Gotō Shōjirō

Gotō Shōjirō
Count Gotō Shōjirō
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce
In office
8 August 1892 – 22 January 1894
Prime MinisterItō Hirobumi
Preceded bySano Tsunetami
Succeeded byEnomoto Takeaki
Minister of Communications
In office
22 March 1889 – 8 August 1892
Prime MinisterKuroda Kiyotaka
Yamagata Aritomo
Matsukata Masayoshi
Preceded byEnomoto Takeaki
Succeeded byKuroda Kiyotaka
Vice Chairman of the Genrōin
In office
28 April 1875 – 28 March 1876
ChairmanVacant
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKōno Togama
Member of the Genrōin
In office
25 April 1875 – 28 April 1875
Governor of Osaka Prefecture
In office
23 May 1868 – 24 January 1870
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byTadaosa Daigo
Succeeded byYuri Kimimasa
Personal details
Born(1838-04-13)13 April 1838
Died4 August 1897(1897-08-04) (aged 59)
Resting placeAoyama Cemetery
PartyJiyūto
ChildrenGotō Taketarō
RelativesIwasaki Yanosuke (son-in-law)
Ōe Taku (son-in-law)
Japanese name
Kanji後藤 象二郎
Hiraganaごとう しょうじろう
Transcriptions
RomanizationGotō Shōjirō
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Count Gotō Shōjirō (後藤 象二郎; 13 April 1838 – 4 August 1897) was a Japanese samurai and politician during the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period of Japanese history. He was a leader of Freedom and People's Rights Movement (自由民権運動, jiyū minken undō) which would evolve into a political party.