Terauchi Masatake
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Terauchi Masatake (寺内 正毅 February 5,1852–November 3,1919) was a Japanese soldier and politician and the 18th Prime Minister of Japan from October 9, 1916 to September 29, 1918.
He was born in today's Yamaguchi prefecture. As a young soldier, he fought as a rebel against the shogunate government, but later was commissioned in the fledging Japanese army. He lost his right hand during the campaign against the rebels in 1877. After being sent to France for military study, he was appointed to several important military posts finally being appointed as Minister of the Army in 1901, contributing to the Japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905).
As the third Resident-General of Korea, he executed the anexation of Korea in 1910 to be the master of the country as the first Governor-General. He maintained Japanese control over the country through hawkish military rules.
During the First World War, he was appointed as Prime Minister of Japan and intervened in the Russian Revolution by sending Japanese troops into Siberia. In September 1918, he resigned his office, due to the rice riots that had spread throughout Japan; he died the following year.
Terauchi's son, Terauchi Hisaichi, was the commander of the Japanese Imperial Army's Southern Expeditionary Army Group during World War II.
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