Ito Hirobumi (1841-1909) - the first (as well as the fifth, seventh and tenth) prime minister of Japan. Statesman-turned-genro (great statesman). Born in Yamaguchi. His father, Juzo Hayashi, was not born. But he was accepted into the Hagi samurai clan. After that, he adopted the surname Ito.
Hirobuchi Ito attended the Shoka Sunjoku School, which was founded by Yoshida Sein. Later he joined the "Sleepy Joy" movement, which aimed at honoring the emperor and driving out the barbarians. In 1871 he participated in the Iwakura mission in European countries. After the death of Toshimishi, Okubo took over as Minister of the Interior. In 1882 he traveled to Europe to study the constitutions of European countries. In 1885, he established a cabinet system of government and became Japan's first prime minister. In addition, the constitution of the Japanese Empire was developed under him.
In 1909, he was killed by an activist of the Korean independence movement, Chung-gun, at Harbin station.
Kuroda Kiyotaka (1840-1900) - Second Prime Minister of Japan. Statesman turned Genro (great statesman). Born in Kagoshima, the son of a samurai from the Kagoshima clan. During the Boshin War, he commanded the Battle of Goriokaku and spared the life of Takeaki Enomoto's main enemy. After the Meiji Restoration, he was involved in the management of Hokkaido Island, as Vice General Director of the Hokkaido Development Agency, and then its General Manager. Established an agricultural college in Sapporo and introduced a new farming system.
In 1876, he signed a Treaty of Friendship with Korea as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He resigned from office in the political crisis of 1881. After that he worked as Minister of Agriculture and Trade in Ito's first cabinet. He replaced him as prime minister. He later became a Privy Counselor and later Chairman of the Privy Council.
Yamagata Arimoto (1838-1922) - the third and ninth prime minister of Japan. Military officer and statesman. Born in Yamaguchi into a samurai family of the Hagi clan. Studied at Shoka Sonjuku. In the war Bossin was the head of the irregular militia. After serving as Taifu (Senior Vice Minister) in the Ministry of the Navy, and the Army Taifu, he became Minister of War in 1873.
Here he focused on creating a military system. He became Chief of the General Staff in 1878, Minister of Defense in 1883, and Minister of the Interior in Ito's first cabinet in 1885.
In 1889, he created his first cabinet. Then he successively held important positions, including Minister of Justice, Minister of War in the second cabinet of Ito, chairman of the Privy Council, commander of the First Army during the Sino-Japanese War. In 1898 he formed his second cabinet. During the Russo-Japanese War, he commanded operations as chief of the General Staff. As Genro (senior statesman), he actually rallied the officials and the military into what is called the "Yamagata-batsu" (clique) "and had a great influence on the entire political establishment.
Photos taken from the Tokyo National Diet Library website.
TOKYO, August 3 - RIA Novosti, Ekaterina Plyasunkova. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has formed a new cabinet, replacing the foreign and defense ministers. The announcement was made by the secretary general of the government, Yoshihide Suga, during a press conference, broadcast by NHK.
Not known is not a friend. Japanese Prime Minister's buddy is in troubleKagoike got stuck - and all power was lost. The arrest of the former leader of a nationalist organization is not a good signal for the current Japanese government. Especially after the forced resignation of the Minister of Defense. By the way, she is well acquainted with the current arrested person.Earlier, the Cabinet of Ministers held an emergency meeting at which government members handed Shinzo Abe their resignation. On the same day, an emergency meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) took place, during which new appointments to leading positions were announced.
The new head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry was Taro Kono, who previously served as head of the Ministry for Administrative Reforms. Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, who is considered one of the main candidates for the post of chairman of the LDP in the future, has been appointed head of the party's Policy Council.
The new Defense Minister is Itsunori Onoderu, who has held this position since December 2012 for almost two years. Before the government reshuffle, he served as head of the LDP's political council.
The posts were kept by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Taro Aso, Yoshihide Suga and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko, who is also responsible for economic cooperation with Russia.
Seiko Noda, who is not a member of any of the party factions, was appointed Minister of Administrative Affairs. Toshimitsu Motegi became Minister for Economic Recovery.
Tetsuma Esaki was appointed Minister for Okinawa and Northern Territories, as the southern islands of the Kuril ridge are called in Japan.
Shunichi Suzuki became the head of the ministry responsible for the preparation of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Yoshimasa Hayashi, who previously headed the Ministry of Agriculture, became Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Ken Saito became the new head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Keiichi Ishii remained the Minister of Transport.
Shinzo Abe decided to make a reshuffle in the government due to the drop in the rating. This was caused by a series of scandals, in which both some of the current ministers and the prime minister himself were involved. Defense Minister Tomomi Inada stepped down last week. She is believed to have been involved in hiding important materials from the public about the shootout in South Sudan while the Japanese peacekeepers were there.
The new cabinet of ministers will receive official powers after the confirmation ceremony by Emperor Akihito.
Emblem of the Prime Minister of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan (Japanese 内閣 総 理 大臣, Naikaku so: ri daijin) - the traditional transfer of the title of the position of the head of the Japanese government (modeled on the official English broadcast - Prime Minister of Japan), although the literal translation of the Japanese name is "Prime Minister of the Cabinet". The Prime Minister is appointed by the Emperor of Japan on the proposal of the Parliament. The Prime Minister has the power to dismiss and appoint ministers. The first prime minister of Japan was Ito Hirobumi. The current prime minister is Shinzo Abe. The post of prime minister was created in 1885 and took its final form with the adoption of the 1947 constitution.
