Tomiichi Murayama | |
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村山富市 | |
 Official portrait, 1994 | |
| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 30 June 1994 – 11 January 1996 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Deputy | Yōhei Kōno Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| Preceded by | Tsutomu Hata |
| Succeeded by | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| Chairman of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 25 September 1993 – 28 September 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Sadao Yamahana |
| Succeeded by | Takako Doi |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Oita 1st district | |
| In office 11 December 1972 – 19 May 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Isamu Murakami |
| Succeeded by | Isamu Murakami |
| In office 19 December 1983 – 2 June 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Isamu Murakami |
| Succeeded by | Ban Kugimiya |
| Member of the Ōita Assembly for Ōita City | |
| In office 1963–1972 | |
| Member of the Ōita City Council | |
| In office 1955–1963 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 March 1924 Ōita, Empire of Japan |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Other political affiliations | Japan Socialist Party (Until 1996) |
| Spouse |
Yoshie Murayama (m. 1953) |
| Alma mater | Meiji University |
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| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Japan |
| Service |  Imperial Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1944–1945 |
| Rank | Officer candidate |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
Tomiichi Murayama (村山 富市, Murayama Tomiichi, born 3 March 1924) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996. He led the Japan Socialist Party, and was responsible for changing its name to the Social Democratic Party of Japan in 1996.
Upon becoming Prime Minister, Murayama was Japan's first socialist leader in nearly fifty years. He is most remembered today for his speech "On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the War's end", in which he publicly apologised for Japan's past colonial rule and aggression.
Of the ten living former prime ministers of Japan, Murayama is currently the oldest living prime minister, following the death of Yasuhiro Nakasone on 29 November 2019. Murayama is also the only living former Japanese prime minister who was born in the Taishō era.