Giichi Tanaka
| Tanaka Giichi | |
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| 田中 義一 | |
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| 26th Prime Minister of Japan | |
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In office 20 April 1927 – 2 July 1929 |
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| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Preceded by | Wakatsuki Reijirō |
| Succeeded by | Osachi Hamaguchi |
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| Born |
22 June 1864 Hagi, Chōshū Domain |
| Died | 29 September 1929 (aged 65) Tokyo, Japan |
| Resting place | Tama Reien Cemetery, Fuchū, Tokyo |
| Political party | Rikken Seiyūkai |
| Alma mater |
Imperial Japanese Army Academy Army War College |
| Profession | General |
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Baron Tanaka Giichi (田中 義一?, 22 June 1864 – 29 September 1929) GBE KCMG was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, politician, and the 26th Prime Minister of Japan from 20 April 1927 to 2 July 1929.
Tanaka was born to a samurai family in Hagi, Nagato Province (modern day Yamaguchi Prefecture), Japan. He graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy and the 8th class of the Army War College in 1892, and served in the First Sino-Japanese War.
After the end of the war, he was sent as a military attaché to Moscow and Petrograd, and was in Russia at the same time as Takeo Hirose of the Imperial Japanese Navy, with whom he became close friends. Tanaka was fluent in the Russian language, which he learned while attending mass every Sunday at a Russian Orthodox church, which enabled him to practice his Russian at church social events, although it is uncertain if he ever actually converted to Christianity. Later in the Russo-Japanese War, he served as aide to General Kodama Gentarō in Manchuria. In 1906, Tanaka helped draft a defense plan which was so highly regarded by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff and General Yamagata Aritomo that it was adopted as basic policy until World War I. He was also awarded the Order of the Golden Kite (3rd class) in April 1906.
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