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TOJO Hideki
Military officer, statesman. Born in Tokyo as a son of Hidenori Tojo, a military officer. He graduated from the Military Academy and the Army War College. He became chief of staff of the Kanto Army in and Vice War Minister in the following year. Fully displaying his talent as an able official, he was called "Razor Tojo". After concurrently serving as Inspector General of Army Aviation and chief of the Army Aeronautical Department, in he became War Minister in the second and third Konoe cabinets. In , replacing Fumimaro Konoe, he became Prime Minister and concurrently held the offices of Minister of War and Minister of Home Affairs. With the early operational success of the war against the United States and Britain in the background, in he implemented an election called Yokusan Senkyo (the general election of ), based on the candidate recommendation system aiming at establishing a pro-Tojo parliament. This election made it a parliament in name only and strengthened the dictatorial war regime. In February , he concurrently held the office of chief of the General Staff. However, the senior statesmen began to criticize him strongly for deteriorating the war situation, and in July his cabinet resigned en masse. After defeat in World War II, he tried to commit suici
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Hideki Tojo
Japanese general and statesman (–)
The native form of this personal name is Tōjō Hideki. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Junior Second Rank Hideki Tojo | |
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Tojo in | |
In office 18 October – 22 July | |
Monarch | Shōwa |
Preceded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
Succeeded by | Kuniaki Koiso |
In office 22 July – 22 July | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Shunroku Hata |
Succeeded by | Hajime Sugiyama |
In office 21 February – 18 July | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Hajime Sugiyama |
Succeeded by | Yoshijirō Umezu |
Born | ()30 December Kōjimachi, Tokyo, Japan |
Died | 23 December () (aged63) Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan[a] |
Causeofdeath | Execution by hanging |
Political party | Imperial Rule Assistance Association (–) |
Other political affiliations | Independent (before ) |
Spouse | Katsuko Ito (m.) |
Children | 7 |
Relatives | Yuko Tojo (granddaughter) |
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Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Branch/service | Imperial Japanese Army |
Yearsof service | – |
Rank | General |
Commands | Kwantung Army (–) |
Battles/wars | |
Criminal conviction | |
Criminal status | Executed |
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