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Matsukata Masayoshi

1835 - 1924

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Prince Matsukata Masayoshi (松方 正義, 25 February 1835 – 2 July 1924) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1891 to 1892, and from 1896 to 1898. He was a genrō, or senior statesman who dictated policy in the Meiji era. Born in the Satsuma Domain to a samurai family, Matsukata served as finance minister for 15 of the 20 years between 1881 to 1901, and had significant influence in the financial and economic articles of the Meiji Constitution of 1889. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matsukata Masayoshi has received more than 143,265 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Matsukata Masayoshi is the 6,351st most popular politician (down from 6,344th in 2019), the 477th most popular biography from Japan (down from 463rd in 2019) and the 198th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Matsukata Masayoshi ranks 6,351 out of 19,576. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Waleran III, Duke of Limburg, Yasovarman I, Noboru Takeshita, Augustinas Voldemaras, and Herleva. After him are Emperor Ichijō, Leo Jogiches, Michel Kafando, István Dobi, Djedkare Shemai, and Yen Chia-kan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Matsukata Masayoshi ranks 33. Before him are Shoqan Walikhanov, Elisha Gray, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Alexander Agassiz, Simon Newcomb, and Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova. After him are Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Alexandrine Tinné, Tomás Estrada Palma, Christian Otto Mohr, Eugenio Beltrami, and Raffi. Among people deceased in 1924, Matsukata Masayoshi ranks 34. Before him are Teófilo Braga, Lyubov Popova, Ziya Gökalp, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Fernand Cormon, and Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr.. After him are Aleksa Šantić, Théodore Dubois, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Roland Bonaparte, Franz von Bayros, and Helge von Koch.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Matsukata Masayoshi ranks 477 out of 6,245. Before him are Hidetoshi Nakata (1977), Takeo Kurita (1889), Tokugawa Ienobu (1662), Hayato Ikeda (1899), Tokugawa Ieshige (1712), and Noboru Takeshita (1924). After him are Emperor Ichijō (980), Shozo Tsugitani (1940), Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950), Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536), Masanori Tokita (1925), and Fumihiko Maki (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Matsukata Masayoshi ranks 198. Before him are Emperor Kōkō (830), Takeda Sōkaku (1859), Tokugawa Ienobu (1662), Hayato Ikeda (1899), Tokugawa Ieshige (1712), and Noboru Takeshita (1924). After him are Emperor Ichijō (980), Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536), Kusunoki Masashige (1294), Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (1902), Hajime Sugiyama (1880), and Mitsumasa Yonai (1880).

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