Ruler · 1874 – 1955

Jirō Minami

Lived 1874 – 1955; politician, military personnel. Governor-General of Chōsen of Korea under Japanese rule, 1936 – 1942.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1874 – 1955; 81 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Korea under Japanese rule
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

Governor-General of Chōsen

Korea under Japanese rule · the 9th of 11 dated reigns · 1910 – 1945

5 before

Yamanashi Hanzō1927 – 1929

Saitō Makoto1929 – 1931

Ugaki Kazushige1931 – 1936

Jirō Minami1936 – 1942

Kuniaki Koiso1942 – 1944

Nobuyuki Abe1944 – 1945

left alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1936 – 1942 · 6 years · came to it aged 62

Came to it: appointed
Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

However, in 1936, Minami was appointed Governor-General of Korea, a position he then held until 1942.

He immediately resigned from the Privy Council and was appointed to the House of Peers.

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