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Fumio Gotō

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Junior Second Rank
Fumio Gotō
後藤 文夫
Acting Prime Minister of Japan
In office
26 February 1936 – 29 February 1936
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byKeisuke Okada
Succeeded byKeisuke Okada
Vice President of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association
In office
21 April 1943 – 22 July 1944
PresidentHideki Tojo
Preceded byKisaburō Andō
Succeeded byTaketora Ogata
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
8 July 1934 – 9 March 1936
Prime MinisterKeisuke Okada
Preceded byYamamoto Tatsuo
Succeeded byShigenosuke Ushio
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
In office
26 May 1932 – 8 July 1934
Prime MinisterSaitō Makoto
Preceded byTeijirō Yamamoto
Succeeded byTatsunosuke Yamazaki
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
3 May 1953 – 2 June 1959
Preceded byJinzo Iwao
Succeeded byHaruzo Murakami
ConstituencyOita at-large
Member of the House of Peers
In office
23 December 1930 – 18 December 1945
Nominated by the Emperor
Personal details
Born(1884-03-07)7 March 1884
Ōita City, Ōita, Japan
Died13 May 1980(1980-05-13) (aged 96)
Tokyo, Japan
PartyRyokufūkai (1947–1960)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (1930–1940)
IRAA (1940–1945)
ChildrenMasao Gotō
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Fumio Gotō (後藤 文夫, Gotō Fumio; 7 March 1884 – 13 May 1980)[1] was a Japanese politician and bureaucrat, and briefly served as interim Prime Minister of Japan in 1936.

Early life

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Born in Ōita Prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1909. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan.

Political career

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In 1930, Gotō was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saitō, and was later Home Minister in the cabinet of Keisuke Okada.

Immediately after the 26 February Incident, Gotō served as acting Prime Minister while Prime Minister Okada was in hiding from his attempted assassins. He was chairman of the Taisei Yokusankai from 1941–1943, and under the administration of Hideki Tōjō, he served as a Minister of State.

Arrested by the American occupation authorities after the surrender of Japan, he was held in Sugamo Prison in Tokyo awaiting prosecution for war crimes, but was released in 1948 without trial. From April 1953 to June 1959, he served as a member of House of Councillors in the post-war Diet of Japan. He was appointed a Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun in November 1971.

Awards and decorations

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Japanese

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Court ranks

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  • Junior Seventh Rank (22 March 1910)[2]
  • Senior Seventh Rank (20 February 1913)[3]
  • Junior Sixth Rank (20 March 1915)[4]
  • Senior Sixth Rank (20 March 1917)[5]
  • Junior Fifth Rank (21 November 1921)[6]
  • Senior Fifth Rank (10 July 1922)[7]
  • Junior Fourth Rank (1 November 1926)[8]
  • Junior Third Rank (1 June 1932)[9]
  • Senior Third Rank (15 June 1934)[10]
  • Junior Second Rank (13 May 1980)[11]

Decorations

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  • Emperor Taishō Enthronement Commemorative Medal (10 November 1915)[12]
  • Order of the Rising Sun, 6th Class (19 January 1916)[13]
  • Order of the Rising Sun, 5th Class (1 April 1916)[14]
  • Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th Class (1 November 1920)[15]
  • First World War Medal (2 November 1920)[16]
  • First National Census Commemorative Medal (1 July 1921)[17]
  • Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd Class (26 August 1926)[18]
  • Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class (10 September 1930)[19]
  • Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class (29 April 1934)[20]
  • China Incident War Medal (29 April 1934)[21]
  • One Silver Cup (29 April 1940)[22]
  • 2600th National Anniversary Commemorative Medal (15 August 1940)[23]
  • One Wooden Cup (5 May 1942)[24]
  • Medal of Honor with Blue Ribbon (3 November 1960)[25]
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (3 November 1971)[26]

Foreign

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References

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  1. ↑ 後藤文夫 (in Japanese)
  2. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 8021 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 23 March 1910.
  3. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 167 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 21 February 1913.
  4. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 789 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 23 March 1915.
  5. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 1389 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 22 March 1917.
  6. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 2793 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 22 November 1921.
  7. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 2982 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 11 July 1922.
  8. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 4260 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 4 November 1926.
  9. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 1928 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 6 June 1932.
  10. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 2241 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 22 June 1934.
  11. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 15996 "Investiture or Honours" (in Japanese) 20 May 1980.
  12. ↑ "Kanpo" Appendix to No. 1330 "Appointments" (in Japanese) 11 January 1917.
  13. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 1038 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 20 January 1916.
  14. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 1218 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 21 August 1916.
  15. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 2640 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 21 May 1921.
  16. ↑ "Kanpo" Appendix to Extra "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 13 August 1924.
  17. ↑ "Kanpo" Appendix to No. 2858 "Appointments" (in Japanese) 14 February 1922.
  18. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 4206 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 30 August 1926.
  19. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 1112 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 11 September 1930.
  20. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 2696 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 27 December 1935.
  21. ↑ "Kanpo" Appendix to No. 2995 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 24 December 1936.
  22. ↑ "Kanpo" Appendix to No. 5152 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 18 March 1944.
  23. ↑ "Kanpo" Appendix to No. 4438 "Appointments" (in Japanese) 23 October 1941.
  24. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 4593 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 6 May 1942.
  25. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 10163 "Rewards" (in Japanese) 4 November 1960.
  26. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 13464 "Investiture or Honours" (in Japanese) 5 November 1971.
  27. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 29 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 3 February 1927.
  28. ↑ "Kanpo" Appendix to No. 2511 "Appointments" (in Japanese) 20 May 1935.
  29. ↑ "Kanpo" Appendix to No. 3056 "Appointments" (in Japanese) 13 March 1937.
  30. ↑ "Kanpo" No. 2725 "Investiture and Appointments" (in Japanese) 4 February 1936.

Sources

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  • Bix, Herbert P. (2001). Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. Harper Perennial. ISBN 0060931302.
  • Sims, Richard (2001). Japanese Political History Since the Meiji Renovation 1868–2000. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0312239157.
  • van Wolferen, Karel (1990). The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation. Harper Perennial. ISBN 0679728023.
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