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In this Japanese name, the surname is Saionji.
Prince
Saionji Kinmochi
西園寺 公望
President of the Privy Council
In office 27 August 1900 – 13 July 1903
Monarch
Meiji
Preceded by
Kuroda Kiyotaka
Succeeded by
Itō Hirobumi
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 30 August 1911 – 21 December 1912
Monarchs
Meiji Taishō
Preceded by
Katsura Tarō
Succeeded by
Katsura Tarō
In office 7 January 1906 – 14 July 1908
Monarch
Meiji
Preceded by
Katsura Tarō
Succeeded by
Katsura Tarō
Acting Prime Minister of Japan
In office 10 May 1901 – 2 June 1901
Monarch
Meiji
Preceded by
Itō Hirobumi
Succeeded by
Katsura Tarō
Personal details
Born
(1849-12-07)7 December 1849 Kyoto, Tokugawa shogunate
Died
24 November 1940(1940-11-24) (aged 90) Okitsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Political party
Constitutional Association of Political Friendship
Alma mater
University of Paris
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Prince Saionji Kinmochi (西園寺 公望, 7 December 1849 – 24 November 1940) was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1912. He was elevated from marquis to prince in 1920. As the last surviving member of Japan's genrō, he was the most influential voice in Japanese politics from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s.
Prince SaionjiKinmochi (西園寺 公望, 7 December 1849 – 24 November 1940) was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from...
Saionji Kinmochi, 12th and 14th Prime Minister of Japan Empress Saionji, wife of Emperor Go-Fukakusa Chiaki Saionji of Demon Ororon Kaoru Saionji of Gakuen...
Saionji Cabinet may refer to: First Saionji Cabinet, the Japanese government led by SaionjiKinmochi from 1906 to 1908 Second Saionji Cabinet, the Japanese...
of the House of Peers. In 1937, on the recommendation of his mentor SaionjiKinmochi, Konoe was appointed prime minister by Emperor Hirohito. The Marco...
Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023. 第12代 西園寺 公望 [12th SaionjiKinmochi] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved...
27 October 2017.) Connors, Leslie. (1987). The Emperor's Adviser: SaionjiKinmochi and Pre-war Japanese Politics, Books.google.com, pp. 79–80 "Empress...
their lifetimes; the last such award was to former Prime Minister SaionjiKinmochi in 1928. Eight others have been posthumously decorated with the collar;...
SaionjiKinmochi. While serving in the 1st Saionji Cabinet, he was elevated in rank to danshaku (baron) under the kazoku peerage system. When Saionji...
Representatives. Hara served as Home Minister in several cabinets under SaionjiKinmochi and Yamamoto Gonnohyōe between 1906 and 1913. Hara was appointed Prime...
harming Makoto further. Her birthday and her surname are derived from SaionjiKinmochi. It's revealed in the Summer Days game that Sekai's mother is the daughter...
Minister of Japan. Retrieved 28 May 2012. 第12•14代 西園寺 公望 [12th/14th SaionjiKinmochi] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved...
The Second Saionji Cabinet is the 14th Cabinet of Japan led by SaionjiKinmochi from August 30, 1911, to December 21, 1912. "Second Saionji Cabinet". Prime...
cities throughout Japan. The year 1919 saw Japan's representative SaionjiKinmochi sitting alongside the "Big Four" (Lloyd George, Wilson, Clemenceau...
The First Saionji Cabinet is the 12th Cabinet of Japan led by SaionjiKinmochi from January 7, 1906, to July 14, 1908. "First Saionji Cabinet". Prime...
his main base. He also took the former secretary of the Kaneko clan, SaionjiKinmochi (西園寺公広) as a vassal. In addition, the control of Iyo by Takakage is...
socio-political circles, such as classical liberals and moderate conservatives. SaionjiKinmochi, who was the last of the genrō, an imperial advisor with progressive...
eminent statesmen; the last such award to a living prime minister was to SaionjiKinmochi in 1928. More often, the Order of the Chrysanthemum has been a posthumous...
reluctant to do so. The situation changed when the aristocratic politician SaionjiKinmochi, who was from a notable kuge family in Kyoto, suggested the founding...
August 1896 to 18 September 1896. President of the Privy Council, SaionjiKinmochi was the acting prime minister from 10 May to 2 June 1901. Minister...
beginning a new phase of political development. Itō and his protégé, SaionjiKinmochi finally succeeded in forming a progovernment party—the Rikken Seiyūkai...
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