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Tomiichi Murayama

1924 - Today

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Tomiichi Murayama (村山 富市, Murayama Tomiichi; born 3 March 1924) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996. He was the country's first socialist premier since Tetsu Katayama in 1948, and is best remembered for the Murayama Statement on the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, in which he officially apologized for Japan's past colonial wars and aggression. Born in Ōita Prefecture, Murayama graduated from Meiji University in 1946, and became a labor union official in his home prefecture. He was elected to the Ōita City Council in 1955 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party; he was then elected to the Ōita Prefectural Assembly in 1963 and to the National Diet in 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomiichi Murayama is the 4,842nd most popular politician (down from 4,558th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from Japan (down from 280th in 2019) and the 107th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tomiichi Murayama ranks 4,842 out of 19,576. Before him are Daniel Burley Woolfall, Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Karl von Habsburg, Alexander Stubb, Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Theramenes. After him are Moktar Ould Daddah, John I, Duke of Brabant, Henry I of Castile, John Rabe, Sancho I of Pamplona, and Alexander I of Epirus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Tomiichi Murayama ranks 75. Before him are Roberts Blossom, André Franquin, Rosamunde Pilcher, Antoni Ramallets, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, and Girma Wolde-Giorgis. After him are Moktar Ould Daddah, Black Dahlia, Torsten Wiesel, Ephraim Kishon, Sabu Dastagir, and David Bronstein.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tomiichi Murayama ranks 337 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Go-Nijō (1285), Masayoshi Son (1957), Go Nagai (1945), Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Emperor Ankan (466), and Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950). After him are Kenji Tochio (1941), Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1243), Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684), Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927), Haruo Arima (null), and Shogo Kamo (1915).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Tomiichi Murayama ranks 107. Before him are Emperor Yūryaku (418), Hosokawa Gracia (1563), Katsura Tarō (1848), Emperor Toba (1103), Emperor Go-Nijō (1285), and Emperor Ankan (466). After him are Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1243), Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684), Kōki Hirota (1878), Emperor Kanmu (737), Emperor Go-Uda (1267), and Kōichirō Matsuura (1937).

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