Kazushige Ugaki
Kazushige Ugaki | |
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宇垣 一成 | |
Ugaki as Army Minister (1924) | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 26 May 1938 – 30 September 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Preceded by | Hirota Kōki |
| Succeeded by | Hachirō Arita |
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | |
| In office 26 May 1938 – 30 September 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Preceded by | Sonyu Ōtani |
| Succeeded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Governor-General of Korea | |
| In office 17 June 1931 – 5 August 1936 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Saitō Makoto |
| Succeeded by | Jirō Minami |
| In office 15 April 1927 – 1 October 1927 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Saitō Makoto |
| Succeeded by | Hanzō Yamanashi |
| Minister of the Army | |
| In office 2 July 1929 – 14 April 1931 | |
| Prime Minister | Osachi Hamaguchi |
| Preceded by | Yoshinori Shirakawa |
| Succeeded by | Jirō Minami |
| In office 7 January 1924 – 20 April 1927 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Giichi Tanaka |
| Succeeded by | Yoshinori Shirakawa |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 4 June 1953 – 30 April 1956 | |
| Constituency | National district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1868 Okayama, Bizen, Japan |
| Died | 30 April 1956 (aged 87) Izunagaoka, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Education | Imperial Japanese Army Academy |
| Alma mater | Army Staff College |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Branch/service | Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1891–1931 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Russo-Japanese War |
Kazushige Ugaki (宇垣 一成, Ugaki Kazushige; 9 August 1868 – 30 April 1956) was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and cabinet minister before World War II, the 5th principal of Takushoku University, and twice Governor-General of Korea. Nicknamed Ugaki Issei, he served as Foreign Minister of Japan in the Konoe cabinet in 1938.