Keisuke Okada
Okada Keisuke | |
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| 岡田 啓介 | |
Ōsumi Mineo | |
| Succeeded by | Ōsumi Mineo |
| In office 20 April 1927 – 2 July 1929 | |
| Prime Minister | Tanaka Giichi |
| Preceded by | Takarabe Takeshi |
| Succeeded by | Takarabe Takeshi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 January 1868 Independent |
| Alma mater | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy |
| Profession | Admiral |
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Okada Keisuke (岡田 啓介, Okada Keisuke, 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
Okada was appointed prime minister to succeed Saito in 1934. A moderate who attempted to restrain the rise of militarism, Okada was among those targeted by a group of rebel officers in the February 26 incident of 1936. Okada narrowly survived, but resigned in the aftermath of the incident.
As a senior statesman during the Pacific War, Okada was a central figure in efforts to oust Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and seek peace with the allies.
Biography
Early life
Okada was born on 20 January 1868, in
In the First Sino-Japanese War, Okada served on the Fuji. After his graduation from the Naval Staff College, he subsequently served on the Shikishima and as executive officer on the Yaeyama. He was promoted to lieutenant on 9 December 1894, to lieutenant commander on 29 September 1899 and to commander on 13 July 1904.
During the Russo-Japanese War, Okada served as executive officer on a successor of vessels, including the Chitose, Kasuga and Asahi. He was promoted to captain on 25 September 1908 and given his own command, the Kasuga on 25 July 1910. He later transferred to the Kashima in 1912.
Promoted to rear admiral on 1 December 1913, Okada served in a number of desk jobs thereafter, including that of the Naval Shipbuilding Command. He was promoted to vice admiral on 1 December 1917 and to full admiral on 11 June 1924.
Okada assumed the post of
Okada was one of the few supporters (Treaty Faction) within the upper ranks of the Imperial Japanese Navy of the arms reduction treaty resulting from the London Naval Treaty of 1930, which he helped negotiate and worked hard for its ratification. He again served as Navy Minister in the Saitō Makoto cabinet of 1932.
Okada entered the reserves on 21 January 1933 and retired five years later.
Political career
In July 1934, Okada was named
Okada was adamant in his opposition to the war with the
Okada died in 1952, and his grave is at the Tama Reien Cemetery, in Fuchū, Tokyo.
Honors
From the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
- Order of the Golden Kite, (3rd class) (1915)
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (1920)
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers (1933)
See also
Notes
- ^ "岡田啓介｜近代日本人の肖像". 近代日本人の肖像 National Diet Library (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ^ Nishida, Imperial Japanese Navy
References
- OCLC 247018161
- Brendon, Piers (2002). The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the 1930s. Vintage; Reprint edition. ISBN 0-375-70808-1.
- ISBN 0-19-511061-7.
- ISBN 9780674003347; OCLC 44090600
External links
- Nishida, Hiroshi. "Materials of IJN: Okada, Keisuke". Imperial Japanese Navy. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
- Newspaper clippings about Keisuke Okada in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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