Inukai Tsuyoshi
Inukai Tsuyoshi (犬養 毅, 4 June 1855 – 15 May 1932) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister, and Prime Minister of Japan from 13 December 1931 to 15 May 1932.
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犬養 毅 | |||||||||||||||
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| 18th Prime Minister of Japan | |||||||||||||||
| In office 13 December 1931 – 15 May 1932 | |||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Shōwa | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Wakatsuki Reijirō | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Takahashi Korekiyo (Acting) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 June 1855 Okayama, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 May 1932 (aged 76) Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Rikken Seiyūkai (1924–1932) | ||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Rikken Kaishintō (1882–1894) Chūgoku Progressive Party (1894–1896) Shimpotō (1896–1898) Kenseitō (1898–1910) Rikken Kokumintō (1910–1922) Kakushin Club (1922–1924) | ||||||||||||||
| Children | Inukai Takeru | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Keio University | ||||||||||||||
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On 15 May 1932, Inukai was shot by eleven junior Navy officers (most were just turning twenty years of age) in the Prime Minister's residence in Tokyo.[1]
Inukai Tsuyoshi Media
Inukai Tsuyoshi as Prime Minister
May 15 Incident reported in the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun
References
- ↑ Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936–1945
Other websites
Media related to Tsuyoshi Inukai at Wikimedia Commons
- Inukai Memorial Museum (Okayama) Archived 2006-08-09 at the Wayback Machine