Senjūrō Hayashi

Senjūrō Hayashi
林 銑十郎
Hayashi in 1937
Prime Minister of Japan
In office
2 February 1937  4 June 1937
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byKōki Hirota
Succeeded byFumimaro Konoe
Minister of Education
In office
2 February 1937  4 June 1937
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byHirao Hachisaburō
Succeeded byEiji Yasui
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
2 February 1937  3 March 1937
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byHachirō Arita
Succeeded byNaotake Satō
Minister of the Army
In office
23 January 1934  5 September 1935
Prime MinisterSaitō Makoto
Keisuke Okada
Preceded bySadao Araki
Succeeded byYoshiyuki Kawashima
Personal details
Born(1876-02-23)23 February 1876
Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Died4 February 1943(1943-02-04) (aged 66)
Tokyo, Japan
Resting placeTama Cemetery
Political partyImperial Rule Assistance Association (1940–1943)
SpouseHatsu Hayashi
ProfessionGeneral
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Senjūrō Hayashi (林 銑十郎, Hayashi Senjūrō, 23 February 1876 – 4 February 1943) was a Japanese politician and general. He served as Imperial Japanese Army Commander of the Japanese Korean Army during the Mukden Incident and the invasion of Manchuria. He briefly served as prime minister of Japan in 1937.