Wakatsuki Reijirō

Senior Second Rank
Baron

Wakatsuki Reijirō
若槻 礼次郎
Prime Minister of Japan
In office
14 April 1931 – 13 December 1931
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byHamaguchi Osachi
Succeeded byInukai Tsuyoshi
In office
30 January 1926 – 20 April 1927
Acting: 28 January 1926 – 30 January 1926
MonarchTaishō
Hirohito
RegentHirohito
Preceded byKatō Takaaki
Succeeded byTanaka Giichi
Minister of Colonial Affairs
In office
10 September 1931 – 13 December 1931
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byShūjirō Hara
Succeeded byToyosuke Hata
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
11 June 1924 – 3 June 1926
Prime MinisterKatō Takaaki
Himself
Preceded byMizuno Rentarō
Succeeded byHamaguchi Osachi
Minister of Finance
In office
16 April 1914 – 10 August 1915
Prime MinisterŌkuma Shigenobu
Preceded byTakahashi Korekiyo
Succeeded byTaketomi Tokitoshi
In office
21 December 1912 – 20 February 1913
Prime MinisterKatsura Tarō
Preceded byYamamoto Tatsuo
Succeeded byTakahashi Korekiyo
Member of the House of Peers
In office
24 August 1911 – 2 May 1947
Nominated by the Emperor
Personal details
Born(1866-03-21)21 March 1866
Matsue, Izumo, Japan
Died20 November 1949(1949-11-20) (aged 83)
Itō, Shizuoka, Japan
Resting placeSomei Cemetery, Tokyo
Political partyRikken Minseitō (1927–1940)
Other political
affiliations
Rikken Dōshikai (1913–1916)
Kenseikai (1916–1927)
Spouse(s)
Wakatsuki Tokuko
(m. 1892)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
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Baron Wakatsuki Reijirō (若槻 禮次郎, 21 March 1866 – 20 November 1949) was a Japanese politician who was the Prime Minister of Japan from 1926 until 1927 and again in 1931.[1]

References

  1. Toyoda, Jō; 豊田穣 (1990). Saishō Wakatsuki Reijirō : Rondon Gunshuku Kaigi shuseki zenken. Kōdansha. p. 173. ISBN 4-06-204890-6. OCLC 23878566.

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