Senjūrō Hayashi
| Senjūrō Hayashi | |
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| 林 銑十郎 | |
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| 33rd Prime Minister of Japan | |
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In office 2 February 1937 – 4 June 1937 |
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| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Preceded by | Kōki Hirota |
| Succeeded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
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| Born |
23 February 1876 Kanazawa, Japan |
| Died | 4 February 1943 (aged 66) Tokyo, Japan |
| Cause of death | Intracranial hemorrhage |
| Resting place | Tama Reien Cemetery, Fuchū, Tokyo |
| Political party | Taisei Yokusankai (1940–1943) |
| Profession | General |
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Senjūrō Hayashi (林 銑十郎 Hayashi Senjūrō?, 23 February 1876 – 4 February 1943) was an Imperial Japanese Army commander of the Chosen Army of Japan in Korea during the Mukden Incident and the invasion of Manchuria, and a Japanese politician and the 33rd Prime Minister of Japan from 2 February 1937 to 4 June 1937.
Born in Ishikawa Prefecture, to a samurai-class family formerly in service to Kaga Domain, Hayashi dropped out of school in July 1894 to enlist in the Imperial Japanese Army at the start of the First Sino-Japanese War. After the end of the war, he attended the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and on graduation in June 1897 was assigned to the IJA 7th Infantry Regiment. in 1903, he graduated from the Army Staff College. With the start of the Russo-Japanese War, Hayashi participated in the Siege of Port Arthur.
Hayashi's first major command from 1918 to 1920 was as commanding officer of the IJA 57th Infantry Regiment, followed by a time in 1921 attached to the Technical Research Headquarters and as an acting Military Investigator. From 1921 to 1923 he was the head of the Preparatory Course at the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, followed by a time attached to the Inspectorate General of Military Training. From 1923 to 1924 he was the Japanese Army Representative to the League of Nations, followed by another stint attached to the Inspectorate General of Military Training from 1924 to 1925.
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