Saionji Kinmochi

Junior First Rank Prince Saionji Kinmochi
西園寺 公望
Saionji c. 1920s
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 30 August 1911 – 21 December 1912
Monarch	Meiji Taishō
Preceded by	Katsura Tarō
Succeeded by	Katsura Tarō
In office 7 January 1906 – 14 July 1908
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Katsura Tarō
Succeeded by	Katsura Tarō
President of the Privy Council
In office 27 August 1900 – 13 July 1903
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Kuroda Kiyotaka
Succeeded by	Itō Hirobumi
Acting Prime Minister of Japan
In office 10 May 1901 – 2 June 1901
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Itō Hirobumi
Succeeded by	Katsura Tarō
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 3 March 1906 – 19 May 1906
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Katō Takaaki
Succeeded by	Hayashi Tadasu
In office 30 May 1896 – 22 September 1896
Prime Minister	Itō Hirobumi Matsukata Masayoshi
Preceded by	Mutsu Munemitsu
Succeeded by	Ōkuma Shigenobu
Minister of Education
In office 12 January 1898 – 30 April 1898
Prime Minister	Itō Hirobumi
Preceded by	Hamao Arata
Succeeded by	Toyama Masakazu
In office 3 October 1894 – 28 September 1896
Prime Minister	Itō Hirobumi Matsukata Masayoshi
Preceded by	Yoshikawa Akimasa
Succeeded by	Hachisuka Mochiaki
Member of the House of Peers
In office February 1890 – 24 November 1940
Personal details
Born	(1849-12-07)7 December 1849 Kyoto, Yamashiro, Japan
Died	24 November 1940(1940-11-24) (aged 90) Okitsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Political party	Rikken Seiyūkai
Mother	Suehiro Ayako
Father	Tokudaiji Kin'ito
Relatives	Tokudaiji Sanetsune (brother)
Alma mater	University of Paris
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Prince Saionji Kinmochi (西園寺 公望; 7 December 1849 – 24 November 1940) was a Japanese politician who was the Prime Minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908 and from 1911 until 1912. He was the last surviving member of the genrō, the small group of unofficial elder statesmen who ran Japanese politics during the Meiji and Taishō periods.

Other websites

• Clements, Jonathan. Makers of the Modern World: Prince Saionji. Haus Publishing (2008). ISBN 978-1-905791-68-2
• Conners, Leslie. The Emperor's Adviser: Saionji Kinmochi and Pre-War Japanese Politics. Routledge Kegan & Paul (1987). ISBN 0-7099-3449-1
• Hackett, Roger F. Yamagata Aritomo in the Rise of Modern Japan. Harvard University Press (1971).
• Harada, Kumao. The Saionji-Harada memoirs, 1931–1940: Complete translation into English. University Publications of America (1978). ASIN: B000724T6W
• Oka Yoshitake, et al. Five Political Leaders of Modern Japan: Ito Hirobumi, Okuma Shigenobu, Hara Takashi, Inukai Tsuyoshi, and Saionji Kimmochi. University of Tokyo Press (1984). ISBN 0-86008-379-9