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Hiranuma Kiichirō

1867 - 1952

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Baron Kiichirō Hiranuma (平沼 騏一郎; 28 September 1867 – 22 August 1952) was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939. Hiranuma rose to prominence as a prosecutor and official in the Ministry of Justice. He served as minister of Justice under Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe and later became a privy counsellor. After serving as president of the privy council, he became prime minister in 1939, but resigned later the same year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Hiranuma Kiichirō is the 9,496th most popular politician (down from 6,951st in 2024), the 787th most popular biography from Japan (down from 537th in 2019) and the 262nd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hiranuma Kiichirō ranks 9,496 out of 19,576. Before him are Faure Gnassingbé, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Jacob Hutter, George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Adelaide of Susa, and Malietoa Tanumafili II. After him are Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Bongsang of Goguryeo, Mirek Topolánek, Shalmaneser II, Orodes I of Parthia, and Bob Casey Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Hiranuma Kiichirō ranks 76. Before him are Winsor McCay, Anathon Aall, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Sister Nivedita, Emil Krebs, and Konstantin Balmont. After him are Nilo Peçanha, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Holger Pedersen, Dagny Juel, Gutzon Borglum, and Léon Delacroix. Among people deceased in 1952, Hiranuma Kiichirō ranks 73. Before him are Princess Hilda of Nassau, Pierre Renoir, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Vladimír Clementis, Władysław Strzemiński, and Vasili Eroshenko. After him are Georgy Shpagin, Krystyna Skarbek, Thomas Hicks, Vladimir Albitsky, Yitzhak Sadeh, and Theodoros Pangalos.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiranuma Kiichirō ranks 787 out of 6,245. Before him are Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Shinichi Suzuki (1898), Monkey Punch (1937), Mitsunori Fujiguchi (1949), Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (1902), and Matome Ugaki (1890). After him are Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Eiji Toyoda (1913), Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (1852), Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941), Yasushi Inoue (1907), and Takeshi Ono (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Hiranuma Kiichirō ranks 262. Before him are Jiro Taniguchi (1947), Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465), Prince Kan'in Kotohito (1865), Shigenori Tōgō (1882), Yamada Nagamasa (1590), and Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (1902). After him are Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (1852), Iwakura Tomomi (1825), Prince Munetaka (1242), Ōmura Sumitada (1533), and Atsuko Ikeda (1931).

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