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Kōki Hirota

Kōki Hirota
廣田 弘毅
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32nd Prime Minister of Japan
In office
9 March 1936 – 2 February 1937
Monarch Shōwa
Preceded by Keisuke Okada
Succeeded by Senjūrō Hayashi
Personal details
Born (1878-02-14)14 February 1878
Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Died 23 December 1948(1948-12-23) (aged 70)
Sugamo Prison, Japan
Political party Independent
Alma mater Tokyo Imperial University
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Kōki Hirota (廣田 弘毅 Hirota Kōki?, 14 February 1878 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as the 32nd Prime Minister of Japan from 9 March 1936 to 2 February 1937. Originally his name was Jōtarō (丈太郎?). He was executed for war crimes committed during World War II in the Tokyo Trials.

Hirota was born in Kaji-machi dori (鍛冶町通り?) in what is now part of Chūō-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka Prefecture. His father was a stonemason whose family name was Tokubei (徳平), and who was adopted into the Hirota family. Tokubei married Take (タケ), a daughter of the president of a Japanese noodle company. On 14 February 1878, the couple had a son, whom Tokubei named Jōtarō (丈太郎?). They later had three more children. Tokubei's name is engraved on the epigraph which recognized masons who contributed to the construction of a statue of Emperor Kameyama in (東公園) in Fukuoka city.


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