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Sōsuke Uno

1922 - 1998

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Sōsuke Uno (宇野 宗佑, Uno Sōsuke; 27 August 1922 – 19 May 1998) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan in 1989. Born in Shiga Prefecture, Uno enrolled in the Kobe College of Commerce before he was conscripted into the army during World War II. In 1960, he entered politics and was elected to the National Diet, becoming a leading Liberal Democratic Party member and a key ally of Yasuhiro Nakasone. Uno served as director of the Defense Agency under Kakuei Tanaka, as director of the Science and Technology Agency under Takeo Fukuda, and as director of the Administrative Management Agency under Masayoshi Ōhira. He was briefly international trade and industry minister in 1983, and foreign minister in 1987–1989. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sōsuke Uno is the 7,308th most popular politician (up from 8,119th in 2019), the 608th most popular biography from Japan (up from 650th in 2019) and the 211th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sōsuke Uno ranks 7,308 out of 19,576. Before him are Muhammad IV of Granada, Carlos Arias Navarro, Aureolus, Hunald I, Bernard of Septimania, and Enrique Bolaños. After him are Basarab the Old, Tabinshwehti, Raginpert, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Isabel of Barcelos, and Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Sōsuke Uno ranks 118. Before him are Salvatore Giuliano, Charles Mingus, Fikret Amirov, Pierre Hadot, Miloš Jakeš, and Ferenc Deák. After him are Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Yuri Averbakh, John Christopher, Günter Behnisch, and Juan Antonio Bardem. Among people deceased in 1998, Sōsuke Uno ranks 80. Before him are Marie-Louise von Franz, Gulzarilal Nanda, George Wallace, Archie Moore, Ted Hughes, and Ferenc Deák. After him are László Szabó, Frithjof Schuon, Haxhi Lleshi, Shotaro Ishinomori, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Benjamin Spock.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sōsuke Uno ranks 608 out of 6,245. Before him are Zenkō Suzuki (1911), Emperor Chūkyō (1218), Emperor Suzaku (923), Takeo Takagi (1892), Yuki Fushimi (1950), and Hiroshi Katayama (1940). After him are Shigeo Yaegashi (1933), Fujiwara no Kamatari (614), Takeda Sōkaku (1859), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Masako Nozawa (1936), and Kusunoki Masashige (1294).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Sōsuke Uno ranks 211. Before him are Emperor Murakami (926), Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1793), Emperor Junnin (733), Zenkō Suzuki (1911), Emperor Chūkyō (1218), and Emperor Suzaku (923). After him are Fujiwara no Kamatari (614), Takeda Sōkaku (1859), Kusunoki Masashige (1294), Shō Tai (1843), Tokugawa Ienobu (1662), and Saionji Kinmochi (1849).

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