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Reijirō Wakatsuki

Wakatsuki Reijirō
若槻 礼次郎
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25th and 28th Prime Minister of Japan
In office
14 April 1931 – 13 December 1931
Monarch Shōwa
Preceded by Hamaguchi Osachi
Succeeded by Inukai Tsuyoshi
In office
28 January 1926 – 20 April 1927
Acting until 30 January 1926
Monarch Taishō
Hirohito (Regent)/Shōwa
Preceded by Katō Takaaki
Succeeded by Tanaka Giichi
Personal details
Born (1866-03-21)21 March 1866
Matsue, Izumo Province, Japan
Died 20 November 1949(1949-11-20) (aged 83)
Tokyo, Japan
Resting place Somei Cemetery, Tokyo
Political party Rikken Minseitō (1927–1949)
Other political
affiliations
Rikken Dōshikai (until 1916)
Kenseikai (1916–1927)
Alma mater Tokyo Imperial University
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Baron Wakatsuki Reijirō (若槻 禮次郎?, 21 March 1866 – 20 November 1949) was a Japanese politician and the 25th and 28th Prime Minister of Japan.

Wakatsuki was born in Matsue, Izumo Province, (present day Shimane Prefecture). His father, a samurai who served the local Matsudaira daimyō had the family name of Okamura. Wakatsuki was adopted after marriage into the family of his wife, since that family had no male heir, and only assumed the Wakatsuki name at that time. He enrolled in the Tokyo Imperial University in 1892 and studied law.

After graduation, Wakatsuki worked in the Ministry of Finance as tax bureau director and later as vice-minister. In 1911 he was appointed to the House of Peers. He then served as Minister of Finance under the 3rd Katsura administration and 2nd Ōkuma administration in the early 1910s and became a leading member of the Rikken Dōshikai political party, and its successor the Kenseikai, in 1914.

In June 1924, Wakatsuki was named Home Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Takaaki, and worked to enact the Universal Manhood Suffrage Law and the Peace Preservation Law in 1925.


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