Hiranuma Kiichirō
Kiichirō Hiranuma | |
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平沼 騏一郎 | |
Hiranuma in 1939 | |
| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 5 January 1939 – 30 August 1939 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Succeeded by | Nobuyuki Abe |
| President of the Privy Council | |
| In office 9 April 1945 – 3 December 1945 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Kantaro Suzuki |
| Succeeded by | Kantaro Suzuki |
| In office 13 March 1936 – 5 January 1939 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Ichiki Kitokuro |
| Succeeded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 21 December 1940 – 18 July 1941 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Preceded by | Eiji Yasui |
| Succeeded by | Harumichi Tanabe |
| Vice President of the Privy Council | |
| In office 12 April 1926 – 13 March 1936 | |
| Monarchs | Taishō Hirohito |
| President | Yūzaburō Kuratomi Ichiki Kitokurō |
| Preceded by | Yūzaburō Kuratomi |
| Succeeded by | Arai Kentarō |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 6 September 1923 – 7 January 1924 | |
| Prime Minister | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe |
| Preceded by | Den Kenjirō |
| Succeeded by | Suzuki Kisaburō |
| Member of the House of Peers | |
| In office 9 January 1924 – 7 February 1924 | |
| Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Japan | |
| In office 5 October 1921 – 5 September 1923 | |
| Appointed by | Emperor Taishō |
| Preceded by | Tomitani Shōtarō |
| Succeeded by | Hideo Yokota |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1867 Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan |
| Died | 22 August 1952 (aged 84) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | Takeo Hiranuma (adopted) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Baron Kiichirō Hiranuma (平沼 騏一郎; 28 September 1867 – 22 August 1952) was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939.
Hiranuma rose to prominence as a prosecutor and official in the Ministry of Justice. He served as minister of Justice under Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe and later became a privy counsellor. After serving as president of the privy council, he became prime minister in 1939, but resigned later the same year. He later returned to cabinet under Fumimaro Konoe. After the Japanese surrender, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East for his role in World War II.