Background
Saitō Makoto was born in 1858 in Mizusawa Domain, Mutsu Province (part of present-day Ōshū City Iwate Prefecture), as the son of a samurai of the Mizusawa Clan.
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Saitō Makoto was born in 1858 in Mizusawa Domain, Mutsu Province (part of present-day Ōshū City Iwate Prefecture), as the son of a samurai of the Mizusawa Clan.
In 1879, he graduated from the 6th class Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranking third out of a class of 17 cadets.
Entering the navy in 1873, he rose to the rank of admiral. He became Navy Minister in 1905, remaining in that position until 1914. Retiring from active naval service, he was appointed governor general of Korea in 1919, serving until 1927. In that year he was Japan's chief delegate to the Geneva Naval Limitation Conference. He again served as Korea's governor general from 1929 to 1931. After the assassination of Premier Ki Inukai in May 1932, Saito became Premier, forming a "nonparty" cabinet. Premier until July 1934, and subsequently Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, he was assassinated Feburary 26, 1936.
He served as a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. In 1927, Saitō was a member of the Japanese delegation at the Geneva Naval Conference on Disarmament, and he later became a privy councillor.
