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Takahashi Korekiyo

1854 - 1936

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Viscount Takahashi Korekiyo (高橋 是清; 27 July 1854 – 26 February 1936) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1921 to 1922 and Minister of Finance when he was assassinated. He was also a member of the House of Peers and head of the Bank of Japan. Takahashi made many contributions to Japan's development during the early 20th century, including introducing its first patent system and securing foreign financing for the Russo-Japanese War. Following the onset of the Great Depression, he introduced controversial financial policies which included abandoning the gold standard, lowering interest rates, and using the Bank of Japan to finance deficit spending by the central government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Takahashi Korekiyo is the 8,600th most popular politician (down from 6,090th in 2024), the 729th most popular biography from Japan (down from 442nd in 2019) and the 251st most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Takahashi Korekiyo ranks 8,600 out of 19,576. Before him are Chen Gongbo, Chiang Wei-kuo, Elisabeth Hevelius, Vitaliy Masol, Peter II of Cyprus, and Héctor José Cámpora. After him are Ariadne, Juan Carlos Onganía, Themistoclea, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Shahrokh Shah, and László Kövér.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Takahashi Korekiyo ranks 46. Before him are John Philip Sousa, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Patrick Geddes, Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, Zhang Xun, and Konstantin Jireček. After him are Aletta Jacobs, Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Victor Babeș, Benjamin Tucker, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, and Anna Bilińska. Among people deceased in 1936, Takahashi Korekiyo ranks 82. Before him are Edward Bach, Alexandros Zaimis, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Charles Curtis, Arvid Lindman, and Johannes Franz Hartmann. After him are Conrad Böcker, Hu Hanmin, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Édouard Herzen, Meir Dizengoff, and Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takahashi Korekiyo ranks 729 out of 6,245. Before him are Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Izumi Shikibu (976), Shō Hashi (1371), Chiang Wei-kuo (1916), and Keizo Imai (1950). After him are Tanzan Ishibashi (1884), Nakano Takeko (1847), Choei Sato (1951), Ogata Kōrin (1658), Kon Ichikawa (1915), and Seichō Matsumoto (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Takahashi Korekiyo ranks 251. Before him are Nitobe Inazō (1862), Ii Naosuke (1815), Shō Shin (1465), Emperor Shijō (1231), Shō Hashi (1371), and Chiang Wei-kuo (1916). After him are Tanzan Ishibashi (1884), Shintaro Abe (1924), Prince Morikuni (1301), Kujō Yoritsune (1218), Jiro Taniguchi (1947), and Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465).

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