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Saitō Makoto

1858 - 1936

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Viscount Saitō Makoto, GCB GCSOC (斎藤 実) (27 October 1858 – 26 February 1936) was a Japanese naval officer and politician. Upon distinguishing himself during his command of two cruisers in the First Sino-Japanese War, Saitō rose rapidly to the rank of rear admiral by 1900. He was promoted to vice admiral during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904. After serving as Minister of the Navy from 1906 to 1914, Saitō held the position of Governor-General of Korea from 1919 to 1927 and again from 1929 to 1931. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). Saitō Makoto is the 7,015th most popular politician (down from 4,960th in 2024), the 579th most popular biography from Japan (down from 324th in 2019) and the 202nd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Saitō Makoto ranks 7,015 out of 19,576. Before him are Peter II, Count of Savoy, Orodes III of Parthia, Amastrine, Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Manuel Marrero Cruz, and Francis II, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Michael I Komnenos Doukas, Sadyr Japarov, Ruth Dreifuss, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Diponegoro, and Yesü Möngke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Saitō Makoto ranks 54. Before him are Remy de Gourmont, Gaetano Mosca, Constance Lloyd, Ethel Smyth, Alois Riegl, and Jan Toorop. After him are John Russell, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Bonar Law, Roland Bonaparte, and Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães. Among people deceased in 1936, Saitō Makoto ranks 68. Before him are Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Billy Mitchell, Sophie, Princess of Albania, Mikhail Tomsky, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, and Louis Camille Maillard. After him are Martin Lowry, Nestor Lakoba, Richard Hauptmann, Sergey Kamenev, Hans Poelzig, and Irving Thalberg.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Saitō Makoto ranks 579 out of 6,245. Before him are Takeo Kurita (1889), Katsuhiro Otomo (1954), Hidetoshi Nakata (1977), Yosano Akiko (1878), Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937), and Hideyo Noguchi (1876). After him are Rei Kawakubo (1942), Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), Tsutomu Hata (1935), Emperor Murakami (926), Shūsaku Endō (1923), and Hideaki Anno (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Saitō Makoto ranks 202. Before him are Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536), Emperor Konoe (1139), Mitsumasa Yonai (1880), Yōsuke Matsuoka (1880), Hitoshi Ashida (1887), and Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937). After him are Rei Kawakubo (1942), Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), Tsutomu Hata (1935), Emperor Murakami (926), Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1793), and Emperor Junnin (733).

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