Yasuhiro Nakasone ( Japanese: 中 曽 根 康弘 Nakasone Yasuhiro ) (born May 27, 1918 , Takasaki , Japan ) is a Japanese politician and statesman. Prime Minister of Japan from November 27, 1982 to November 6, 1987 . [1] [2]
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| Monarch | Sowa | ||||||
| Predecessor | Zenko Suzuki | ||||||
| Successor | Noboru Takeshita | ||||||
| Birth | May 27, 1918 (101 years old) | ||||||
| Children | Hirofumi Nakasone | ||||||
| The consignment | Liberal Democratic Party of Japan | ||||||
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| Religion | Shintoism | ||||||
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His son, Hirofumi Nakasone , is also a member of parliament . He served as Minister of Education in the cabinet of Keizo Obuchi and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first government of Taro Aso .
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Biography
After graduating from the law faculty of the University of Tokyo in 1941, he joined the Ministry of the Interior. During the war he volunteered for the Navy and served in Taiwan.
In 1947, he was first elected to parliament by the Democratic Party. Already in those years he was distinguished by nationalist views, in 1951 abstained from voting for the Japanese-American security treaty, believing that it infringes on the sovereignty of Japan.
Political career
Member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since its inception. In 1959, he first joined the government as head of the scientific and technical department. Later he held the posts of the head of the National Defense Department, the Minister of Transport, the head of the administrative department in the cabinet of ministers. In the LDP, I. Kono belonged to the faction, then headed this faction, becoming one of the party leaders - chairman of the council of general issues, gene. the secretary.
In 1982-1987 - Chairman of the LDP, Prime Minister of Japan. Nakasone is an unconventional politician with a pronounced personal political style, speaking under the slogan of "finalizing the results of post-war politics." His name is associated with the onset of a neoconservative wave in Japan, the privatization of state-owned companies and administrative-financial reform, as well as efforts to revive Japanese nationalism. He visited the USSR three times, met with M. Gorbachev (1985, 1988, 1989).
In 1989, in connection with the charge of involvement in financial frauds, Rikruto officially left the LDP, but continued to influence its policy (in April 1991, it reinstated membership in the LDP). He founded a research organization - Global Peace Institute.
Facts
- He is one of the nineteen previously acting leaders of the heads of state and government of the world who have lived more than a hundred years.
- Since January 17, 2019, it is the oldest of the previously existing heads of state and government of the world.
- He is the second oldest head of government in the history of Japan.
Notes
- ↑ Nakasone Yasuhiro . - article from Encyclopædia Britannica Online .
- ↑ NAKASONE Yasuhiro // Japan from A to Z. Popular Illustrated Encyclopedia. (CD-ROM). - M .: Directmedia Publishing , "Japan Today", 2008. - ISBN 978-5-94865-190-3 .