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Ōkuma Shigenobu

Two-time Prime Minister of Japan and founder of Waseda University

Did you know?He survived an assassination attempt by a political radical, which resulted in him losing his right leg.

Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu (Japanese: 大隈 重信; 11 March 1838 – 10 January 1922) was a Japanese statesman who was a leading figure in the Meiji and Taishō eras of Japan, serving as Prime Minister in 1898, and from 1914 to 1916.

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