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Sadao Araki
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Fumimaro Konoe Kiichirō Hiranuma
- Preceded by
- Kōichi Kido
- Succeeded by
- Kakichi Kawarada
- Monarch
- Hirohito
- Born
- ( 1877-05-26 ) 26 May 1877, Komae, Tokyo , Japan
- Died
- 2 November 1966 (1966-11-02) (aged 89), Totsukawa , Nara, Japan
- Resting place
- Tama Cemetery
- Awards
- Order of the Sacred Treasures (1st class) Order of the Golden Kite (2nd class) Order of the Rising Sun (1st class)
- Allegiance
- Empire of Japan
- Branch service
- Imperial Japanese Army
- Years of service
- 1898–1936
- Rank
- General
- Commands
- 6th Division
- Battles wars
- Russo-Japanese War Siberian Intervention
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Komae
- Place of death
- Totsukawa
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Imperial Japanese Army Academy
- Employer
- Hosei University
- Political party
- Imperial Way Faction
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Award
- Order of Saint Anna
- Noble title
- baron
- Conflict
- Siberian Intervention
- Military branch
- Imperial Japanese Army
- Image
- Araki Sadao.jpg
- Convicted of
- crime against humanity
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- Sadao Araki
- date of birth
- 1877-05-26
- date of death
- 1966-11-02
- name in kana
- あらき さだお
- name in native language
- 荒木貞夫
- place of burial
- Tama Cemetery
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- allegiance
- Empire of Japan
- start of work period
- 1898-00-00
- writing language
- Japanese
- end of work period
- 1936-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Baron Sadao Araki (荒木 貞夫, Araki Sadao; 26 May 1877 – 2 November 1966) was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was regarded as the leader of the Kodoha, a political faction within the Imperial Japanese Army and served as Minister of the Army under Prime Ministers Inukai and Saitō. He was forced from active service in the aftermath of the February 26 incident. He later served as Minister of Education under Prime Ministers Konoe and Hiranuma.
After World War II, he was convicted of war crimes and given a life sentence but was released in 1955.
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