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Saionji Kinmochi | |
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西園寺 公望 | |
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| President of the Privy Council | |
| In office 27 August 1900 – 13 July 1903 | |
| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Kuroda Kiyotaka |
| Succeeded by | Itō Hirobumi |
| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 30 August 1911 – 21 December 1912 | |
| Monarchs | Meiji Taishō |
| Preceded by | Katsura Tarō |
| Succeeded by | Katsura Tarō |
| In office 7 January 1906 – 14 July 1908 | |
| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Katsura Tarō |
| Succeeded by | Katsura Tarō |
| Acting Prime Minister of Japan (while being President of the Privy Council) | |
| In office 10 May 1901 – 2 June 1901 | |
| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Itō Hirobumi as Prime Minister of Japan |
| Succeeded by | Katsura Tarō as Prime Minister of Japan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1849 Kyoto, Tokugawa shogunate |
| Died | 24 November 1940 (aged 90) Okitsu, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Political party | Constitutional Association of Political Friendship |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
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Prince Saionji Kinmochi (西園寺 公望, 7 December 1849 – 24 November 1940) was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1912. He was elevated from Marquess to prince in 1920. As the last surviving member of Japan's genrō, he was the most influential voice in Japanese politics from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s.