Kōki Hirota
| Kōki Hirota | |
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| 廣田 弘毅 | |
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| 32nd Prime Minister of Japan | |
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In office 9 March 1936 – 2 February 1937 |
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| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Preceded by | Keisuke Okada |
| Succeeded by | Senjūrō Hayashi |
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| Born |
14 February 1878 Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan |
| Died | 23 December 1948 (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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