Inukai Tsuyoshi

Inukai Tsuyoshi
犬養 毅
Prime Minister of Japan
In office
13 December 1931 – 15 May 1932
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byWakatsuki Reijirō
Succeeded byTakahashi Korekiyo (acting)
Saitō Makoto
President of the Rikken Seiyūkai
In office
October 1929 – May 1932
Preceded byTanaka Giichi
Succeeded bySuzuki Kisaburō
Ministerial offices
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
16 March 1932 – 25 March 1932
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byNakahashi Tokugorō
Succeeded bySuzuki Kisaburō
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
13 December 1931 – 14 January 1932
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byKijūrō Shidehara
Succeeded byKenkichi Yoshizawa
Minister of Communications
In office
11 June 1924 – 30 May 1925
Prime MinisterKatō Takaaki
Preceded byYoshirō Fujimura
Succeeded byAdachi Kenzō
In office
2 September 1923 – 7 January 1924
Prime MinisterYamamoto Gonnohyōe
Preceded byMaeda Toshisada
Succeeded byYoshirō Fujimura
Minister of Education
In office
2 September 1923 – 6 September 1923
Prime MinisterYamamoto Gonnohyōe
Preceded byKamata Eikichi
Succeeded byOkano Keijirō
In office
27 October 1898 – 8 November 1898
Prime MinisterŌkuma Shigenobu
Preceded byYukio Ozaki
Succeeded byKabayama Sukenori
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Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1 July 1890 – 15 May 1932
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byNishimura Tanjirō
ConstituencyOkayama 3rd (1890–1902)
Okayama Counties (1902–1920)
Okayama 4th (1920–1928)
Okayama 2nd (1928–1932)
Personal details
Born(1855-06-04)4 June 1855
Died15 May 1932(1932-05-15) (aged 76)
Resting placeAoyama Cemetery
PartyRikken Seiyūkai (1924–1932)
Other political
affiliations
Rikken Kaishintō (1882–1894)
Chūgoku Shimpotō (1894–1896)
Shimpotō (1896–1898)
Kenseitō (1898–1910)
Rikken Kokumintō (1910–1922)
Kakushin Club (1922–1924)
Spouse
Inukai Chiyoko
(m. 1891)
ChildrenTakeru Inukai
Alma materKeio University
Signature
Japanese name
Kanji犬養 毅
Hiraganaいぬかい つよし
Transcriptions
RomanizationInukai Tsuyoshi
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Inukai Tsuyoshi (Japanese: 犬養 毅, 4 June 1855 – 15 May 1932) was a Japanese statesman who served as prime minister of Japan from 1931 to his assassination in 1932. At the age of 76, Inukai was Japan's second oldest-serving prime minister, after Kantarō Suzuki whose term ended at the age of 77.