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Kiichi Miyazawa

1919 - 2007

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Kiichi Miyazawa (宮澤 喜一, Miyazawa Kiichi; 8 October 1919 – 28 June 2007) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993. Born in Tokyo, Miyazawa graduated from Tokyo Imperial University with a law degree, and in 1942 joined the Ministry of Finance. He was first elected to the National Diet in 1953 and held a number of prominent posts, including international trade and industry minister under Eisaku Sato, foreign minister under Takeo Miki, director of the Economic Planning Agency under Takeo Fukuda, chief cabinet secretary under Yasuhiro Nakasone, and finance minister under Noboru Takeshita. Miyazawa became prime minister in 1991, but was forced to resign after the 1993 election after a failure to pass political reforms caused his Liberal Democratic Party to face its first defeat in a national election since its formation in 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kiichi Miyazawa is the 6,362nd most popular politician (down from 6,024th in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from Japan (down from 434th in 2019) and the 172nd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kiichi Miyazawa ranks 6,362 out of 19,576. Before him are Paul Masson, Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol, Aistulf, Santiago Carrillo, and Viktor Brack. After him are Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, Alexander Gorchakov, Princess Marie of Baden, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Fayez al-Sarraj, and Balamber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Kiichi Miyazawa ranks 72. Before him are Maurice Herzog, Daniel Bell, Uta Hagen, Lauri Törni, Glafcos Clerides, and Wolfgang Wagner. After him are Gillo Pontecorvo, Liberace, Bob Paisley, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Art Blakey, and Hermine Braunsteiner. Among people deceased in 2007, Kiichi Miyazawa ranks 81. Before him are Lois Maxwell, Bob Denard, Khun Sa, Atle Selberg, Vilma Espín, and Ashraf Marwan. After him are Mary Douglas, Hrant Dink, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, Robert Jordan, John Woodruff, and Yvonne De Carlo.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kiichi Miyazawa ranks 510 out of 6,245. Before him are Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), Emperor Go-Reizei (1025), Takijirō Ōnishi (1891), Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Takeo Fukuda (1905), and Taizo Kawamoto (1914). After him are Emperor Jomei (593), Mamoru Oshii (1951), Kantarō Suzuki (1868), Sessue Hayakawa (1886), Minoru Genda (1904), and Kawakami Gensai (1834).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Kiichi Miyazawa ranks 172. Before him are Emperor Go-Suzaku (1009), Tokugawa Iesada (1824), Mōri Terumoto (1533), Emperor Go-Reizei (1025), Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), and Takeo Fukuda (1905). After him are Emperor Jomei (593), Kantarō Suzuki (1868), Minoru Genda (1904), Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), and Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196).

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