Hamaguchi Osachi

Hamaguchi Osachi
濱口 雄幸
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 10 March 1931 – 14 April 1931
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Kijūrō Shidehara (acting)
Succeeded by	Wakatsuki Reijirō
In office 2 July 1929 – 14 November 1930
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Tanaka Giichi
Succeeded by	Kijūrō Shidehara (acting)
Member of the House of Representatives for Kochi 1st District Kochi (1919-1920) Kochi 2rd District (1920-1928)
In office 26 March 1919 – 26 August 1931
Member of the House of Representatives for Kochi City
In office 25 March 1915 – 25 January 1917
Personal details
Born	(1870-04-01)1 April 1870 Kōchi, Japan
Died	26 August 1931(1931-08-26) (aged 61) Tokyo, Japan
Cause of death	Gunshot wound
Resting place	Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Rikken Minseitō (1927–1931)
Other political affiliations	Rikken Dōshikai (until 1916) Kenseikai (1916–1931)
Spouse	Natsuko Hamaguchi
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University
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Hamaguchi Osachi (Kyūjitai: 濱口 雄幸; Shinjitai: 浜口 雄幸, also Hamaguchi Yūkō, 1 April 1870 – 26 August 1931) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister and Prime Minister of Japan from 1929 to 1931. Nicknamed the "Lion Prime Minister" (ライオン宰相, Raion Saishō) due to his dignified demeanor and mane-like hair,^[1] Hamaguchi served as leading member of the liberal Rikken Minseitō (Constitutional Democratic Party) during the "Taishō democracy" of interwar Japan. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1915 until his death. He initially survived an assassination attempt by a right-wing extremist in 1930, but died about nine months later from a bacterial infection in his unhealed wounds.