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Fumimaro Konoe

Fumimaro Konoe
近衞 文麿
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34th, 38th, and 39th Prime Minister of Japan
In office
22 July 1940 – 18 October 1941
Monarch Shōwa
Preceded by Mitsumasa Yonai
Succeeded by Hideki Tōjō
In office
4 June 1937 – 5 January 1939
Monarch Shōwa
Preceded by Senjūrō Hayashi
Succeeded by Kiichirō Hiranuma
Leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association
In office
12 October 1940 – 18 October 1941
Succeeded by Hideki Tōjō
Personal details
Born (1891-10-12)12 October 1891
Tokyo, Japan
Died 16 December 1945(1945-12-16) (aged 54)
Tokyo, Japan
Political party Imperial Rule Assistance Association (1940–1945)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (Before 1940)
Alma mater Kyoto Imperial University
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PrinceFumimaro Konoe (近衛 文麿 Konoe Fumimaro?, often Konoye, 12 October 1891 – 16 December 1945) was a Japanese politician in the Empire of Japan who served as the 34th, 38th and 39th Prime Minister of Japan and founder/leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association. He was Prime Minister in the lead-up to Japan entering World War II.

Prince Fumimaro Konoe was born into the ancient Fujiwara clan, and was the heir of the Konoe family in Tokyo. His younger brother Hidemaro Konoye was a symphony conductor. Konoe's father, Atsumaro, had been politically active, having organized the Anti-Russia Society in 1903. In 1904, Atsumaro's death left Konoe, at the age of 12, with the title of Prince, plenty of social standing but not much money. He studied Marxian economics at Kyoto Imperial University. In 1916, he automatically became a member of House of Peers according to his hereditary title.

Prince Konoe successfully lobbied to be included in the Japanese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. In 1918, prior to Versailles, he published an essay titled "Reject the Anglo-American-Centered Peace" (英米本位の平和主義を排す). Following a translation by American journalist Thomas Franklin Fairfax Millard, Japanese political advisor Saionji Kinmochi wrote a rebuttal in his journal, Millard's Review of the Far East.


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