Mitsumasa Yonai
Mitsumasa Yonai (米内 光政, Yonai Mitsumasa, 2 March 1880 – 20 April 1948) was a Japanese navy officer and politician. He was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was the Prime Minister of Japan in 1940.[1][2]
Mitsumasa Yonai | |
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米内 光政 | |
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| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 16 January 1940 – 22 July 1940 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Nobuyuki Abe |
| Succeeded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Minister of the Navy | |
| In office 2 February 1937 – 30 August 1939 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Osami Nagano |
| Succeeded by | Yoshida Zengo |
| In office 22 July 1944 – 1 December 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Naokuni Nomura |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1880 Mitsuwari, Iwate, Japan |
| Died | 20 April 1948 (aged 68) |
| Resting place | Morioka Japan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Koma Yonai
(m. 1906; died 1941) |
| Signature |  |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Empire of Japan |
| Branch/service | Japan Navy |
| Years of service | 1901–1945 |
| Rank |  Admiral |
| Commands | Kasuga, Iwate, Fusō, Mutsu, First Expeditionary Fleet, IJN 3rd Fleet, Combined Fleet, IJN 1st Fleet |
Yonai suffered from high blood pressure most of his life, but died of pneumonia on 20 April 1948 at the age of 68.
Mitsumasa Yonai Media
Yonai and Isoroku Yamamoto, 1936
Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, portrait photograph, circa 1937.
Yonai as Naval Minister with Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe (First Konoe Cabinet), 1937
Yonai talking with Minister of War Seishirō Itagaki of Hiranuma Cabinet (Prime Minister Hiranuma Kiichirō), Budget Session of the House of Representatives in 1939
Yonai after Imperial Investiture, January 1940
Yonai reading a memo during the lower house plenary session in February 1940.
Yonai invites and encourages his hometown, Iwate Prefecture's children who lost their fathers in the Second Sino-Japanese War, Prime Minister's Official Residence in March 1940
References
- ↑ Oide, Hisashi; 生出寿 (1989). "Fusen kaishō" Yonai Mitsumasa. Tokuma Shoten. p. 230. ISBN 4-19-813966-0. OCLC 21669658.
- ↑ "米内光政- 盛岡市先人記念館". Morioka Memorial Museum of Great Predecessors. Retrieved 2022-03-04.