Uchida Kosai

Hakushaku Uchida Kōsai also Uchida Yasuya ( Japanese 内田康哉 ; born November 17, 1865 , † March 12, 1936 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese diplomat and politician.

In the diplomatic service he held ambassadorial posts in China, Austria-Hungary , the USA and the Russian Empire . In 1911 Uchida began his first term as Foreign Minister of the Japanese Empire in the Saionji II cabinet . He had a total of five terms in as many cabinets. As Foreign Minister, he also took over the post of Prime Minister on a provisional basis in 1921 and 1923.

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Janet Hunter (ed.): Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History , University of California Press, Berkeley 1984, pp. 274-282 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

personal data
SURNAME	Uchida, Kosai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	内田康哉 (Japanese); Uchida Yasuya (Kun reading)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese diplomat and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 17, 1865
DATE OF DEATH	March 12, 1936
Place of death	Tokyo

[1] Janet Hunter (ed.): Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History , University of California Press, Berkeley 1984, pp. 274-282 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).