Japanese Prime Minister In Ww2
Hideki tojo december 30 1884 december 23 1948 was a japanese politician and general of the imperial japanese army ija who served as prime minister of japan and president of the imperial rule assistance association for most of world war ii.
Japanese prime minister in ww2. Tojo served as war minister and was put on trial and executed after. In 1995 on the 50th anniversary of the end of world war ii the government of japan expressed its resolution through the statement by the prime minister which states that during a certain period in the past japan s conduct caused tremendous damage and suffering to the people of many. The atrocities committed in china were often guided by his supervision. The prime minister of japan is the chief of the executive of the government of japan and leader of the cabinet of japan this is a list of prime ministers of japan including those of the empire of japan from when the first japanese prime minister in the modern sense itō hirobumi took office in 1885 until the present day the office is currently held by yoshihide suga.
The office of prime minister of japan was established in the 1880s during the meiji restoration. Originally chosen and appointed by the emperor with the recommendation of advisers since the constitution of 1947 the prime minister has been designated by the diet kokkai before being formally appointed by the emperor. Shigenori tōgō 東郷 茂徳 tōgō shigenori 10 december 1882 23 july 1950 was minister of foreign affairs for the empire of japan at both the start and the end of the axis allied conflict during world war ii he also served as minister of colonial affairs in 1941 and assumed the same position renamed the minister for greater east asia in 1945. There wasn t just one prime minister there were many japanese prime ministers in fact the prime minister post was something of a revolving door during world war ii.
This is a. Depending on when you define the start of world war ii i ll define it as the m. There are 3 prime ministers during world war 2 each succeeding the previous. An interesting fact was that tojo held on to his position as the army minister while being the prime minister of japan.
Tojo began his career in the army in 1905 and steadily rose through the ranks to become a general by 1934. Prime minister ryutaro hashimoto said.