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Shōichi Nakagawa

1953 - 2009

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Shōichi Nakagawa (中川 昭一, Nakagawa Shōichi; 19 July 1953 – 3 October 2009) was a Japanese conservative politician in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as Minister of Finance from 24 September 2008 to 17 February 2009. He previously held the posts of Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi. He was regarded as one of Japan's most attractive public figures. On 4 October 2009, he was found dead in his Tokyo apartment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shōichi Nakagawa is the 16,044th most popular politician (up from 16,106th in 2019), the 1,573rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,501st in 2019) and the 334th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shōichi Nakagawa ranks 16,044 out of 19,576. Before him are Lindsay Hoyle, Hanns Seidel, Mireya Luis, Ælfwald II of Northumbria, Juan Bautista Egusquiza, and Princess Sophia of Gloucester. After him are Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde, Édouard Fritch, Konstantinos Dovas, Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Anna-Maja Henriksson, and Victor Ciorbea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Shōichi Nakagawa ranks 410. Before him are Hisako, Princess Takamado, Søren Busk, Aldo Maldera, Tibor Klampár, Klaus Schmidt, and Arta Dade. After him are Osmo Vänskä, Afonso Dhlakama, Ron Wright, Herbert Neumann, Angelo Parisi, and Paulo Isidoro. Among people deceased in 2009, Shōichi Nakagawa ranks 305. Before him are Nizar Rayan, Francisco Valdés, Sitara Achakzai, Alan A'Court, Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, and Guillermo Ortiz. After him are William Alston, Jaime Belmonte, Takashi Ishimoto, Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Dell Hymes, and Igor Starygin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shōichi Nakagawa ranks 1,573 out of 6,245. Before him are Kyohei Ueda (1999), Asuka (1981), Genichi Takahashi (1980), Rokurō Naya (1932), Takashi Imoto (1976), and Hiromi Hara (1958). After him are Marie Kondo (1984), Takashi Ishimoto (1935), Sola Aoi (1983), Yuki Tazawa (1979), Toshio Hosokawa (1955), and Yasumasa Kanada (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Shōichi Nakagawa ranks 334. Before him are Hirofumi Nakasone (1945), Isamu Sonoda (1946), Yoshimasa Hayashi (1961), Yōichi Masuzoe (1948), Sakai Toshihiko (1871), and Hisako, Princess Takamado (1953). After him are Nobuo Kishi (1959), Takashi Yokoyama (1913), Toshimitsu Motegi (1955), Kunio Hatoyama (1948), Katsuya Okada (1953), and Tomio Okamura (1972).

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