Japanese admiral and politician; Prime Minister of Japan (1940)
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Mitsumasa Yonai
米内 光政
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 16 January – 22 July 1940
Monarch
Hirohito
Preceded by
Nobuyuki Abe
Succeeded by
Fumimaro Konoe
Minister of the Navy Empire of Japan
In office 2 February 1937 – 30 August 1939
Prime Minister
Senjūrō Hayashi
Fumimaro Konoe
Hiranuma Kiichirō
Preceded by
Osami Nagano
Succeeded by
Yoshida Zengo
In office 22 July 1944 – 1 December 1945
Prime Minister
Kuniaki Koiso
Kantarō Suzuki
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
Kijūrō Shidehara
Preceded by
Naokuni Nomura
Succeeded by
None (Position abolished)
Personal details
Born
(1880-03-02)2 March 1880 Mitsuwari, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Mitsumasa Yonai (米内 光政, Yonai Mitsumasa, 2 March 1880 – 20 April 1948) was a Japanese navy officer and politician. He served as admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Minister of the Navy, and Prime Minister of Japan in 1940.
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