Terauchi Masatake

Senior Second Rank
Marshal Count

Terauchi Masatake
寺内 正毅
Prime Minister of Japan
In office
9 October 1916 – 29 September 1918
MonarchTaishō
Preceded byŌkuma Shigenobu
Succeeded byHara Takashi
Governor-General of Korea
In office
1 October 1910 – 9 October 1916
MonarchMeiji
Taishō
Prime MinisterKatsura Tarō
Saionji Kinmochi
Katsura Tarō
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
Ōkuma Shigenobu
Preceded byHimself (as Resident-General)
Succeeded byHasegawa Yoshimichi
Resident-General of Korea
In office
30 May – 1 October 1910
MonarchMeiji
Prime MinisterKatsura Tarō
Preceded bySone Arasuke
Succeeded byHimelf (as Resident-General)
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
Acting
In office
9 October – 21 November 1916
MonarchTaishō
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byIshii Kikujirō
Succeeded byMotono Ichirō
In office
14 July – 27 August 1908
MonarchMeiji
Prime MinisterKatsura Tarō
Preceded byHayashi Tadasu
Succeeded byKomura Jutarō
Minister of Finance of Japan
In office
9 October – 16 December 1916
MonarchTaishō
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byTaketomi Tokitoshi
Succeeded byKazue Shōda
Minister of the Army of Japan
In office
27 March 1902 – 30 August 1911
MonarchMeiji
Prime Minister
  • Katsura Tarō
  • Saionji Kinmochi
Preceded byKodama Gentarō
Succeeded byIshimoto Shinroku
Inspector-General of Military Training
In office
22 January 1898 – 25 April 1900
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byNozu Michitsura
In office
14 January 1904 – 9 May 1905
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byNozu Michitsura
Succeeded byNishi Kanjirō
Chief of the General Staff of the 1st Division
In office
13 June 1891 – 9 September 1892
MonarchMeiji
Minister of the ArmyTakashima Tomonosuke
Ōyama Iwao
Chief of the General StaffPrince Arisugawa Taruhito
Preceded byŌshima Yoshimasa
Succeeded byŌdera Yasuzumi
Personal details
Born(1852-02-05)5 February 1852
Yamaguchi, Chōshū Domain, Japan
Died3 November 1919(1919-11-03) (aged 67)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)
Terauchi Tani
(died 1890)

Terauchi Taki
(after 1890)
ChildrenHisaichi Terauchi
RelativesHideo Kodama (son-in-law)
AwardsOrder of the Rising Sun (1st class)
Order of the Golden Kite (1st Class)
Order of the Bath (Honorary Knight Grand Cross)
Signature
Military service
AllegianceEmpire of Japan
Branch/serviceImperial Japanese Army
Years of service1871–1910
RankField Marshal (Gensui)
Battles/warsBoshin War
Satsuma Rebellion
First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War

Gensui Count Terauchi Masatake (Japanese: 寺内 正毅), GCB (5 February 1852 – 3 November 1919), was a Japanese military officer and politician.[1] He was a Gensui (or Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and the prime minister of Japan from 1916 to 1918.

References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Terauchi Masatake" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 964, p. 964, at Google Books.