Gotō Shinpei, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gotō Shinpei

Japanese statesman

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1857

Place of Birth: Mutsu Province, Japan

Date of Death: 13-Apr-1929

Profession: physician, businessperson, politician, diplomat

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Count Goto Shinpei (?? ??, 24 July 1857 – 13 April 1929) was a Japanese politician and cabinet minister of the Taisho and early Showa period Empire of Japan.
He served as the head of civilian affairs of Taiwan under Japanese rule, the first director of the South Manchuria Railway, the seventh mayor of Tokyo City, the first Chief Scout of Japan, the first Director-General of NHK, the third principal of Takushoku University, and in a number of cabinet posts.
Goto was one of the most important politicians and administrators in Japanese national government during a time of modernization and reform in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.