Ippei Kaneko

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Ippei Kaneko
Masayoshi Ohira
Preceded byTatsuo Murayama
Personal details
Born(1913-02-12)12 February 1913
Takayama, Gifu, Japan
Died28 March 1989(1989-03-28) (aged 76)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party

Ippei Kaneko (金子 一平, Kaneko Ippei, 12 February 1913 – 28 March 1989)[1] was a Japanese politician. He served as finance minister of Japan from 1978 to 1979.

Career

Kaneko was a member of

Diet seat in the 1960 general election as a member of the Ikeda faction.[2]

He worked at the ministry of finance as bureaucrat and had experience on tax policy.[2] He served as the head of the Osaka Tax Bureau until 1978.[2]

He was appointed minister of finance in the

Masayoshi Ohira's cabinet on 8 December 1978, replacing Tatsuo Murayama in the post.[4] Kaneko was in office until 8 November 1979.[5] He was part of the faction led by Masayoshi Ohira in the LDP during this period.[6] Then Kaneko served as the director of the Economic Planning Agency (EPA) in the mid-1980s.[7][8]

Personal life

Kaneko's eldest son Kazuyoshi Kaneko is also a politician[9] and held different cabinet portfolios, including transport minister.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Japanese Ministries". Rulers. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
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  4. ^ "Fiscal Policy before the First Oil Crisis" (PDF). Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Persons". US State Department. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  6. JSTOR 2643652
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  7. ^ "Japan Report" (PDF). FBIS. 11 February 1985. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
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  9. ^ Hussain Khan (3 October 2003). "Japan: Reality starts to set in". Asia Times. Tokyo. Archived from the original on 11 October 2003. Retrieved 4 September 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Cabinet Profiles". The Japan Times. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

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House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by
Kunikichi Saito
Chair, Finance Committee of the
House of Representatives of Japan

1972
Succeeded by
Soichi Kamoda
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance
1978–1979
Succeeded by
Preceded by Head of the Economic Planning Agency
1984–1985
Succeeded by