Ministry of the Navy (Japan)
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The Ministry of the Navy was a cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan charged with the administrative affairs of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It existed from 1872 to 1945.
Navy Ministry building, Chiyoda, Tokyo, c. 1890
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Mitsumasa Yonai
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Mitsumasa Yonai was a Japanese navy officer and politician. He served as admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Minister of the Navy, and Prime Minister of Japan in 1940.
Ministry of the Navy (Japan)
…26 May 1932 9 January 1933 Saitō 17 Mineo Ōsumi 大角 岑生 9 January 1933 9 March 1936 Okada 18 Osami Nagano 永野 修身 9 March 1936 2 February 1937 Hirota 19 Mitsumasa Yonai 米内 光政 2 February 1937 30 August 1939 Hayashi 1st Konoe 1st Hiranuma 20 Zengo Yoshida 吉田 善吾 30 August 1939 5 September 1940 Abe Yonai 2nd Konoe 21 Koshirō…
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Yonai Mitsumasa
Commander as Chief of the Combined Fleet, 1936
Yonai and Isoroku Yamamoto, 1936