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Kakuei Tanaka

1918 - 1993

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Kakuei Tanaka (田中 角栄, Tanaka Kakuei; 4 May 1918 – 16 December 1993) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1972 to 1974. Known for his background in construction and earthy and tenacious political style, Tanaka is the only modern Japanese prime minister who did not finish high school or graduate from a university. Born in Niigata Prefecture to a poor farmer, Tanaka left school at age 14. He later received an engineering education and founded his own construction company in 1936. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kakuei Tanaka is the 5,106th most popular politician (down from 4,974th in 2019), the 368th most popular biography from Japan (down from 325th in 2019) and the 117th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kakuei Tanaka ranks 5,106 out of 19,576. Before him are Maeda Toshiie, András Hadik, Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Anna of Sweden, and Emperor Go-Saga. After him are Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Yakov Yurovsky, Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Emperor Keitai, and Emperor Tenmu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Kakuei Tanaka ranks 72. Before him are Sam Walton, Robert Aldrich, Ahmed Deedat, Kazu Naoki, Henryk Szeryng, and Mary Anderson. After him are John Forsythe, Jeff Chandler, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Spiro Agnew, W. Eugene Smith, and Jin Youzhi. Among people deceased in 1993, Kakuei Tanaka ranks 46. Before him are W. Edwards Deming, Pat Nixon, Masahiko Kimura, Stewart Granger, Horia Sima, and Muhammad Khan Junejo. After him are Hans Baur, György Sárosi, Helen Hayes, River Phoenix, Bruno Pontecorvo, and Dražen Petrović.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kakuei Tanaka ranks 368 out of 6,245. Before him are Kōichirō Matsuura (1937), Ono no Komachi (825), Maeda Toshiie (1538), Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), Setsuko Hara (1920), and Emperor Go-Saga (1220). After him are Emperor Tenmu (631), Hideo Kojima (1963), Minoru Kobata (1946), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Shunichi Kumai (1910), and Sachi Kagawa (null).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Kakuei Tanaka ranks 117. Before him are Emperor Kanmu (737), Emperor Go-Uda (1267), Kōichirō Matsuura (1937), Maeda Toshiie (1538), Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), and Emperor Go-Saga (1220). After him are Emperor Tenmu (631), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212), Hōjō Tokimune (1251), Emperor Fushimi (1265), and Mōri Motonari (1497).

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