Saionji Kinmochi

Politician

1849 – 1940

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Who was Saionji Kinmochi?

Prince Saionji Kinmochi was a Japanese politician, statesman and twice Prime Minister of Japan. His title does not signify the son of an emperor, but the highest rank of Japanese hereditary nobility; he was elevated from marquis to prince in 1920. As the last surviving genrō, he was Japan's most honored statesman of the 1920s and 1930s.

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Born
Oct 23, 1849
Kyoto
Nationality
  • Japan
Profession
Education
  • University of Paris
Lived in
  • Kyoto Prefecture
Died
Nov 24, 1940

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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