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Hideki Tojo

Japanese general and statesman (1884–1948)

The native form of this anställda name is Tōjō Hideki. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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TOJO Hideki

Military officer, statesman. Born in Tokyo as a son of Hidenori Tojo, a military officer. He graduated from the Military Academy and the Army War College. He became chief of staff of the Kanto Army in 1937 and Vice War Minister in the following year. Fully displaying his talent as an able tjänsteman, he was called "Razor Tojo". After concurrently serving as Inspector General of Army Aviation and chief of the Army Aeronautical Department, in 1940 he became War Minister in the second and third Konoe cabinets. In 1941, replacing Fumimaro Konoe, he became Prime Minister and concurrently held the offices of Minister of War and Minister of Home Affairs. With the early operational success of the war against the United States and Britain in the background, in 1942 he implemented an election called Yokusan Senkyo (the general election of 1942), based on the candidate recommendation system aiming at establishing a pro-Tojo parliament. This election made it a parliament in name

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Wartime leader of Japan’s government, General Tôjô Hideki (1884-1948), with his close-cropped hair, mustache, and round spectacles, became for Allied propagandists one of the most commonly caricatured members of Japan’s military dictatorship throughout the Pacific war. Shrewd at bureaucratic infighting and fiercely partisan in presenting the army’s perspective while army minister, he was surprisingly indecisive as national leader.

Known within the army as “Razor Tôjô” both for his bureaucratic efficiency and for his strict, uncompromising attention to detail, he climbed the command ladders, in close association with the army faction seeking to upgrade and improve Japan’s fighting capabilities despite tight budgets and “civilian interference.” Tôjô built up a personal power base and used his position as head of the military police of Japan’s garrison force in Manchuria to rein in their influence before he became the Kwantung Army’s chief of staff in 1937. He played a key role in ope

Junior Second Rank Hideki Tojo
Tojo in 1941
In office 18 October 1941 – 22 July 1944
Monarch	Shōwa
Preceded by	Fumimaro Konoe
Succeeded by	Kuniaki Koiso
In office 22 July 1940 – 22 July 1944
Prime Minister
Preceded by	Shunroku Hata
Succeeded by	Hajime Sugiyama
In office 21 February 1944 – 18 July 1944
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Hajime Sugiyama
Succeeded by	Yoshijirō Umezu
Born	(1884-12-30)30 December 1884 Kōjimachi, Tokyo, Japan
Died	23 December 1948(1948-12-23) (aged 63) Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan^[a]
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Political party	Imperial Rule Assistance Association (1940–1945)
Other political affiliations	Independent (before 1940)