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Toshiki Kaifu

1931 - 2022

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Toshiki Kaifu (海部 俊樹, Kaifu Toshiki; 2 January 1931 – 9 January 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991. Born in Nagoya, Kaifu graduated from Waseda University and was first elected to the Diet in 1960 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as education minister from 1976 to 1977 under Takeo Fukuda, and from 1985 to 1986 under Yasuhiro Nakasone. In 1989, Kaifu became prime minister after the resignations of the last two premiers, Noboru Takeshita and Sosuke Uno, amid various scandals; he was chosen in part because of his clean image. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Toshiki Kaifu is the 5,837th most popular politician (up from 6,218th in 2019), the 455th most popular biography from Japan (up from 462nd in 2019) and the 149th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Toshiki Kaifu ranks 5,837 out of 19,576Before him are Noboru Takeshita, Stefan Czarniecki, Nubar Pasha, Al-Mustazhir, Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, and Hermeric. After him are Emperor Monmu, Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, Emperor Go-Kōgon, Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of Serbia, Mariamne, and Rama III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Toshiki Kaifu ranks 97Before him are Dries van Agt, Takashi Mizuno, Clive Cussler, Mike Nichols, Charles Taylor, and Mauricio Kagel. After him are Lamberto Dini, E. C. George Sudarshan, Pierre Nora, Stig Anderson, Luís Cabral, and Tomi Ungerer. Among people deceased in 2022, Toshiki Kaifu ranks 98Before him are Wim Jansen, Leonel Sánchez, Peter Bogdanovich, Saul Kripke, Michel Bouquet, and Javier Marías. After him are Patrick Tambay, David Warner, Jürgen Grabowski, Valeri Polyakov, Borislav Ivkov, and Paula Rego.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Toshiki Kaifu ranks 455 out of 6,245Before him are Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), Kazumi Takada (1951), Atsuyoshi Furuta (1952), Yusuke Omi (1946), Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641), and Noboru Takeshita (1924). After him are Emperor Monmu (683), Kaoru Ishikawa (1915), Keizō Obuchi (1937), Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), and Masashi Watanabe (1936).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Toshiki Kaifu ranks 149Before him are Emperor Yōzei (867), Emperor Antoku (1178), Emperor Juntoku (1197), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641), and Noboru Takeshita (1924). After him are Emperor Monmu (683), Keizō Obuchi (1937), Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), Emperor Ninmyō (808), Emperor Rokujō (1164), and Masaharu Homma (1888).