Ichiki Kitokurō

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Ichiki Kitokurō (一木 喜徳郎, 7 May 1867 – 17 December 1944) was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō and Shōwa periods.

Ichiki was born is what is now Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture. He graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University in 1887 and entered the Home Ministry the same year. In 1890, he was sent to Germany for further studies, returning to Japan in 1894. In 1902, he became Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau. In 1925, he became Imperial Household Minister and in 1934 was appointed chairman of the Privy Council.

After the assassination of former Prime Minister Saitō Makoto in the February 26 Incident in 1936, he held the post of Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan for 1 day only on 6 March 1936, as an interim measure.

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