Hayato Ikeda | |
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| 池田 勇人 | |
_restored_Crop.jpg) Ikeda in 1961 | |
| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 19 July 1960 – 9 November 1964 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Nobusuke Kishi |
| Succeeded by | Eisaku Satō |
| President of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
| In office 14 July 1960 – 1 December 1964 | |
| Vice President | |
| Secretary-General | |
| Preceded by | Nobusuke Kishi |
| Succeeded by | Eisaku Satō |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 23 December 1956 – 10 July 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Tanzan Ishibashi |
| Preceded by | Hisato Ichimada |
| Succeeded by | Hisato Ichimada |
| In office 16 February 1949 – 30 October 1952 | |
| Prime Minister | Shigeru Yoshida |
| Preceded by | Shinzō Ōya (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Tadaharu Mukai |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 23 January 1949 – 13 August 1965 | |
| Constituency | Hiroshima |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1899 Takehara, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 13 August 1965 (aged 65) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
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| Alma mater | Kyoto Imperial University |
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Hayato Ikeda (池田 勇人, Ikeda Hayato, 3 December 1899 – 13 August 1965) was a Japanese bureaucrat and later politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1960 to 1964. He is best known for his Income Doubling Plan, which promised to double Japan's GDP in ten years.
Ikeda is also known for repairing U.S.–Japan relations and Japanese domestic political rifts after the contentious 1960 Anpo Protests, as well as for presiding over the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.