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Fumimaro Konoe

1891 - 1945

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Prince Fumimaro Konoe (近衞 文麿, 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 breakdown in relations with the United States, which shortly after his tenure culminated in Japan's entry into World War II. Konoe played a central role in transforming Japan into a totalitarian state by pushing through the State General Mobilization Law and by establishing the Imperial Rule Assistance Association while dissolving all other political parties. Born in Tokyo to a prominent aristocratic family, Konoe graduated from Kyoto University and took up his father's seat in the House of Peers in 1916. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fumimaro Konoe has received more than 1,163,597 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Fumimaro Konoe is the 2,515th most popular politician (down from 2,319th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Japan (down from 94th in 2019) and the 30th 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 2,515 out of 19,576. Before him are Juscelino Kubitschek, Petronilla of Aragon, Nur Muhammad Taraki, Rugila, Jorge Sampaio, and Auguste Beernaert. After him are Milovan Đilas, Agostinho Neto, Lütfi Pasha, Gwanggaeto the Great, Dagobert III, and Muršili II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Fumimaro Konoe ranks 28. Before him are Fritz Todt, Frederick Banting, Osip Mandelstam, Edward Bernays, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, and Alexander Rodchenko. After him are Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Grant Wood, Frank Costello, Michael Chekhov, Antonio Segni, and Ole Kirk Christiansen. Among people deceased in 1945, Fumimaro Konoe ranks 57. Before him are Theodore Dreiser, Karl Hanke, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Robert H. Goddard, Ludwig Stumpfegger, and Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy. After him are Pavlo Skoropadskyi, Karl-Otto Koch, Georg Elser, Felix Salten, Boris Shaposhnikov, and Kurt Knispel.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fumimaro Konoe ranks 111 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroto Muraoka (1931), Sei Shōnagon (966), Okita Sōji (1842), Emperor Go-Momozono (1758), Kenji Mizoguchi (1898), and Emperor Kōshō (-505). After him are Abe no Seimei (921), Tarō Asō (1940), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), Emperor Nintoku (290), Emperor Reigen (1654), and Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Fumimaro Konoe ranks 30. Before him are Emperor Itoku (-553), Prince Shōtoku (574), Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1740), Naoto Kan (1946), Emperor Go-Momozono (1758), and Emperor Kōshō (-505). After him are Tarō Asō (1940), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), Emperor Nintoku (290), Emperor Reigen (1654), Emperor Kōan (-427), and Emperor Higashiyama (1675).

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