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Hayato Ikeda

1899 - 1965

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Hayato Ikeda (池田 勇人, Ikeda Hayato; 3 December 1899 – 13 August 1965) was a Japanese 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 the size of Japan's economy in 10 years, and for presiding over the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Ikeda studied law at Kyoto Imperial University and entered the Ministry of Finance in 1925, working there for the next two decades. After the war, he was first elected to the National Diet in 1947 and served as finance minister from 1949 to 1952 under Shigeru Yoshida, being responsible implementing an economic stabilization program. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hayato Ikeda is the 6,456th most popular politician (down from 6,338th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 474th in 2019) and the 179th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hayato Ikeda ranks 6,456 out of 19,576. Before him are John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, Abdulla Aripov, Eannatum, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Antonio Salandra, and Mundzuk. After him are Muqan Qaghan, Sun Xiu, Xiao Yi of Shang, Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine, Jing Ke, and Blanche of Anjou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Hayato Ikeda ranks 78. Before him are John Christie, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Aksel Sandemose, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Hans Jeschonnek, and Fritz Bayerlein. After him are Marcel Achard, Raoul Salan, Ida Kamińska, Martin Luther King Sr., Lotte Reiniger, and Veit Harlan. Among people deceased in 1965, Hayato Ikeda ranks 51. Before him are Aksel Sandemose, Mehdi Ben Barka, Lauri Törni, Chen Cheng, Carl Værnet, and Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i. After him are Jesse Douglas, Joseph Erlanger, Georges Gurvitch, Angelica Balabanoff, Sydney Chaplin, and Otozō Yamada.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hayato Ikeda ranks 523 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), Ueda Akinari (1734), Shigeru Takahashi (null), Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196), and Mitsuo Kamata (1937). After him are Sadao Araki (1877), Emperor Kazan (967), Emperor Go-Murakami (1328), Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1435), Takeshi Natori (null), and Yukiya Amano (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Hayato Ikeda ranks 179. Before him are Emperor Jomei (593), Kantarō Suzuki (1868), Minoru Genda (1904), Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), and Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196). After him are Emperor Kazan (967), Emperor Go-Murakami (1328), Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1435), Tokugawa Ienari (1773), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), and Fusako Shigenobu (1945).

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