Sadao Araki

Sadao Araki
荒木 貞夫
Araki Sadao
21st Army Minister
In office
December 13, 1931 – January 23, 1934
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byJirō Minami
Succeeded bySenjūrō Hayashi
Personal details
Born(1877-05-26)May 26, 1877
Komae, Tokyo, Empire of Japan
DiedNovember 2, 1966(1966-11-02) (aged 89)
Yoshino, Nara, Japan
Awards
Military service
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Branch/service Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1898–1936
Rank General
Commands6th Division
Battles/wars
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Baron Sadao Araki (荒木 貞夫, Araki Sadao, May 26, 1877 – November 2, 1966) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II. As one of the principal nationalist right-wing political theorists in the Empire of Japan, he was regarded as the leader of the radical faction within the politicized Imperial Japanese Army and served as Minister of War under Prime Minister Inukai. He later served as Minister of Education during the Konoe and Hiranuma administrations.

After World War II, he was convicted of war crimes and given a life sentence but was released in 1955.