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Tanzan Ishibashi

1884 - 1973

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Tanzan Ishibashi (石橋 湛山, Ishibashi Tanzan; 25 September 1884 – 25 April 1973) was a Japanese journalist and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1956 to 1957. Born in Tokyo, Ishibashi became a journalist after graduating from Waseda University in 1907. In 1911, he joined the Tōyō Keizai Shimpo ("Eastern Economic Journal") and served as its editor-in-chief from 1925 to 1946 and president from 1941. In the 1930s, Ishibashi was one of the few critics of Japanese imperialism, and became well-known as a liberal economist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tanzan Ishibashi is the 8,608th most popular politician (up from 9,095th in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from Japan (up from 731st in 2019) and the 251st most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 8,608 out of 19,576. Before him are Themistoclea, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Shahrokh Shah, László Kövér, Ruth Fuchs, and Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal. After him are Manishtushu, Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, Shar-Kali-Sharri, William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, and Princess Hilda of Nassau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 75. Before him are Clark L. Hull, Alexander Belyaev, Ivan Maisky, Antoine Pevsner, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Peter Fraser. After him are Halide Edib Adıvar, Ferdinand von Bredow, Anna Vyrubova, Gustave Garrigou, Josias Braun-Blanquet, and Werner Krauss. Among people deceased in 1973, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 99. Before him are Betty Grable, Alois Hába, Fuad Chehab, Frank Jack Fletcher, Johannes Aavik, and Jack Hawkins. After him are Alexander Orlov, Yaakov Dori, Ramón de la Fuente Leal, Roger Williamson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Noël Coward.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 729 out of 6,245. Before him are Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Izumi Shikibu (976), Shō Hashi (1371), Chiang Wei-kuo (1916), Keizo Imai (1950), and Takahashi Korekiyo (1854). After him are Nakano Takeko (1847), Choei Sato (1951), Ogata Kōrin (1658), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), and Tatsuhiko Seta (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 251. Before him are Ii Naosuke (1815), Shō Shin (1465), Emperor Shijō (1231), Shō Hashi (1371), Chiang Wei-kuo (1916), and Takahashi Korekiyo (1854). After him are Shintaro Abe (1924), Prince Morikuni (1301), Kujō Yoritsune (1218), Jiro Taniguchi (1947), Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465), and Prince Kan'in Kotohito (1865).

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