Hiranuma KiichirÅ
1867–1952
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- politician
Baron KiichirÅ Hiranuma (平沼 é¨ä¸é; 28 September 1867 â 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.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Sugamo PrisonDates unknown
- Sugamo PrisonDates unknown
Biography
Baron KiichirÅ Hiranuma (平沼 é¨ä¸é; 28 September 1867 â 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 GonnohyÅe 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.
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