Saionji Kinmochi

Prince  was a Japanese politician who was the Prime Minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908 and from 1911 until 1912. He was the last surviving member of the genrō, the small group of unofficial elder statesmen who ran Japanese politics during the Meiji and Taishō periods.

References

Other websites
 Clements, Jonathan. Makers of the Modern World: Prince Saionji. Haus Publishing (2008). 
 Conners, Leslie. The Emperor's Adviser: Saionji Kinmochi and Pre-War Japanese Politics. Routledge Kegan & Paul (1987). 
 Hackett, Roger F. Yamagata Aritomo in the Rise of Modern Japan. Harvard University Press (1971).
 Harada, Kumao. The Saionji-Harada memoirs, 1931–1940: Complete translation into English. University Publications of America (1978). ASIN: B000724T6W
 Oka Yoshitake, et al. Five Political Leaders of Modern Japan: Ito Hirobumi, Okuma Shigenobu, Hara Takashi, Inukai Tsuyoshi, and Saionji Kimmochi. University of Tokyo Press (1984). 

Category:1849 births
Category:1940 deaths
Category:Prime ministers of Japan
Category:Japanese princes and princesses
Category:Politicians from Kyoto Prefecture
Category:Foreign ministers of Japan