Kazushige Ugaki

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Kazushige Ugaki
宇垣 一成
Ugaki as Army Minister (1924)
41st Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office May 26, 1938 – September 30, 1938
Monarch	Emperor Hirohito
Prime Minister	Fumimaro Konoe
Preceded by	Hirota Kōki
Succeeded by	Hachirō Arita
12th Minister of Colonial Affairs
In office May 26, 1938 – September 30, 1938
Monarch	Emperor Hirohito
Prime Minister	Fumimaro Konoe
Preceded by	Sonyu Ōtani
Succeeded by	Fumimaro Konoe
6th Japanese Governor-General of Korea
In office June 17, 1931 – August 5, 1936
Monarch	Emperor Hirohito
Preceded by	Saitō Makoto
Succeeded by	Jirō Minami
19th Army Minister
In office July 2, 1929 – April 14, 1931
Monarch	Emperor Hirohito
Prime Minister	Osachi Hamaguchi
Preceded by	Yoshinori Shirakawa
Succeeded by	Jirō Minami
Japanese Governor-General of Korea (interim)
In office April 15, 1927 – October 1, 1927
Monarch	Emperor Hirohito
Preceded by	Saitō Makoto
Succeeded by	Hanzō Yamanashi
17th Army Minister
In office January 7, 1924 – April 20, 1927
Monarch	Emperor Hirohito
Prime Minister	Keigo Kiyoura Katō Takaaki Wakatsuki Reijirō
Preceded by	Giichi Tanaka
Succeeded by	Yoshinori Shirakawa
Personal details
Born	(1868-08-09)August 9, 1868 Okayama, Bizen, Japan
Died	April 30, 1956(1956-04-30) (aged 87) Izunokuni, Shizuoka, Japan
Military service
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch/service	Japanese Army
Years of service	1891–1931
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Russo-Japanese War

Kazushige Ugaki (宇垣 一成, Ugaki Kazushige, 9 August 1868 – 30 April 1956) was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and cabinet minister before World War II, the 5th principal of Takushoku University, and twice Governor-General of Korea. Nicknamed Ugaki Issei, he served as Foreign Minister of Japan in the Konoe cabinet in 1938.