POLITICIAN

Yōsuke Matsuoka

1880 - 1946

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Yōsuke Matsuoka (松岡 洋右, Matsuoka Yōsuke, March 4, 1880 – June 27, 1946) was a Japanese diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II. He is best known for his defiant speech at the League of Nations in February 1933, ending Japan's participation in the organization. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yōsuke Matsuoka has received more than 323,088 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Yōsuke Matsuoka is the 6,891st most popular politician (up from 6,910th in 2019), the 530th most popular biography from Japan (up from 532nd in 2019) and the 220th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yōsuke Matsuoka ranks 6,891 out of 19,576. Before him are Ptolemy of Aloros, Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Gallus Anonymus, Lee Jong-wook, Francesco Maria del Monte, and Jacques Thibaud. After him are Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, Adem Demaçi, Antonio de Mendoza, Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, and Floris IV, Count of Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Yōsuke Matsuoka ranks 65. Before him are Margherita Sarfatti, Nikolaj Velimirović, Osami Nagano, Alexander Grin, Gideon Sundback, and Jacques Thibaud. After him are Jan Kubelík, Vasily Degtyaryov, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Alice Bailey, Fethi Okyar, and Broncho Billy Anderson. Among people deceased in 1946, Yōsuke Matsuoka ranks 67. Before him are Hisaichi Terauchi, Inayatullah Khan, Marcel Petiot, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, Arthur Greiser, and Louis Slotin. After him are Henry Bergman, Jack Johnson, Jeanne Lanvin, Max Koegel, George Arliss, and Henri Gouraud.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yōsuke Matsuoka ranks 530 out of 6,245. Before him are Shinran (1173), Yoshida Shōin (1830), Emperor En'yū (959), Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), and Shigechiyo Izumi (1865). After him are Masao Nozawa (null), Otozō Yamada (1881), Emperor Junnin (733), Jiro Miyake (1900), Tomohiko Ikoma (1932), and Tsukasa Hosaka (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Yōsuke Matsuoka ranks 220. Before him are Shō Tai (1843), Korechika Anami (1887), Yoshida Shōin (1830), Emperor En'yū (959), Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937), and Shigechiyo Izumi (1865). After him are Emperor Junnin (733), Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867), Chōsokabe Motochika (1539), Emperor Go-Murakami (1328), Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), and Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008).

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