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Ryōzō Hiranuma

Japanese businessperson (1879-1959)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ11483189 ↗
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Ryōzō Hiranuma (平沼 亮三, Hiranuma Ryōzō; 25 February 1879 – 13 February 1959) was a Japanese politician who was the 5th President of the Japanese Olympic Committee from 1945 to 1946, and mayor of Yokohama from 1951 to 1959.

Biography

Hiranuma was born in Yokohama on 25 February 1879. He studied at Keio University.

He died in Tokyo on 13 February 1959.

References

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