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Yamamoto Gonbee

Yamamoto "Gonnohyōe" Gonbee
山本 權兵衞
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16th and 22nd Prime Minister of Japan
In office
2 September 1923 – 7 January 1924
Monarch Taishō
Hirohito (Regent)
Preceded by Uchida Kōsai (Acting)
Succeeded by Kiyoura Keigo
In office
20 February 1913 – 16 April 1914
Monarch Taishō
Preceded by Katsura Tarō
Succeeded by Ōkuma Shigenobu
Personal details
Born (1852-11-26)26 November 1852
Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain, Japan
Died 8 December 1933(1933-12-08) (aged 81)
Resting place Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo
Political party Independent
Awards Order of the Chrysanthemum (Collar and Grand Cordon)
Order of the Golden Kite (1st class)
Order of St Michael and St George (Honorary Knight Grand Cross)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service 1879–1928
Rank Admiral
Battles/wars Boshin War
First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War

Admiral Count Yamamoto Gonbee, GCMG (山本 權兵衞 Yamamoto Gonbee/Gonnohyōe?, 26 November 1852 – 8 December 1933), also called Gonnohyōe, was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and the 16th (20 February 1913 – 16 April 1914) and 22nd (2 September 1923 – 7 January 1924) Prime Minister of Japan.

Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima in Satsuma Province (now Kagoshima Prefecture) as the son of samurai who served the Shimazu clan. As a youth, he took part in the Anglo-Satsuma War. He later joined Satsuma's Eighth Rifle Troop; in the Boshin War that ended the Tokugawa shogunate, fighting at the Battle of Toba-Fushimi and other locations; he was also aboard one of the ships that pursued Enomoto Takeaki and the remnants of the Tokugawa fleet to Hokkaidō in 1869.

After the success of the Meiji Restoration, Yamamoto attended preparatory schools in Tokyo, entering the 2nd class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1870. After graduation in 1874, he went on a training cruise to Europe and South America aboard Imperial German Navy vessels from 1877–78, and as junior officer acquired much sea experience. He wrote a gunnery manual that became the standard for the Imperial Japanese Navy and served as executive officer of the cruiser Naniwa on its shakedown voyage from Elswick to Japan (1885–86). Afterwards, he accompanied Navy Minister Kabayama Sukenori on a trip to the United States and Europe (1887–88).


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