Kakuei Tanaka
Japanese politician (1918-1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kakuei Tanaka (田中 角栄 or 田中 角榮, Tanaka Kakuei, 4 May 1918 – 16 December 1993) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1947 to 1990, and was Prime Minister of Japan from 1972 to 1974.
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Kakuei Tanaka | |
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田中 角栄 | |
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Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 7 July 1972 – 9 December 1974 | |
Monarch | Shōwa |
Preceded by | Eisaku Satō |
Succeeded by | Takeo Miki |
Minister of International Trade and Industry | |
In office 5 July 1971 – 7 July 1972 | |
Prime Minister | Eisaku Satō |
Preceded by | Kiichi Miyazawa |
Succeeded by | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 18 July 1962 – 3 June 1965 | |
Prime Minister | Hayato Ikeda Eisaku Satō |
Preceded by | Mikio Mizuta |
Succeeded by | Takeo Fukuda |
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications | |
In office 10 July 1957 – 12 June 1958 | |
Prime Minister | Nobusuke Kishi |
Preceded by | Taro Hirai |
Succeeded by | Yutaka Terao |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 25 April 1947 – 18 February 1990 | |
Constituency | Niigata 3rd |
Personal details | |
Born | (1918-05-04)4 May 1918 Nishiyama, Japan |
Died | 16 December 1993(1993-12-16) (aged 75) Tokyo, Japan |
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (1955–1993) |
Other political affiliations | Democratic Party (1947–1950) Democratic Liberal Party (1950–1955) |
Spouse(s) | Hana Sakamoto |
Children | Masanori Tanaka (by Hana Sakamoto, died age 4) Makiko Tanaka (by Hana Sakamoto) Kyo Tanaka (by Tsujiwako) Hitoshi Tanaka (by Tsujiwako) Atsuko Sato (by Akiko Sato) |
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Nickname | Kaku-san[1] |
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Years of service | 1939–1941 |
Rank | Superior Private |
Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Second World War |
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