Keisuke Okada
Sign in to saveadmiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (1868-1952)
Key facts
- Monarch
- Hirohito
- Preceded by
- Saitō Makoto
- Succeeded by
- Hirota Kōki
- Prime minister
- Himself
- Born
- ( 1868-01-20 ) 20 January 1868, Asuwa, Fukui , Japan
- Died
- 7 October 1952 (1952-10-07) (aged 84), Setagaya , Tokyo , Japan
- Resting place
- Tama Cemetery
- Party
- Independent
- Relatives
- Hisatsune Sakomizu (son-in-law)
- Alma mater
- Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
- Profession
- Admiral
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Keisuke
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Fukui
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Japan
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Military rank
- admiral
- Image
- Keisuke Okada 2.jpg
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- Keisuke Okada
- date of birth
- 1868-02-14
- date of death
- 1952-10-17
- place of burial
- Tama Cemetery
- name in kana
- おかだ けいすけ
- name in native language
- 岡田啓介
- writing language
- Japanese
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Encyclopedic overview
Okada Keisuke (Japanese: 岡田 啓介; 20 January 1868 – 7 October 1952) was a Japanese admiral and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1934 to 1936.
Born to a samurai family in the Fukui Domain, Okada became an officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy and served during the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. After reaching the rank of Admiral, he served as minister of the navy under Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi from 1927 to 1929 and under Prime Minister Saitō Makoto from 1932 to 1933.
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