Monarch Akihito Name Kiichi Miyazawa Signature | Succeeded by Morihiro Hosokawa Preceded by Toshiki Kaifu Party Liberal Democratic Party | |
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Born 8 October 1919
Fukuyama, Japan ( 1919-10-08 ) Political party Liberal Democratic Party Alma mater Tokyo Imperial University Role Former Prime Minister of Japan Died June 28, 2007, Tokyo, Japan Education University of Tokyo (1941) Previous office Prime Minister of Japan (1991–1993) Books Secret talks between Tokyo and Washington Similar People Noboru Takeshita, Ichiro Hatoyama, Tomiichi Murayama, Akihito, Hirohito | ||
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Kiichi Miyazawa (宮澤 喜一, Miyazawa Kiichi, 8 October 1919 – 28 June 2007) was a Japanese politician and the 78th Japanese Prime Minister serving from 5 November 1991 to 9 August 1993.
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- kiichi miyazawa english interview
- Early life and education
- Career
- Prime minister
- Subsequent career
- Personal life
- Death
- References
Early life and education
Miyazawa was born into a wealthy, politically active family in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, on 8 October 1919. His father was a member of the Diet and his grandfather a cabinet minister. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University with a degree in law.
Career
In 1942, he joined the ministry of finance, avoiding military service during World War II.
In 1953, he was elected to the upper house of the Diet of Japan, where he stayed until moving to the lower house in 1967. Miyazawa held a number of prominent public positions, including minister of international trade and industry (1970–1971), minister of foreign affairs (1974–1976), director general of the economic planning agency (1977–1978), and chief cabinet secretary (1984–1986). He became minister of finance under the government of Noboru Takeshita in July 1986. However, Miyazawa had to resign amid the Recruit scandal in 1988.
Prime minister
Miyazawa became Prime Minister on 5 November 1991 backed by his faction. Miyazawa gained brief fame in the United States when President George H. W. Bush vomited in his lap and fainted during a state dinner on 8 January 1992.
His government passed a law allowing Japan to send its forces overseas for peacekeeping missions as well as negotiating a trade agreement with the United States. It also introduced financial reforms to address the growing economic malaise in Japan in the 1990s. Miyazawa resigned in 1993 after losing a vote of no confidence marking an end to 38 years of Liberal Democratic Party government. The reason for the vote was a scandal involving Fumio Abe, a member of Miyazawa's faction. The Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in June 1994.
Subsequent career
Miyazawa later returned to frontbench politics when he was once again appointed finance minister from 1998 to 2001 in the governments of Keizō Obuchi and Yoshirō Mori. In 1998, Miyazawa replaced Hikaru Matsunaga as finance minister. He served a total 14 terms in both upper and lower houses before retiring from politics in 2003. The reason for his retirement was that then prime minister Junichiro Koizumi set an age limit of 73 for LDP political candidates.
Personal life
Miyazawa married while studying in the United States. They had two children. He published a book, entitled Secret Talks Between Tokyo and Washington, which was translated into English by Robert D. Eldridge in 2007. The book is about Miyazawa's views concerning the relationships between the US and Japan in terms of the political, economic, and security-related negotiations during the period of 1949 and 1954.
Death
Miyazawa died in Tokyo at the age of 87 on 28 June 2007.