Kiichi Miyazawa ( Jap. 澤 澤 я 一 , October 8, 1919 - June 28, 2007 ) - Japanese politician , 78th Prime Minister of Japan from November 5, 1991 to August 9, 1993 .
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| Monarch | Akihito | ||||||
| Predecessor | Toshi Kaifu | ||||||
| Successor | Morihiro Hosokawa | ||||||
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| Birth | October 8, 1919 Fukuyama , Hiroshima , Japan | ||||||
| Death | June 28, 2007 (87 years) Tokyo , Japan | ||||||
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| The consignment | Liberal Democratic Party | ||||||
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Biography
Miyazawa was born in Fukuyama , Hiroshima Prefecture. After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo , in 1942, he joined the Ministry of Finance. In 1953 he was elected to the upper house of the Parliament of Japan , where he worked until 1967 , when he moved to the lower house.
Subsequently, Miyazawa held the posts of Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade (1970-1971), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1974-1976), Director General of the National Economy Planning Department (1977-1978), and Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers (1984-1986). In 1987, in the government of Noboru Takeshi, he was appointed Minister of Finance, but was forced to resign because of a corruption scandal.
In November 1991, Miyazawa took over as prime minister. His government passed a law allowing Japan to send its forces to participate in peace missions abroad. Financial reform was also carried out to ease the Japanese economic downturn of the 1990s. Miyazawa resigned in 1993 after expressing a vote of no confidence from opposition parties.
From 1999 and 2002 in the governments of Keizo Obuti and Yoshiro Mori Miyazawa again held the post of Minister of Finance. In 2003, he decided to end his political career.
Kiichi Miyazawa died on June 28, 2007 in Tokyo at the age of 87. [1]