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Noboru Takeshita

1924 - 2000

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Noboru Takeshita (竹下 登, Takeshita Noboru; 26 February 1924 – 19 June 2000) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1987 to 1989. Born in Shimane Prefecture, Takeshita attended Waseda University and was drafted into the army during the Pacific War. He was first elected to the National Diet in 1958, and served as chief cabinet secretary in 1971–1972 and in 1974, and as finance minister from 1979–1980, 1982–1986, and in 1988, during which he signed the Plaza Accord in 1985. In 1987, Takeshita became head of the Liberal Democratic Party and succeeded Yasuhiro Nakasone as prime minister. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Noboru Takeshita is the 5,831st most popular politician (up from 6,347th in 2019), the 454th most popular biography from Japan (up from 476th in 2019) and the 148th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Noboru Takeshita ranks 5,831 out of 19,576. Before him are Atsiz, Emperor Yuan of Jin, Cleombrotus I, Antiochus XII Dionysus, Emperor Zhi of Han, and Maria of Trebizond. After him are Stefan Czarniecki, Nubar Pasha, Al-Mustazhir, Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, Hermeric, and Toshiki Kaifu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Noboru Takeshita ranks 94. Before him are Hermann Buhl, Claude Sautet, Milka Planinc, Leonid Kogan, Dorothy Malone, and Rudolf Vrba. After him are Maria Riva, Madame Nhu, Alexander Haig, Rikidōzan, Katy Jurado, and Stanley Donen. Among people deceased in 2000, Noboru Takeshita ranks 62. Before him are Friedrich Gulda, A. E. van Vogt, Frederick Herzberg, Herta Bothe, Jan Karski, and Claude Sautet. After him are Keizō Obuchi, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, David Tomlinson, Maurice Richard, and Hubert Maga.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Noboru Takeshita ranks 454 out of 6,245. Before him are Kenji Miyazawa (1896), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), Kazumi Takada (1951), Atsuyoshi Furuta (1952), Yusuke Omi (1946), and Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641). After him are Toshiki Kaifu (1931), Emperor Monmu (683), Kaoru Ishikawa (1915), Keizō Obuchi (1937), Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), and Hitoshi Imamura (1886).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Noboru Takeshita ranks 148. Before him are Masamune (1300), Emperor Yōzei (867), Emperor Antoku (1178), Emperor Juntoku (1197), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), and Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641). After him are Toshiki Kaifu (1931), Emperor Monmu (683), Keizō Obuchi (1937), Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), Emperor Ninmyō (808), and Emperor Rokujō (1164).

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