Saitō Makoto

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Prime Minister of Japan (1858-1936)

Japan PoliticiansLived 1858 to 1936 · aged 77

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Languages27

Peak2010s

In century#1,978

Also inDeutsch

Photos 5

Saitō in 1910

Saitō Makoto visits his close friend, Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo at his official residence on 20 February 1936. Less than a week after this photograph was taken, both were assassinated by ultranationalistic Army officers during the February 26 Incident.

Awards 10

Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class

Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum

Order of the Golden Kite, 2nd Class

Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class

Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class

Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class

Order of the Sacred Treasure, 5th Class

Order of the Golden Kite, 4th Class

Order of the Rising Sun, 6th class

Order of the Sacred Treasure, 6th class

Connected to Saitō 6

Kantarō SuzukiAlso won Order of the Sacred Treasure, 6th class

Robert NivelleAlso won Order of the Sacred Treasure, 5th Class

Shibusawa EiichiAlso won Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class

Mitsuru UshijimaAlso won Order of the Golden Kite, 2nd Class

Minoru GendaAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class

Yamamoto GonnohyōeAlso won Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class

About this person

Viscount Saitō Makoto was a Japanese admiral and politician who was prime minister of Japan from 1932 to 1934. Upon distinguishing himself during his command of two cruisers in the First Sino-Japanese War, Saitō rose rapidly to the rank of rear admiral by 1900. He was promoted to vice admiral during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904. After serving as Minister of the Navy from 1906 to 1914, Saitō held the position of Governor-General of Korea from 1919 to 1927 and again from 1929 to 1931. When Inukai Tsuyoshi was assassinated in May 1932, he took his place as prime minister and served one term in office. Saitō returned to public service as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal in February 1935 but was assassinated only a year later during the February 26 Incident. Saitō along with Takahashi Korekiyo were the last former prime ministers of Japan to be assassinated until 2022, with the assassination of Shinzo Abe.

Country

Japan