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Kijūrō Shidehara

1872 - 1951

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Baron Kijūrō Shidehara (幣原 喜重郎, Shidehara Kijūrō, 13 September 1872 – 10 March 1951) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1945 to 1946. He was a leading proponent of pacifism in Japan before and after World War II. Born to a wealthy Osaka family, Shidehara studied law at Tokyo Imperial University and graduated in 1895. He then joined the foreign service and held postings in Korea, Europe, and the United States, serving as ambassador to the latter from 1919 to 1922. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kijūrō Shidehara has received more than 290,862 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Kijūrō Shidehara is the 5,415th most popular politician (up from 5,599th in 2019), the 369th most popular biography from Japan (up from 376th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kijūrō Shidehara ranks 5,415 out of 19,576. Before him are James III of Majorca, Emperor Xingzong of Liao, Canute II of Sweden, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, Egils Levits, and Simon Thassi. After him are Bocchus I, Emperor Jingzong of Tang, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia, Chris Patten, D. F. Malan, and Ichirō Hatoyama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Kijūrō Shidehara ranks 44. Before him are Willem de Sitter, Julius Fučík, Henry Tingle Wilde, Édouard Herriot, Marcel Renault, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. After him are Ottokar Czernin, Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria, Vladimir Arsenyev, Mathilde Kschessinska, Princess Margaret of Prussia, and Mikhail Tsvet. Among people deceased in 1951, Kijūrō Shidehara ranks 38. Before him are Princess Hélène of Orléans, Kim Chaek, Émile Chartier, Erich Naumann, Élie Cartan, and Willem Mengelberg. After him are Fritz Thyssen, Robert J. Flaherty, François Georges-Picot, Ernst von Weizsäcker, Nikolai Medtner, and Artur Schnabel.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kijūrō Shidehara ranks 369 out of 6,245. Before him are Takashi Takabayashi (1931), Yasuo Suzuki (1913), Tamotsu Asakura (null), Hisataka Okamoto (1933), Ryū Murakami (1952), and Emperor Nijō (1143). After him are Ichirō Hatoyama (1883), Yoshitoshi (1839), Emperor Montoku (827), Emperor Heizei (773), Ko Takamoro (1907), and Masahiro Hamazaki (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Kijūrō Shidehara ranks 152. Before him are Emperor Go-Toba (1180), Emperor Chūkyō (1218), Emperor Rokujō (1164), Emperor Kōbun (648), Emperor Konoe (1139), and Emperor Nijō (1143). After him are Ichirō Hatoyama (1883), Emperor Montoku (827), Emperor Heizei (773), Hara Takashi (1856), Tanaka Giichi (1864), and Ōyama Iwao (1842).

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