Hiranuma Kiichirō

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Baron Hiranuma Kiichirō (平沼 騏一郎 28 September 1867 – 22 August 1952) was a prominent pre–World War II right-wing Japanese politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Japan from 5 January 1939 to 30 August 1939. The modern Japanese politician Takeo Hiranuma is his adopted son.

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active years end date

1939-08-30

active years start date

1939-01-05

alma mater

University of Tokyo

birth date

1867-09-28

birth place

Japan, Tsuyama Okayama, Tokugawa shogunate

child

Takeo Hiranuma

death date

1952-08-22

death place

Japan, Tokyo

monarch

Hirohito

order in office

Prime Minister of Japan

party

Independent (politician)

successor

Nobuyuki Abe