Junnosuke Inoue

Junnosuke Inoue (井上 準之助, Inoue Junnosuke, May 6, 1869 – February 9, 1932) was a Japanese financier and statesman of the Taisho and Showa eras. He was the 9th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), and Minister of Finance in 1923-1924 and 1929-1931. He was assassinated during the League of Blood Incident in 1932.

Biography

Inoue was born in Ōita Prefecture.[1] He graduated from the Imperial University of Tokyo.

In 1896, Inoue entered the Bank of Japan and in 1897 he was a BOJ trainee along with Hisaakira Hijikata. Both young men were sent by the bank to learn about British banking practices in London.[2] From 1913-1919, Inoue was head of the Yokohama Specie Bank[3] Inoue was Governor of the Bank of Japan from March 13, 1919 – September 2, 1923 and again from May 10, 1927 – June 1, 1928.[4]

He was Minister of Finance in 1923-1924 and 1929-1931. He briefly presided the Institute of Pacific Relations between Ray Lyman Wilbur nomination as United States Secretary of the Interior and his own second nomination as Japan Minister of Finances.

In 1932, Inoue was one of the two prominent Japanese assassinated in the League of Blood Incident.

Notes

  1. ^ Bank of Japan (BOJ), 9th and 11th Governor
  2. ^ Metzler, Mark. (2006). Lever of Empire: the International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan, p. 9., p. 9, at Google Books
  3. ^ Tamaki, Norio. (1995). Japanese banking: a History, 1859-1959, p. 120, p. 120, at Google Books
  4. ^ BOJ, List of Governors.

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Political offices Preceded byOtohiko Ichiki Minister of Finance 1923–1924 Succeeded byKazue Shōda Preceded byChuzo Mitsuchi Minister of Finance 1929–1931 Succeeded byKorekiyo Takahashi Government offices Preceded byYatarō Mishima Governor of the Bank of Japan(1st term) 1919–1923 Succeeded byOtohiko Ichiki Preceded byOtohiko Ichiki (2nd term) 1927–1928 Succeeded byHisaakira Hijikata
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