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Itō Hirobumi

1841 - 1909

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Prince Itō Hirobumi (伊藤 博文, 16 October 1841 – 26 October 1909) was a Japanese politician who served as the first prime minister of Japan from 1885 to 1888, and later from 1892 to 1896, in 1898, and from 1900 to 1901. He was a leading member of the genrō, a group of senior statesmen that dictated policy during the Meiji era. Even out of office as head of government, Itō continued to wield vast influence over Japan's policies as a permanent imperial adviser (genkun) and frequent president of the emperor's Privy Council. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Itō Hirobumi has received more than 1,175,170 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Itō Hirobumi is the 1,078th most popular politician (up from 1,295th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Japan (up from 46th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Politician.

Itō Hirobumi was the first Prime Minister of Japan, and is most famous for the Meiji Constitution.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Itō Hirobumi ranks 1,078 out of 19,576. Before him are Park Geun-hye, Ariq Böke, Corazon Aquino, John II Casimir Vasa, Alaeddin Pasha, and Pierre Laval. After him are Władysław III of Poland, Magnus Maximus, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Claudius Gothicus, Emperor Kōmei, and James Buchanan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Itō Hirobumi ranks 8. Before him are Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Gustave Le Bon, Edward VII, Berthe Morisot, Georges Clemenceau, and Otto Wagner. After him are Henry Morton Stanley, Frédéric Bazille, Henri Fayol, Emil Theodor Kocher, Félix Faure, and Nicholas I of Montenegro. Among people deceased in 1909, Itō Hirobumi ranks 4. Before him are Leopold II of Belgium, Cesare Lombroso, and Geronimo. After him are Isaac Albéniz, Hermann Minkowski, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Francisco Tárrega, Peder Severin Krøyer, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Itō Hirobumi ranks 36 out of 6,245. Before him are Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Saigō Takamori (1828), Yayoi Kusama (1929), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Lee Myung-bak (1941), and Yasujirō Ozu (1903). After him are Isao Takahata (1935), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Hiroshige (1797), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), and Hiroo Onoda (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Itō Hirobumi ranks 9. Before him are Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536), Emperor Jimmu (-711), Shinzō Abe (1954), Hideki Tojo (1884), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), and Lee Myung-bak (1941). After him are Emperor Kōmei (1831), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Takeda Shingen (1521), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Emperor Ninkō (1800), and Emperor Kōkaku (1771).

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