Osachi Hamaguchi
| Hamaguchi Osachi | |
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| 濱口 雄幸 | |
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| 27th Prime Minister of Japan | |
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In office 10 March 1931 – 14 April 1931 Resigned |
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| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Kijūrō Shidehara (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Wakatsuki Reijirō |
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In office 2 July 1929 – 14 November 1930 |
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| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Tanaka Giichi |
| Succeeded by | Kijūrō Shidehara (acting) |
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| Born |
1 April 1870 Kōchi, Japan |
| Died | 26 August 1931 (aged 61) Tokyo, Japan |
| Resting place | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Rikken Minseitō (1927–1931) |
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| Spouse(s) | Natsuko Hamaguchi |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
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Hamaguchi Osachi (濱口 雄幸 Hamaguchi Osachi, also Hamaguchi Yūkō?, 1 May 1870 – 26 August 1931) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister and Prime Minister of Japan from 2 July 1929 to 14 April 1931. Nicknamed the "Lion Prime Minister" (ライオン宰相?) due to his dignified demeanor and mane-like hair, Hamaguchi served as leading member of the liberal Rikken Minseitō (Constitutional Democratic Party) during the "Taishō Democracy" of interwar Japan; he survived an assassination attempt by a right-wing fanatic in 1930, but died a few months later.
Hamaguchi was born in Nagaoka District, Tosa Province (now part of Kōchi city, Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku). He was the third son of Minaguchi Tanehira, an official in the local forestry department, and took the Hamaguchi name on his marriage to Hamaguchi Natsuko in 1889. Hamaguchi graduated from the Law College of Tokyo Imperial University in 1895 and began his career as a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Finance. In 1907, he rose to the position of Director of the Monopoly Bureau. He became Vice Communications Minister in 1912 and Vice Finance Minister in 1914.
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