Ministry of Navy (Japan)
The Japanese Ministry of the Navy ( Japanese 海軍 省 , Kaigun-shō ) was a ministry in the Japanese Empire . It existed from 1872 to 1945 and was responsible for the administrative management of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force founded in 1912 .
history
The Navy Ministry was founded in 1872 together with the Army Ministry as a replacement for the former Ministry of Military Affairs ( 兵部 省 , Hyōbu-shō ) of the early Meiji period . Originally the Minister of the Navy held the administrative and operational command of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
After the establishment of the General Staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy ( 軍令 部 , Gunreibu ) in 1893, operational command was transferred to them.
On November 30, 1945, after the surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945 after the defeat in World War II in December 1945 , the Ministry of the Navy was transformed into “2 Ministry of Demobilization “( Daini Fukuin-shō , 第二 復員 省 ) renamed. It was awarded the “1. Demobilization Ministry "(the former Army Ministry) merged to form the Demobilization Authority (Fukuin-chō) . This was then dissolved in 1947.
organization
The Minister of the Navy was supported in his work by the Vice Minister of the Navy. The departments for naval affairs, personnel, training, operational readiness, engineering, supply, medical affairs, accounting, law as well as the naval shipbuilding command and the command of the naval air force and until the creation of the general staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy also the chief of naval staff were directly subordinate to him.
In addition, the Naval School , the Naval Academy , the Engineering Academy, the Paymaster Academy , the Gun School, the Tateyama Shooting School, the Torpedo School, the Navigation School, the Weather School, the Communication School, the Hofu Communication School, the Radar School, the Submarine School, the Submarine Defense School, the Engineering School, the Dainan Engineering School, the Construction School, the Numazu Construction School, the Medical School, the Kamo Medical School, and the Totsuka Medical School.
Naval Minister
The naval ministers were appointed from among the active admirals and vice admirals and initially held the title of sea lord.
Naval Minister (kaigun-kyō) in the Dajōkan
- Katsu Kaishū (1872–1878)
- Kawamura Sumiyoshi (1878-1880, 1881-1885)
- Enomoto Takeaki (February 28, 1880 - April 7, 1881)
Naval Minister (kaigun-daijin) in the cabinet
| number | Surname | portrait | cabinet | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginning of the term of office | Term expires | ||||
| 1 | Saigō Jūdō |
|
Itō I | December 22, 1885 | April 30, 1888 |
| 2 | Kuroda | April 30, 1888 | December 24, 1889 | ||
| 3 | Yamagata I | December 24, 1889 | May 17, 1890 | ||
| 4th | Kabayama Sukenori |
|
May 17, 1890 | May 6, 1891 | |
| 5 | Matsukata I | May 6, 1891 | August 8, 1892 | ||
| 6th | Nire Kagenori |
|
Itō II | August 8, 1892 | March 11, 1893 |
| 7th | Saigō Jūdō |
|
March 11, 1893 | September 11, 1896 | |
| 8th | Matsukata II | September 11, 1896 | January 12, 1898 | ||
| 9 | Itō III | January 12, 1898 | June 30, 1898 | ||
| 10 | Ōkuma I | June 30, 1898 | November 8, 1898 | ||
| 11 | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe |
|
Yamagata II | November 8, 1898 | October 19, 1900 |
| 12 | Itō IV | October 19, 1900 | Jun 2, 1901 | ||
| 13 | Katsura I | June 2, 1901 | January 7, 1906 | ||
| 14th | Saitō Makoto |
|
Saionji I | January 7, 1906 | July 14, 1908 |
| 15th | Katsura II | July 14, 1908 | August 30, 1911 | ||
| 16 | Saionji II | August 30, 1911 | December 21, 1912 | ||
| 17th | Katsura III | December 21, 1912 | February 20, 1913 | ||
| 18th | Yamamoto I | February 20, 1913 | April 16, 1914 | ||
| 19th | Yashiro Rokurō |
|
Ōkuma II | April 16, 1914 | October 8, 1915 |
| 20th | Katō Tomosaburō |
|
October 8, 1915 | October 9, 1916 | |
| 21st | Terauchi | October 9, 1916 | September 29, 1918 | ||
| 22nd | Hara | September 29, 1918 | November 13, 1921 | ||
| 23 | Takahashi | November 13, 1921 | June 12, 1922 | ||
| 24 | Kato | June 12, 1922 | May 15, 1923 | ||
| 25th | Takarabe Takeshi |
|
May 15, 1923 | September 2, 1923 | |
| 26th | Yamamoto II | September 2, 1923 | January 7, 1924 | ||
| 27 | Murakami Kakuichi |
|
Kiyoura | January 7, 1924 | June 11, 1924 |
| 28 | Takarabe Takeshi |
|
Kato | June 11, 1924 | January 30, 1926 |
| 29 | Wakatsuki I | January 30, 1926 | April 20, 1927 | ||
| 30th | Okada Keisuke |
|
Tanaka | April 20, 1927 | July 2, 1929 |
| 31 | Takarabe Takeshi |
|
Hamaguchi | July 2, 1929 | October 3, 1930 |
| 32 | Subscription to Kiyokazu |
|
October 3, 1930 | April 14, 1931 | |
| 33 | Wakatsuki II | April 14, 1931 | December 13, 1931 | ||
| 34 | Ōsumi Mineo |
|
Inukai | December 13, 1931 | May 26, 1932 |
| 35 | Okada Keisuke |
|
Saitō | May 26, 1932 | January 9, 1933 |
| 36 | Ōsumi Mineo |
|
January 9, 1933 | July 8, 1934 | |
| 37 | Okada | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | ||
| 38 | Nagano Osami |
|
Hirota | March 9, 1936 | February 2, 1937 |
| 39 | Yonai Mitsumasa |
|
Hayashi | February 2, 1937 | June 4, 1937 |
| 40 | Konoe I. | June 4, 1937 | January 5, 1939 | ||
| 41 | Hiranuma I | January 5, 1939 | August 30, 1939 | ||
| 42 | Yoshida Zengo |
|
Abe | August 30, 1939 | January 16, 1940 |
| 43 | Yonai | January 16, 1940 | July 22, 1940 | ||
| 44 | Konoe II | July 22, 1940 | September 5, 1940 | ||
| 45 | Oikawa Koshirō |
|
September 5, 1940 | July 18, 1941 | |
| 46 | Konoe III | July 18, 1941 | October 18, 1941 | ||
| 47 | Shimada Shigetaro |
|
Tōjō | October 18, 1941 | July 17, 1944 |
| 48 | Nomura Naokuni |
|
July 17, 1944 | July 22, 1944 | |
| 49 | Yonai Mitsumasa |
|
Koiso | July 22, 1944 | April 7, 1945 |
| 50 | Suzuki | April 7, 1945 | August 17, 1945 | ||
| 51 | Higashikuni | August 17, 1945 | October 9, 1945 | ||
| 52 | Shidehara | October 9, 1945 | December 1, 1945 | ||