Hamaguchi Osachi
Hamaguchi Osachi (Kyūjitai: 濱口 雄幸; Shinjitai: 浜口 雄幸, also Hamaguchi Yūkō, 1 April 1870 – 26 August 1931) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister and Prime Minister of Japan from 1929 to 1931. Nicknamed the "Lion Prime Minister" (ライオン宰相, Raion Saishō) due to his dignified demeanor and mane-like hair, Hamaguchi served as leading member of the liberal Rikken Minseitō (Constitutional Democratic Party) during the "Taishō democracy" of interwar Japan. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1915 until his death. He initially survived an assassination attempt by a right-wing extremist in 1930, but died about nine months later from a bacterial infection in his unhealed wounds.
Hamaguchi Osachi | |
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濱口 雄幸 | |
| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 10 March 1931 – 14 April 1931 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Kijūrō Shidehara (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Wakatsuki Reijirō |
| In office 2 July 1929 – 14 November 1930 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Tanaka Giichi |
| Succeeded by | Kijūrō Shidehara (acting) |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Kochi 1st District Kochi (1919-1920) Kochi 2rd District (1920-1928) | |
| In office 26 March 1919 – 26 August 1931 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Kochi City | |
| In office 25 March 1915 – 25 January 1917 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1870 Kōchi, Japan |
| Died | 26 August 1931 (aged 61) Tokyo, Japan |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
| Resting place | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Rikken Minseitō (1927–1931) |
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| Spouse | Natsuko Hamaguchi |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
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