Hamaguchi Osachi

Hamaguchi Osachi
濱口 雄幸
Prime Minister of Japan
In office
10 March 1931 – 14 April 1931
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byKijūrō Shidehara (acting)
Succeeded byWakatsuki Reijirō
In office
2 July 1929 – 14 November 1930
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byTanaka Giichi
Succeeded byKijūrō Shidehara (acting)
Member of the House of Representatives
for Kochi 1st District
Kochi (1919-1920)
Kochi 2rd District (1920-1928)
In office
26 March 1919 – 26 August 1931
Member of the House of Representatives
for Kochi City
In office
25 March 1915 – 25 January 1917
Personal details
Born(1870-04-01)1 April 1870
Kōchi, Japan
Died26 August 1931(1931-08-26) (aged 61)
Tokyo, Japan
Cause of deathGunshot wound
Resting placeAoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyRikken Minseitō (1927–1931)
Other political
affiliations
SpouseNatsuko Hamaguchi
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
Signature
Adachi Kenzō, Osachi Hamaguchi, Toshio Shimada, Baron Kato, Kataoka Naoharu, and Ema Koigumi in 1916

Hamaguchi Osachi (Kyūjitai: 濱口 雄幸; Shinjitai: 浜口 雄幸, 1 April 1870 – 26 August 1931) was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1929 to 1931. Nicknamed the "Lion Prime Minister" (ライオン宰相, Raion Saishō) due to his dignified demeanor and mane-like hair,[1] Hamaguchi served as leading member of the liberal Rikken Minseitō (Constitutional Democratic Party) during the "Taishō democracy" of interwar Japan. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1915 until his death. He initially survived an assassination attempt by a right-wing extremist in 1930, but died about nine months later from a bacterial infection in his unhealed wounds.

  1. ^ Hotta, page 99