Okada Keisuke

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Okada Keisuke was a Japanese admiral and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in the mid-1930s and survived the attempted coup d'état known as the February 26 Incident.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Prime Minister of Japan
admiral
human
politician
almaMater Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
awardReceived Order of the Chrysanthemum
Order of the Golden Kite
Order of the Rising Sun
birthPlace Kōchi Prefecture NERFINISHED
causeOfResignation political fallout from the February 26 Incident
conflict First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
countryOfBirth Japan
countryOfCitizenship Japan
educatedAt Naval War College (Japan)
era Showa era
surface form: "Shōwa period (early)"
familyName Okada
givenName Keisuke
ideology constitutional monarchy
moderate militarism
influenced prewar Japanese naval and political policy
memberOf genrōin / elder statesmen circle (informal political elite)
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Navy
militaryRank admiral
movement Taishō democracy (late phase supporter)
name Okada Keisuke
nativeLanguage Japanese
notableEvent February 26 Incident
notableFor serving as Prime Minister of Japan from 1934 to 1936
surviving the February 26 Incident coup attempt
notableWork policies to restrain army radicalism in the 1930s
officeEndTime (Prime Minister of Japan) 1936
officeStartTime (Prime Minister of Japan) 1934
opposedTo radical young officers in the Imperial Japanese Army
politicalAlignment moderate, anti-fascist within prewar Japanese elite
positionHeld Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff
surface form: "Chief of the Naval General Staff (Japan)"

Minister of the Navy of Japan
Navy Minister in the Saitō Makoto Cabinet
Navy Minister in the Yamamoto Gonnohyōe Cabinet
Prime Minister of Japan
member of the House of Peers of Japan
predecessor (Prime Minister of Japan) Saitō Makoto
religion Shinto
serviceYears late 19th century to early 20th century
successor (Prime Minister of Japan) Hirota Kōki
supported civilian control of the military
survivedEvent February 26 Incident
workedUnder Emperor Hirohito
surface form: "Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) as Prime Minister"

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