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Fumimaro Konoe

1891 - 1945

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Prince Fumimaro Konoe (Japanese: 近衞 文麿, Hepburn: Konoe Fumimaro, 12 October 1891 – 16 December 1945) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1937 to 1939 and from 1940 to 1941. He presided over the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and the breakdown in relations with the United States, which ultimately culminated in Japan's entry into World War II. He also played a central role in transforming his country into a totalitarian state by passing the State General Mobilization Law and founding the Imperial Rule Assistance Association by dissolving all other political parties. Born in Tokyo to a prominent aristocratic family, Konoe took up his father's seat in the House of Peers of the Imperial Diet in 1916. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fumimaro Konoe has received more than 1,053,885 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Fumimaro Konoe is the 2,327th most popular politician (up from 2,349th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Japan (down from 93rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Japanese Politician.

Fumimaro Konoe was most famous for being the last Prime Minister of Japan before the country was taken over by the United States. He was also the Minister of War and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fumimaro Konoe ranks 2,327 out of 15,577. Before him are Milan I of Serbia, Cleopatra IV of Egypt, Ptolemy X Alexander I, Manco Inca Yupanqui, Æthelberht, King of Wessex, and Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy. After him are Alfonso II of Naples, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Andrej Babiš, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Anund Jacob, and Jovanka Broz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Fumimaro Konoe ranks 28. Before him are Fritz Todt, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, John Howard Northrop, Alexander Rodchenko, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, and Edward Bernays. After him are Osip Mandelstam, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Frank Costello, Alexander Wienerberger, Michael Chekhov, and Pier Luigi Nervi. Among people deceased in 1945, Fumimaro Konoe ranks 61. Before him are Hans Geiger, Edith Frank, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Margot Frank, René Lalique, and Robert H. Goddard. After him are Boris Shaposhnikov, Kurt Knispel, Ludwig Stumpfegger, Georg Elser, Juana Bormann, and Arthur Nebe.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fumimaro Konoe ranks 94 out of 6,048. Before him are Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571), Benkei (1155), Chiune Sugihara (1900), Emperor Itoku (-553), Masaru Emoto (1943), and Joe Hisaishi (1950). After him are Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Emperor Kōan (-427), Tarō Asō (1940), Abe no Seimei (921), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), and Kiichiro Toyoda (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Fumimaro Konoe ranks 28. Before him are Emperor Go-Momozono (1758), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), Tomoe Gozen (1157), Emperor Annei (-577), Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1740), and Emperor Itoku (-553). After him are Emperor Kōan (-427), Tarō Asō (1940), Prince Shōtoku (574), Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Emperor Kōshō (-505), and Emperor Higashiyama (1675).

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