was a

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financier and statesman of the Taisho and Showa eras. He was the 9th and 11th Governor of the

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(BOJ).

Biography

Inoue was born in

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. A graduate of the Imperial University of Tokyo. In 1896, he entered the Bank of Japan. In 1897, Inoue was a BOJ trainee along with

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. Both young men were sent by the bank to learn about British banking practices in London. From 1913-1919, Inoue was head of the

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Inoue was Governor of the

from March 13, 1919 – September 2, 1923 and again from May 10, 1927 – June 1, 1928.BOJ
List of Governors
and

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in 1923-1924 and 1929-1931. He briefly presided the

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between

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nomination as

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and his own second nomination as Japan Minister of Finances. In 1932, Inoue was one of two prominent Japanese assassinated in the

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Notes

References

* Metzler, Mark. (2006). ''Lever of Empire: the International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan.'' Berkeley: University of California Press.
OCLC 469841628
* Tamaki, Norio. (1995). ''Japanese banking: a History, 1859-1959.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
OCLC 231677071
, - 1869 births 1932 deaths Assassinated Japanese politicians Ministers of Finance of Japan Governors of the Bank of Japan Japanese bankers People from Ōita Prefecture People murdered in Japan {{Japan-business-bio-stub