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Keisuke Okada

admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (1868-1952)

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Monarch: Hirohito
Preceded by: Saitō Makoto
Succeeded by: Hirota Kōki
Prime minister: Himself
Born: ( 1868-01-20 ) 20 January 1868, Asuwa, Fukui , Japan
Died: 7 October 1952 (1952-10-07) (aged 84), Setagaya , Tokyo , Japan
Resting place: Tama Cemetery
Party: Independent
Relatives: Hisatsune Sakomizu (son-in-law)
Alma mater: Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
Profession: Admiral

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Okada Keisuke (Japanese: 岡田啓介; 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 in the Imperial Japanese Navy and served during the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. After reaching the rank of Admiral, he served as minister of the navy under Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi from 1927 to 1929 and under Prime Minister Saitō Makoto from 1932 to 1933.