Jiro Minami
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Jiro Minami (1874 - 1955) was the General Officer Commanding 16th Division from 1926 to 1927, Vice Chief General Staff from 1927 to 1929, Commander in Chief Chosen Army from 1929 to 1930 Japanese Minister of War in 1931, a member of the Supreme War Council from 1931 to 1934, commander of the Kantogun from 1934 to 1936, Governor-General of Korea between 1936 and 1942, and a member of the privy council from 1942 to 1945.
He faced the International Military Tribunal for the Far East as a war criminal, where he was defended by William J McCormack. He was found guilty of being a leader in the planning of waging an unprovoked war and a war of aggression against China. However he was found innocent of waging a war of aggression against the United States, the British Commonwealth and the Netherlands, and also found innocent of two charges related to prisoner abuse. He was sentenced to life in prison but was paroled in 1954 on the grounds of his health.
Military Service
2dLt (Cavalry), 1895; Company Commander, 1st Cavalry Regiment, Russo-Japanese War (took part in assault on Port Arthur); Major, 1905; MajGen, 1919; next assignments included command of garrison forces in China, and direction of Cavalry School; 16th Division Commander (LtGen), 6; vice Chief of Staff, 1927; Commanding General, Chosen Army, 1929; General, 1930; Minister of War (Wakatsuki Cabinet), 1931; Commanding General, Kantogun - concurrently Ambassador to Manchukuo, 1934; placed on reserve list, 1936 (after "2-26 Incident"); Governor-General of Korea, 1366-42; Member, Privy Council, 1942;
| Periods in Office: | 1936 to 1942 |
| Predeced By: | General Kazushige Ugaki |
| Succeeded By: | Kuniaki Koiso |
| Birth: | 1874 |
| Death: | 1955 |
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