Inukai Tsuyoshi

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Senior Second Rank Inukai Tsuyoshi
犬養 毅
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 13 December 1931 – 15 May 1932
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Wakatsuki Reijirō
Succeeded by	Takahashi Korekiyo (acting)
President of the Rikken Seiyūkai
In office October 1929 – May 1932
Preceded by	Tanaka Giichi
Succeeded by	Suzuki Kisaburō
Ministerial offices Minister of Home Affairs In office 16 March 1932 – 25 March 1932 Prime Minister Himself Preceded by Nakahashi Tokugorō Succeeded by Suzuki Kisaburō Minister for Foreign Affairs In office 13 December 1931 – 14 January 1932 Prime Minister Himself Preceded by Kijūrō Shidehara Succeeded by Kenkichi Yoshizawa Minister of Communications In office 11 June 1924 – 30 May 1925 Prime Minister Katō Takaaki Preceded by Yoshirō Fujimura Succeeded by Adachi Kenzō In office 2 September 1923 – 7 January 1924 Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe Preceded by Maeda Toshisada Succeeded by Yoshirō Fujimura Minister of Education In office 2 September 1923 – 6 September 1923 Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe Preceded by Kamata Eikichi Succeeded by Okano Keijirō In office 27 October 1898 – 8 November 1898 Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu Preceded by Yukio Ozaki Succeeded by Kabayama Sukenori
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 1 July 1890 – 15 May 1932
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Okayama 3rd (1890–1902) Okayama counties (1902–1920) Okayama 4th (1920–1928) Okayama 2nd (1928–1932)
Personal details
Born	(1855-06-04)4 June 1855 Okayama, Bitchū, Japan
Died	15 May 1932(1932-05-15) (aged 76) Tokyo, Japan
Resting place	Aoyama Cemetery
Political party	Rikken Seiyūkai (1924–1932)
Other political affiliations	Rikken Kaishintō (1882–1894) Chūgoku Progressive (1894–1896) Shimpotō (1896–1898) Kenseitō (1898–1910) Rikken Kokumintō (1910–1922) Kakushin Club (1922–1924)
Spouse	Inukai Chiyoko ​ (m. 1891)​
Children	Takeru Inukai
Alma mater	Keio University
Signature
Japanese name
Kanji	犬養 毅
Hiragana	いぬかい つよし
Transcriptions Romanization Inukai Tsuyoshi

Inukai Tsuyoshi (Japanese: 犬養 毅, 4 June 1855 – 15 May 1932) was a Japanese statesman who was prime minister of Japan from 1931 to his assassination in 1932. At the age of 76, Inukai was Japan's second oldest serving prime minister, after Kantarō Suzuki whose term ended at the age of 77.^[1]