Fumimaro Konoe

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Fumimaro Konoe was a Japanese prince and politician who served multiple times as prime minister and played a central role in Japan’s political and military escalation leading up to and during the early years of World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Fumimaro Konoe canonical 5
Atsumaro Konoe 1
近衛文麿 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese politician
human
kazoku noble
prime minister of Japan
prince of the Empire of Japan
advocatedFor Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
alliedWith Fascist Italy
Nazi Germany
avoided arrest by Allied occupation authorities
birthDate 1891-10-12
birthPlace Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
causeOfDeath suicide
child Morihiro Konoe
clan Fujiwara clan
countryOfCitizenship Japan
deathDate 1945-12-16
deathPlace Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
educatedAt Kyoto University
surface form: Kyoto Imperial University
familyName Konoe
father Fumimaro Konoe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Atsumaro Konoe
fieldOfStudy law
founded Imperial Rule Assistance Association
givenName Fumimaro
headOfGovernmentDuring Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

early years of World War II in Asia
languageSpoken Japanese
mannerOfDeath poisoning
memberOfPoliticalParty Imperial Rule Assistance Association
monarchDuringTerm Emperor Hirohito
surface form: Emperor Shōwa
name Fumimaro Konoe self-link
nativeName Fumimaro Konoe self-linksurface differs
surface form: 近衛文麿
nobleFamily Konoe family
playedCentralRoleIn Japan’s military escalation before World War II
Japan’s political escalation before World War II
positionHeld Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
President of the House of Peers
Prime Minister of Japan
predecessorAsPrimeMinister Senjūrō Hayashi
primeMinisterOrder 34th Prime Minister of Japan
38th Prime Minister of Japan
39th Prime Minister of Japan
religion Buddhism
signed Tripartite Pact
spouse Chiyoko Konoe
successorAsPrimeMinister Hideki Tojo
surface form: Hideki Tōjō

Kiichirō Hiranuma
termEnd 1939-01-05
1941-10-18
termStart 1937-06-04
1940-07-22

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Hideki Tojo precededBy Fumimaro Konoe
Fumimaro Konoe name Fumimaro Konoe self-link
Fumimaro Konoe nativeName Fumimaro Konoe self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 近衛文麿
Fumimaro Konoe father Fumimaro Konoe self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Atsumaro Konoe