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Hamaguchi Osachi (April 1, 1870 - August 26, 1931) was a Japanese
politician and the 27th Prime Minister from July 2, 1929 - April 14, 1931.
He was born in Kochi prefecture. Having risen through the ranks of the
Japanese finance ministry, he became the chairman of his party and
eventually the prime minister. He tried without much success to stabilize
the Japanese economy against the worldwide Great Depression, and also to
bring the military under more civilian control, incurring the enmity of
right-wingers. He was shot in a train station on November 14, 1930, and the
wounds, though they were not severe enough to keep him from winning the
February 1931 election, impacted his health.
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