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Junnosuke Inoue

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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).

Biography

Inoue was born in Ōita Prefecture.[1] A graduate of the Imperial University of Tokyo. In 1896, he entered the Bank of Japan. In 1897, Inoue 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] and 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 two prominent Japanese assassinated in the League of Blood Incident.

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References

  • Metzler, Mark. (2006). Lever of Empire: the International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520244207; OCLC 469841628
  • Tamaki, Norio. (1995). Japanese banking: a History, 1859-1959. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521496766; OCLC 231677071
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance
1923–1924
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Finance
1929–1931
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of the Bank of Japan
(1st term)

1919–1923
Succeeded by
Preceded by (2nd term)
1927–1928
Succeeded by