Kuniaki Koiso
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Japanese officer, former Prime Minister (1880–1950)
Key facts
- Monarch
- Hirohito
- Preceded by
- Hideki Tojo
- Succeeded by
- Kantarō Suzuki
- Deputy
- Taketora Ogata
- Prime minister
- Mitsumasa Yonai
- Born
- ( 1880-03-22 ) 22 March 1880, Utsunomiya , Tochigi, Japan
- Died
- 3 November 1950 (1950-11-03) (aged 70), Sugamo Prison , Tokyo, Japan
- Resting place
- Aoyama Cemetery
- Party
- Imperial Rule Assistance Association (1940–1945)
- Other political affiliations
- Sakurakai
- Spouse
- Kaoriko Koiso ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1907 ; died 1950 )
- Alma mater
- Imperial Japanese Army Academy , Army War College
- Profession
- Soldier
- Allegiance
- Japan
- Branch service
- Imperial Japanese Army
- Years of service
- 1900–1938
- Rank
- General
- Commands
- Japanese Korean Army Volunteer Fighting Corps
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Utsunomiya
- Place of death
- Sugamo Prison
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Japan
- Educated at
- Army War College
- Political party
- Taisei Yokusankai
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Religion
- Shinto
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- 7th Area Army
- Military rank
- general of the army
- Image
- Kuniaki Koiso.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Convicted of
- crime against humanity
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- Kuniaki Koiso
- date of birth
- 1880-03-22
- date of death
- 1950-11-03
- cause of death
- esophageal cancer
- manner of death
- death in custody
- name in kana
- こいそ くにあき
- name in native language
- 小磯 國昭
- place of burial
- Aoyama Cemetery
- penalty
- life imprisonment
- start of work period
- 1900-00-00
- end of work period
- 1938-00-00
- place of detention
- Sugamo Prison
- writing language
- Japanese
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Encyclopedic overview
Kuniaki Koiso (小磯 國昭, Koiso Kuniaki; 22 March 1880 – 3 November 1950) was a Japanese politician and general who served as prime minister of Japan from 1944 to 1945, during World War II. He previously served as minister of colonial affairs in 1939 and 1940, and as governor-general of Korea from 1942 to 1944. Koiso resigned as premier after the start of the Battle of Okinawa, and following Japan's surrender he was convicted as a Class A war criminal and sentenced to life imprisonment, dying in prison in 1950.
Early life
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