Toshiki Kaifu | |
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海部 俊樹 | |
Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 10 August 1989 – 5 November 1991 | |
Monarch | Akihito |
Preceded by | Sōsuke Uno |
Succeeded by | Kiichi Miyazawa |
President of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
In office 8 August 1989 – 30 October 1991 | |
Secretary-General | |
Preceded by | Sōsuke Uno |
Succeeded by | Kiichi Miyazawa |
Minister of Finance[citation needed] | |
In office 14 October 1991 – 5 November 1991[citation needed] | |
Preceded by | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
Succeeded by | Tsutomu Hata |
Minister of Education | |
In office 28 December 1985 – 22 July 1986[citation needed] | |
Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
Preceded by | Hikaru Matsunaga |
Succeeded by | Masayuki Fujio |
In office 24 December 1976 – 28 November 1977[citation needed] | |
Prime Minister | Takeo Fukuda |
Preceded by | Michio Nagai |
Succeeded by | Shigetami Sunada |
Preceded by | Seiroku Kajiyama |
Succeeded by | Hyosuke Kujiraoka |
Member of the House of Representatives for Aichi 9th District | |
In office 20 November 1960 – 21 July 2009 | |
Succeeded by | Mitsunori Okamoto |
Personal details | |
Born | Nagoya, Japan | 2 January 1931
Died | 9 January 2022 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 91)
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (1960–1994, 2003–2022) |
Other political affiliations | New Frontier Party (1994–1997) "Assembly of Independents" (1997–1998) Liberal Party (1998–2000) New Conservative Party (2000–2003) |
Spouse | Sachiyo Yanagihara |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Chuo University Waseda University |
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Toshiki Kaifu (海部 俊樹, Kaifu Toshiki, 2 January 1931 – 9 January 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as the 77th prime minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991.[1]
Kaifu was the last surviving former Prime Minister of Japan who had served in the 1980s and the first to be born during the Shōwa era.