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Hara Takashi

1856 - 1921

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Hara Takashi (原 敬; 15 March 1856 – 4 November 1921), informally known as Hara Kei, was a Japanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Japan from 1918 until his assassination. Hara was the first commoner and first Christian appointed to be Prime Minister of Japan, and was given the moniker of "commoner prime minister" (平民宰相, heimin saishō). Hara held several minor ambassadorial roles before rising through the ranks of the Rikken Seiyūkai and being elected to the House of Representatives. Hara served as Home Minister in several cabinets under Saionji Kinmochi and Yamamoto Gonnohyōe between 1906 and 1913. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hara Takashi is the 5,575th most popular politician (down from 5,482nd in 2019), the 428th most popular biography from Japan (down from 377th in 2019) and the 141st most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hara Takashi ranks 5,575 out of 19,576. Before him are Batbayan, Sikandar Lodi, Ulf Kristersson, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, and Eleanor of Viseu. After him are John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Paolo Boi, Yaqub Beg, Bamir Topi, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, and Đorđe Martinović incident.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Hara Takashi ranks 37. Before him are Jean Moréas, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Mikhail Vrubel, Pedro Lascuráin, Sergei Taneyev, and Wilhelm von Gloeden. After him are William Wallace Denslow, Maurice Sarrail, Henri-Edmond Cross, Stepa Stepanović, Sergei Winogradsky, and J.-H. Rosny aîné. Among people deceased in 1921, Hara Takashi ranks 36. Before him are Oscar Montelius, Georges Feydeau, Ivan Vazov, Yan Fu, Robert de Montesquiou, and Fernand Khnopff. After him are Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Nikolay Zhukovsky, Živojin Mišić, Vladimir Korolenko, Hermann Paul, and Jean-Paul Laurens.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hara Takashi ranks 428 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Chōkei (1343), Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419), Takashi Mizuno (1931), Yoshirō Mori (1937), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), and Seishirō Itagaki (1885). After him are Masamune (1300), Yumi Umeoka (1950), Shohei Imamura (1926), Toru Takemitsu (1930), Sawao Kato (1946), and Nobuyuki Oishi (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Hara Takashi ranks 141. Before him are Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127), Kido Takayoshi (1833), Emperor Montoku (827), Emperor Chōkei (1343), Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419), and Yoshirō Mori (1937). After him are Masamune (1300), Emperor Yōzei (867), Emperor Antoku (1178), Emperor Juntoku (1197), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), and Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641).

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