1913
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Saionji Kinmochi
Succeeded by	Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
	In office; 14 July 1908 – 30 August 1911
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Saionji Kinmochi
Succeeded by	Saionji Kinmochi
	In office; 2 June 1901 – 7 January 1906
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Saionji Kinmochi (acting)
Succeeded by	Saionji Kinmochi
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
	In office; 21 August 1912 – 21 December 1912
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Tokudaiji Sanetsune
Succeeded by	Prince Fushimi Sadanaru
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices
Minister for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 21 December 1912 – 29 January 1913
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Uchida Kōsai
Succeeded by	Katō Takaaki
Minister of Finance
	In office; 14 July 1908 – 30 August 1911
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Matsuda Masahisa
Succeeded by	Yamamoto Tatsuo
Minister of Education
	In office; 14 December 1905 – 7 January 1906
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Kubota Yuzuru
Succeeded by	Saionji Kinmochi
Minister of Home Affairs
	In office; 22 October 1903 – 20 February 1904
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Kodama Gentarō
Succeeded by	Yoshikawa Akimasa
Minister of the Army
	In office; 12 January 1898 – 23 December 1900
Prime Minister	Itō Hirobumi; Ōkuma Shigenobu; Yamagata Aritomo; Itō Hirobumi
Preceded by	Takashima Tomonosuke
Succeeded by	Kodama Gentarō
Governor-General of Taiwan
	In office; 2 June 1896 – 14 October 1896
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Kabayama Sukenori
Succeeded by	Nogi Maresuke
Member of the House of Peers
	In office; 21 April 1911 – 11 October 1913
	In office; 21 September 1907 – 20 April 1911
Personal details
Born	4 January 1848; Hagi, Nagato, Japan
Died	10 October 1913 (aged 65); Mita, Tokyo, Japan
Cause of death	Stomach cancer
Resting place	Shōin shrine, Tokyo
Political party	Rikken Dōshikai (1913)
Other political; affiliations	Independent (1896–1913)
Spouse(s)	Katsura Kanako (m. 1891)
Profession	Soldier and politician
Awards	See Decorations
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch/service	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1870–1901
Rank	General
Commands	IJA 3rd Division
Battles/wars	Boshin War; First Sino-Japanese War

Prince Katsura Tarō (桂太郎, 4 January 1848 – 10 October 1913) was a Japanese politician and general who was the prime minister of Japan from 1901 to 1906, from 1908 to 1911, and from 1912 to 1913. He is the second-longest serving Japanese prime minister after Shinzo Abe.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "明治宰相列伝：桂太郎 | 国立公文書館". www.archives.go.jp. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
↑ Lone, Stewart (2000). Army, Empire, and Politics in Meiji Japan: The Three Careers of General Katsura Taro. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-23289-6.

Other websites

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[1] "明治宰相列伝：桂太郎 | 国立公文書館". www.archives.go.jp. Retrieved 2022-02-19.

[2] Lone, Stewart (2000). Army, Empire, and Politics in Meiji Japan: The Three Careers of General Katsura Taro. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-23289-6.

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