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Ryutaro Hashimoto

1937 - 2006

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Ryutaro Hashimoto (橋本 龍太郎, Hashimoto Ryūtarō; 29 July 1937 – 1 July 2006) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1996 to 1998. Born in Okayama Prefecture, Hashimoto graduated from Keio University in 1960 and entered the National Diet in 1963. He rose through the ranks of the Liberal Democratic Party and became major figure in the Tanaka/Takeshita faction, and served as health and welfare minister under Masayoshi Ōhira, transport minister under Yasuhiro Nakasone, and finance minister under Toshiki Kaifu. In 1994, he became minister of international trade and industry, then became prime minister in 1996 as the head of a coalition with the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ryutaro Hashimoto is the 6,995th most popular politician (down from 6,830th in 2019), the 576th most popular biography from Japan (down from 527th in 2019) and the 200th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ryutaro Hashimoto ranks 6,995 out of 19,576. Before him are King Ping of Zhou, Olaf Guthfrithson, Kurt Huber, Stanisław Wojciechowski, Nicole Fontaine, and Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis. After him are Paul Durand-Ruel, Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, 9th Dalai Lama, Albert Sarraut, Charles Lee, and Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Ryutaro Hashimoto ranks 115. Before him are Jeannot Szwarc, Neeme Järvi, John Horton Conway, Ange-Félix Patassé, Shirley Bassey, and Carmen Pereira. After him are Vittorio Brambilla, Zoltán Horváth, Aleksandr Medved, Cüneyt Arkın, Viacheslav Chornovil, and Franz Vranitzky. Among people deceased in 2006, Ryutaro Hashimoto ranks 89. Before him are Gillo Pontecorvo, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Lee Jong-wook, Richard Fleischer, and María Capovilla. After him are Tina Aumont, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Pietro Rava, Angelica Rozeanu, Ibolya Csák, and Aaron Spelling.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryutaro Hashimoto ranks 576 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshio Kikugawa (1944), Hitoshi Ashida (1887), Takeo Kurita (1889), Katsuhiro Otomo (1954), Hidetoshi Nakata (1977), and Yosano Akiko (1878). After him are Hideyo Noguchi (1876), Saitō Makoto (1858), Rei Kawakubo (1942), Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), Tsutomu Hata (1935), and Emperor Murakami (926).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ryutaro Hashimoto ranks 200. Before him are Emperor Shirakawa (1053), Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536), Emperor Konoe (1139), Mitsumasa Yonai (1880), Yōsuke Matsuoka (1880), and Hitoshi Ashida (1887). After him are Saitō Makoto (1858), Rei Kawakubo (1942), Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), Tsutomu Hata (1935), Emperor Murakami (926), and Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1793).

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