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Gotō Shinpei

1857 - 1929

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Count Gotō Shinpei (後藤 新平, 24 July 1857 – 13 April 1929) was a Japanese politician, physician and cabinet minister of the Taishō and early Shōwa period Empire of Japan. He served as the head of civilian affairs of Taiwan under Japanese rule, the first director of the South Manchuria Railway, the seventh mayor of Tokyo City, the first Chief Scout of Japan, the first Director-General of NHK, the third principal of Takushoku University, and in a number of cabinet posts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gotō Shinpei has received more than 81,694 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Gotō Shinpei is the 7,730th most popular politician (down from 7,646th in 2019), the 620th most popular biography from Japan (up from 651st in 2019) and the 239th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gotō Shinpei ranks 7,730 out of 15,577. Before him are Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon, Mitja Ribičič, Avigdor Lieberman, George VIII of Georgia, Muhammad IV of Granada, and Henry Morgenthau Jr.. After him are Gilukhipa, Albert II, Duke of Bavaria, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, Madan Mohan Malaviya, and Marjorie Bruce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Gotō Shinpei ranks 58. Before him are Fergus Suter, Alfred Loisy, Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Jacques de Morgan, Juan Vicente Gómez, and Herman Bang. After him are Oskar von Hutier, A. E. Waite, Émile Cohl, Hermann Sudermann, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, and Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1929, Gotō Shinpei ranks 45. Before him are Enrico Ferri, Stepa Stepanović, Maurice Sarrail, Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, Princess Olga Paley, and Princess Viktoria of Prussia. After him are Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Mahidol Adulyadej, Sergei Nilus, Aletta Jacobs, Segundo de Chomón, and Herman Potočnik.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Gotō Shinpei ranks 620 out of 6,048. Before him are Tadao Takayama (1904), Sakae Takahashi (null), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Takeo Miki (1907), Setsu Sawagata (null), and Nobuyuki Oishi (1939). After him are Jiro Taniguchi (1947), Senjūrō Hayashi (1876), Yuriko Koike (1952), Kenji Tochio (1941), Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556), and Daisaku Ikeda (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Gotō Shinpei ranks 239. Before him are Emperor Go-Murakami (1328), Emperor Murakami (926), Ii Naomasa (1561), Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921), Emperor Kameyama (1249), and Takeo Miki (1907). After him are Jiro Taniguchi (1947), Senjūrō Hayashi (1876), Yuriko Koike (1952), Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556), Yoshida Shōin (1830), and Hitoshi Ashida (1887).

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