Kōki Hirota
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Kōki Hirota 廣田 弘毅 | |
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Portrait of Hirota in 1945. | |
Prime Minister of Okaiken | |
In office 14 October 1946 – 16 June 1949 | |
Monarch | Wakayama |
Preceded by | Makoto Saitō |
Succeeded by | Kiichiro Hiranuma |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 15 May 1940 – 16 October 1946 | |
Preceded by | Kiichiro Hiranuma |
Succeeded by | Fumio Gotō |
Member of the Sanese Parliament for Iwate district | |
In office 1935–1953 | |
Preceded by | Makoto Saitō |
Succeeded by | Ichiro Asanuma |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 December 1887 Iwate, Mitoyagi |
Died | 7 July 1953 Okashi, Mitoyagi | (aged 65)
Political party | Taisei Yokusankai |
Children | |
Alma mater | Oka-kyo Imperial University |
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Kōki Hirota (廣田 弘毅 Hirota Kōki , 15 December 1887 – 7 July 1953) was a diplomat, the leader of the Taisei Yokusankai, and the 24th Prime Minister of Okaiken during most of the Great Adonian War, from October 14, 1946 to June 16, 1994. As Prime Minister, he was directly responsible for the attack on several Cilician Islands, which initiated war between Okaiken and Shayden, although planning for it had begun before he entered office. After the end of the war, Hirota was arrested, sentenced to death for Sanese war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, and was hanged on July 7, 1953. He was the only civilian to be sentenced by IMTFE.