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Tetsu Katayama

1887 - 1978

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Tetsu Katayama (片山 哲, Katayama Tetsu, 28 July 1887 – 30 May 1978) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1947 to 1948. He was the first socialist to serve as Japanese prime minister, and the last non-member of the Liberal Democratic Party or its forerunners to serve until 1993. Born in Wakayama Prefecture, Katayama graduated in law from Tokyo Imperial University in 1912. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tetsu Katayama has received more than 258,775 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Tetsu Katayama is the 5,734th most popular politician (up from 5,947th in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from Japan (up from 421st in 2019) and the 165th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tetsu Katayama ranks 5,734 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick I, Margrave of Baden, Ariston of Sparta, Daemusin of Goguryeo, Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Infante Carlos of Spain, and Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier. After him are Sima Lun, Tiglath-Pileser II, Kurt Schumacher, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, Sancha of León, and Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Tetsu Katayama ranks 73. Before him are Conrad Hilton, Savielly Tartakower, Georg Heym, Hermine Reuss of Greiz, René Spitz, and Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia. After him are Vasily Chapayev, George, Crown Prince of Serbia, Avery Brundage, Leonard Bloomfield, Hugo Steinhaus, and Simko Shikak. Among people deceased in 1978, Tetsu Katayama ranks 54. Before him are Georgi Markov, Ignazio Silone, Wadie Haddad, Henry Corbin, Sisavang Vatthana, and Burt Munro. After him are Pablo Dorado, Carlo Scarpa, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Fernando Peyroteo, Robert Shaw, and Hubert Humphrey.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tetsu Katayama ranks 405 out of 6,245. Before him are Ono no Komachi (825), Yodo-dono (1569), Shuji Nakamura (1954), Kunisada (1786), Yoshimatsu Oyama (null), and Daisaku Ikeda (1928). After him are Saizo Saito (1908), Seki Takakazu (1642), Seishiro Shimatani (1938), Haruo Arima (null), Hisaichi Terauchi (1879), and Emperor Ninmyō (808).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Tetsu Katayama ranks 165. Before him are Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032), Enomoto Takeaki (1836), Yoshirō Mori (1937), Hōjō Masako (1156), Tokugawa Ienari (1773), and Emperor Juntoku (1197). After him are Emperor Ninmyō (808), Emperor Go-Reizei (1025), Ii Naomasa (1561), Emperor Daigo (885), Mōri Terumoto (1533), and Azai Nagamasa (1545).

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