Kōki Hirota
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Japanese prime minister, diplomat, and war criminal (1878-1948)
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Kōki Hirota (1878–1948) was a person associated with the United Kingdom. His name is written in kana as "ひろた こうき". He is the author of the work *Challenges in Fiscal and Monetary Policies in Mongolia*. Records indicate he has five works attributed to him.
Hirota is referenced by 328 other encyclopedia articles. A quote attributed to him states, "I am having a very difficult time. Things happen unexpectedly."
Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Monarch
- Hirohito
- Preceded by
- Keisuke Okada
- Succeeded by
- Senjūrō Hayashi
- Prime minister
- Fumimaro Konoe
- Born
- ( 1878-02-14 ) 14 February 1878, Chūō-ku, Fukuoka , Japan
- Died
- 23 December 1948 (1948-12-23) (aged 70), Sugamo Prison , Tokyo, Japan
- Party
- Independent
- Spouse
- Shizuko Hirota ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1905 ; died 1946 )
- Alma mater
- Tokyo Imperial University
- Criminal status
- Executed by hanging
- Convictions
- Crimes against peace , War crimes
- Trial
- International Military Tribunal for the Far East
- Criminal penalty
- Death
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kōki
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Fukuoka
- Place of death
- Sugamo Prison
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Political party
- independent politician
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Image
- Kohki Hirota suit.jpg
- Convicted of
- crime against humanity
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- date of birth
- 1878-02-14
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- date of death
- 1948-12-23
- name in native language
- 広田弘毅
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- place of burial
- Shōfuku-ji Temple
- name in kana
- ひろた こうき
- birth name
- 廣田 弘毅
- place of detention
- Sugamo Prison
- writing language
- Japanese
- Commons category
- Kōki Hirota
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Encyclopedic overview
Kōki Hirota (廣田 弘毅, Hirota Kōki; 14 February 1878 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937. He was executed for war crimes committed during the Second Sino-Japanese War at the Tokyo Trials.
Born in Fukuoka, Hirota attended the Tokyo Imperial University and graduated with a law degree. Afterwards he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and became a career diplomat, serving as minister to the Netherlands and ambassador to the Soviet Union, among other posts. In 1933, Hirota became foreign minister in the cabinet of Saitō Makoto, and retained the position when Keisuke Okada was appointed prime minister.
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