Kenji Miyamoto (politician)

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Kenji Miyamoto
宮本 顕治
Miyamoto in 1978
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party
In office 31 July 1982 – 26 September 1992
Preceded by	Sanzō Nosaka
Succeeded by	Tetsuzo Fuwa (2000)
Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party
In office 7 July 1970 – 31 July 1982
Preceded by	Himself (as General Secretary)
Succeeded by	Tetsuzo Fuwa
General Secretary of the Japanese Communist Party
In office 1 August 1958 – 7 July 1970
Preceded by	Sanzo Nosaka
Succeeded by	Himself (as Chairman)
Member of House of Councillors
In office 11 July 1977 – 9 July 1989
Constituency	National district (1977-1983) National PR block (1983-1989)
Personal details
Born	17 October 1908 Hikari, Yamaguchi, Empire of Japan
Died	18 July 2007 (aged 98) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Japanese Communist Party
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University

Kenji Miyamoto (宮本 顕治, Miyamoto Kenji, 17 October 1908 – 18 July 2007) was a Japanese communist politician. He was the leader of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) from 1958 to 1977.^[1]