Hayato Ikeda

Hayato Ikeda
池田 勇人
Ikeda in 1961
Prime Minister of Japan
In office
19 July 1960 – 9 November 1964
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byNobusuke Kishi
Succeeded byEisaku Satō
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office
14 July 1960 – 1 December 1964
Vice President
Secretary-General
Preceded byNobusuke Kishi
Succeeded byEisaku Satō
Minister of Finance
In office
23 December 1956 – 10 July 1957
Prime MinisterTanzan Ishibashi
Preceded byHisato Ichimada
Succeeded byHisato Ichimada
In office
16 February 1949 – 30 October 1952
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byShinzō Ōya (acting)
Succeeded byTadaharu Mukai
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
23 January 1949 – 13 August 1965
ConstituencyHiroshima
Personal details
Born(1899-12-03)3 December 1899
Takehara, Empire of Japan
Died13 August 1965(1965-08-13) (aged 65)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations
Alma materKyoto 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.