POLITICIAN

Saionji Kinmochi

1849 - 1940

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Prince Saionji Kinmochi (西園寺 公望, 7 December 1849 – 24 November 1940) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908, and from 1911 to 1912. As the last surviving member of the genrō, the group of senior statesmen who had directed policy during the Meiji era, he was one of the most influential voices in Japanese politics from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saionji Kinmochi has received more than 247,441 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Saionji Kinmochi is the 5,050th most popular politician (down from 4,935th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Japan (down from 292nd in 2019) and the 140th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Saionji Kinmochi ranks 5,050 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Hélène of Orléans, Petar Mladenov, Harvey Milk, Philip I, Prince of Taranto, Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara, and Pedro Pires. After him are Maria Teresa of Savoy, García II of Galicia, Fa Ngum, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Omar Suleiman, and Bernhardus Varenius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Saionji Kinmochi ranks 25. Before him are Alexander Kielland, Michael Ancher, Empress Shōken, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Armand Peugeot, and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este. After him are Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Vera Zasulich, Joseph Gallieni, Hugo Riemann, and Basil Zaharoff. Among people deceased in 1940, Saionji Kinmochi ranks 37. Before him are Eugène Dubois, Édouard Vuillard, Vito Volterra, Katharina Schratt, Nicolae Iorga, and Marcus Garvey. After him are Gunnar Asplund, Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, and Fusajiro Yamauchi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Saionji Kinmochi ranks 338 out of 6,245. Before him are Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Saburō Sakai (1916), and Kenji Doihara (1883). After him are Kaoru Ishikawa (1915), Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), Izumo no Okuni (1572), Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127), Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), and Emperor Chōkei (1343).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Saionji Kinmochi ranks 140. Before him are Saitō Makoto (1858), Kakuei Tanaka (1918), Emperor Uda (867), Emperor Ankan (466), Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), and Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419). After him are Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127), Emperor Chōkei (1343), Emperor Go-Saga (1220), Kuroda Kiyotaka (1840), and Emperor Go-Toba (1180).

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