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Kantarō Suzuki

1868 - 1948

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Baron Kantarō Suzuki (鈴木 貫太郎; 18 January 1868 – 17 April 1948) was a Japanese politician and admiral who served as prime minister of Japan from 7 April to 17 August 1945, during World War II. He was prime minister at the time of Japan's surrender on 15 August. Born in Osaka, Suzuki graduated from the Naval Academy and Staff College and served in the First Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars. He was promoted to full admiral in 1923 and served as chief of the naval general staff from 1925 to 1929. In 1945, Suzuki was appointed prime minister shortly after the start of the Battle of Okinawa and the resignation of prime minister Kuniaki Koiso. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kantarō Suzuki is the 6,376th most popular politician (down from 3,791st in 2019), the 513th most popular biography from Japan (down from 213th in 2019) and the 174th most popular Japanese Politician.

Kantarō Suzuki is most famous for being the first Japanese person to play in Major League Baseball.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kantarō Suzuki ranks 6,376 out of 19,576. Before him are Jung Bahadur Rana, Emperor Jomei, Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Sayyida al Hurra, Andrei Karlov, and Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa. After him are Chen Cheng, Al-Mansur Ali, Şahin Giray, İsa Çelebi, Efraín Ríos Montt, and Otto Rasch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Kantarō Suzuki ranks 67. Before him are Franz Ritter von Epp, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, Olga Knipper, Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, Noe Zhordania, and Empress Dowager Longyu. After him are Ahmed Shawqi, Henry Bergman, James Brendan Connolly, Wilhelm Schmidt, Francis Jammes, and Émile Chartier. Among people deceased in 1948, Kantarō Suzuki ranks 57. Before him are Josef Bühler, Seishirō Itagaki, Rosika Schwimmer, Kenji Doihara, Wolfram Sievers, and Viktor Brack. After him are Otto Rasch, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Arshile Gorky, Princess Henriette of Belgium, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, and Mitsumasa Yonai.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kantarō Suzuki ranks 513 out of 6,245. Before him are Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Takeo Fukuda (1905), Taizo Kawamoto (1914), Kiichi Miyazawa (1919), Emperor Jomei (593), and Mamoru Oshii (1951). After him are Sessue Hayakawa (1886), Minoru Genda (1904), Kawakami Gensai (1834), Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), and Ueda Akinari (1734).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Kantarō Suzuki ranks 174. Before him are Mōri Terumoto (1533), Emperor Go-Reizei (1025), Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Takeo Fukuda (1905), Kiichi Miyazawa (1919), and Emperor Jomei (593). After him are Minoru Genda (1904), Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196), Hayato Ikeda (1899), and Emperor Kazan (967).

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