Fumimaro Konoe (1891–1945) was a politician and former Prime Minister of Japan. Konoe was born in Kōjimachi-ku on 12 October 1891. He died in Tekigaisō Park on 16 December 1945, at the age of 54.
Konoe held office as Prime Minister of Japan (1940–1941), Prime Minister of Japan (1937–1939), Prime Minister of Japan (in 1941) and member of the House of Peers. The work most closely associated with the name includes Konoe Memorial.
Konoe received Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Knight grand cross of the order of the crown of Italy, Taishō Enthronement Commemorative Medal and Showa Enthronement Commemorative Medal. He was elected to Kayōkai. He studied at Kyoto Imperial University, Kyoto University Graduate School of Law & Faculty of Law and Tokyo Imperial University.
Konoe was the son of Konoe Atsumaro and Sawako Konoe. He married Chiyoko Konoe. He had four recorded children, Fumitaka Konoe, Noguchi Akiko, Michitaka Konoe and Yoshiko Hosokawa. The recorded cause of death is cyanide poisoning.
Fumimaro Konoe is covered in 50 language editions of Wikipedia, a rough measure of how far the name has carried beyond Japan.