Appointment to office
A candidate for the post of Prime Minister of Japan is elected by both Houses of Parliament. If the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors elect the same person, then the Emperor of Japan appoints him to the office of Prime Minister. The Japanese Constitution does not provide for the possibility of the emperor rejecting a proposed candidacy. If the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors elect different candidates for the post of Prime Minister, then a conciliation procedure must take place. If it fails, the decision of the House of Representatives becomes a decision of Parliament. Thus, in practice, a party or coalition with a majority in the House of Representatives can always promote its candidate for the post of prime minister.
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Boris stopped in the middle of the room, looked around, brushed away the specks from the sleeve of his uniform with his hand, and walked over to the mirror, examining his handsome face. Natasha, quieted down, peered out of her ambush, expecting what he would do. He stood for some time in front of the mirror, smiled and went to the exit door. Natasha wanted to call out to him, but then changed her mind. Let him look, she told herself. Boris had just left when a flushed Sonya came out of the other door, whispering evilly through her tears. Natasha refrained from her first movement to run out to her and remained in her ambush, as if under an invisible hat, looking out for what was happening in the world. She felt a special new pleasure. Sonya whispered something and looked back at the drawing-room door. Nikolai came out the door.- Sonya! What's the matter? Is it possible? - said Nikolay, running up to her.
- Nothing, nothing, leave me! - Sonya burst into tears.
- No, I know what.
- Well, you know, and fine, and go to her.
- Soooh! One word! Is it possible to torture me and myself like that because of fantasy? - Nikolai said, taking her hand.
Sonya did not pull her hands away from him and stopped crying.
Natasha, without moving or breathing, gazed with shining heads from her ambush. "What will happen now"? she thought.
- Sonya! I don't need the whole world! You are all alone for me, - said Nikolai. - I'll prove it to you.
- I don't like it when you say that.
- Well, I won't, well, sorry, Sonya! He pulled her to him and kissed her.
"Oh, how good!" thought Natasha, and when Sonya and Nikolai left the room, she followed them and called Boris to her.
"Boris, come here," she said with a significant and sly look. - I need to tell you one thing. Here, here, ”she said, and led him to the flower room to the place between the tubs where it was hidden. Boris, smiling, followed her.
- What is this one thing? - he asked.
She was embarrassed, looked around her and, seeing her doll thrown on the barrel, took it in her hands.
“Kiss the doll,” she said.
Boris looked attentively and tenderly into her lively face and did not answer.
- You do not want? Well, come here, ”she said, and went deeper into the flowers and threw the doll. - Closer, closer! She whispered. She caught the officer's cuffs with her hands, and solemnity and fear were visible in her reddened face.
Shinzo Abe was born on September 21, 1954 in Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture (Nagato, Yamaguchi, Japan), and soon moved to Tokyo (Tokyo). His maternal grandfather was once the prime minister of Japan, and his father was the minister of foreign affairs. In 1977, Shinzo graduated from Seikei University, where he studied political science, after which he arrived in the United States. Eventually, he dropped out of the University of Southern California, returned to his homeland and started working for Kobe Steel, a steel company.
Since 1982, Abe began his ascent in the political world, where he changed several government positions, including executive assistant to the foreign minister, personal secretary to the chairman of the LDP General Council and personal secretary to the LDP general secretary. In 1999, he became a member of the Japanese parliament. Since 2000, Shinzo has worked under Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Junichiro Koizumi. He replaced the latter as chairman of the party on September 20, 2006.
In 2000, Shinzo's home and his supporters' office in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture were repeatedly bombarded with Molotov cocktails. The perpetrators were several members of the Yakuza, from the Boryokudan Kudo-kai, a separate group from Kitakyushu. The attack is believed to have been caused by Abe's aide's refusal to pay money to a real estate broker in Shimonoseki in exchange for the support of the Shimonoseki mayoral candidate in 1999.
Parliament approved Abe as Prime Minister on September 26, 2006. Thus, at the age of 52, he became the youngest prime minister in the entire history of Japan. However, his approval rating plummeted in the first half of 2007, in part due to corruption-accused Tosikatsu Matsuoka, the minister of agriculture, who committed suicide by hanging. On September 12, 2007, Shinzo resigned, losing the chair of the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPJ) Yasuo Fukuda, who later also became a victim of corruption scandals.
The Liberal Democrats managed to re-take the leadership of Japan into their own hands when, from 2009, the position of the ruling Democratic Party began to shake. On September 26, 2012, Shinzo became the head of the Liberal Democratic Party, and on December 26 of the same year he was approved as the Prime Minister of Japan.
After that, Abe took up the revitalization of the country's stagnant economy, pursuing a slightly unusual economic policy, which received its own name - Abenomics. In its essence lies the artificial devaluation of the yen, and the doubling of the money supply in itself does not carry anything new. However, economic experts have already expressed their concerns about Shinzo's methods, going to extremes, and did not rule out the possibility of the outbreak of new international currency wars.
In December 2013, Shinzo announced a five-year military expansion plan. The "preventive pacifism" program was designed to make Japan a more "normal" country, able to defend itself.
Within the Liberal Democratic Party, Shinzo led a project that presented the challenges posed by "excessive sex education and lack of gender restrictions." The intra-party team, in particular, objected to the use of anatomical dolls and other educational materials that were used without regard to the age of the children.
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