Katsura Tarō

thumb|Katsura Tarō Katsura Tarō (4 January 1848 – 10 October 1913) was a Japanese politician and general of the Imperial Japanese Army who served as the Prime Minister of Japan on three separate occasions from 1901 to 1913. Katsura was a distinguished general of the First Sino-Japanese War and a genrō of the Meiji government who served as Governor-General of Taiwan and Minister of War. Katsura was appointed Prime Minister in 1901 as a military candidate and positioned himself as a conservative outside party politics. Katsura's first and second premierships oversaw several major events in modern Japanese history, including the Russo-Japanese War and the annexation of Korea. Katsura's third premiership triggered the Taisho Political Crisis, and he resigned three months later after a vote of no confidence. He also founded the Rikken Dōshikai party in 1913.The Japan Chronicle Issues 810–830 March 6th 1913, THE KATURA PARTY. SPEECH BY PRINCE KATSURA. THE NEW PARTY PROGRAMME. P.448 Quotes We must rely on education to nurture the peoples values, and we must devise a social policy that will assist their industry, provide them work, help the aged and infirm, and thereby prevent catastrophe. As quoted from: Gyu-Jin Hwang, "Building Markets Distributional Consequences of Social Policy in East Asia" (2022), p.11 References External links Category:Prime Ministers of Japan Category:Military leaders from Japan Category:Government ministers Category:1848 births Category:1913 deaths Category:Ministers of defense and military administration of Japan