Yoshio Sakurauchi
Yoshio Sakurauchi | |
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櫻内 義雄 | |
Miki Takeo | |
Personal details | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 8 May 1912
Died | 5 July 2003 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 91)
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Alma mater | Keio University |
Yoshio Sakurauchi (櫻内 義雄, Sakurauchi Yoshio, 8 May 1912 – 5 July 2003) was a Japanese politician and a significant member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He was speaker of the House of Representatives of which he was a member for 53 years.
Early life and education
Sakurauchi was born in Tokyo on 8 May 1912.[1] He was the son of Yukio Sakurauchi, a lower house member and finance minister.[2] Yoshio Sakurauchi attended the Keio schools from kindergarten through Keio University.[2] His brother, Kimio, served as president (from 1961) and chairman of the board of directors (from 1971) at Chugoku Electric.[3][4]
Career
Sakurauchi began his political career in 1947 when he was first elected to the
Sakurauchi held different ministerial and party posts in his career.[6] In addition, he was leader of the Kano faction in the LDP.[7] This faction was renamed as the Nakasone faction in 1965. His leadership of the faction lasted until 1989.[8] Then the faction was headed by Michio Watanabe.[8]
In addition, Sakurauchi served as foreign minister, agriculture minister, minister of international trade and industry and construction minister.
Sakurauchi was appointed the secretary general of the LDP on 16 November 1979.
Sakurachi also served as the head of the LDP's chief policy-making body.
Besides these positions, Sakurauchi was named as the first chairman of the League for Japan-Vietnam Friendship that was established by Japanese and Vietnamese politicians in 1974 to promote mutual understanding and friendship between Japan and Vietnam.[17]
Sakurauchi was not included in the LDP's proportional representation list for the 25 June 2000 general elections, and he stated that he would retire from politics.[18] Eventually, he retired from politics in June 2000.[5]
Death and funeral
Sakurauchi died of respiratory failure at a Tokyo hospital on 5 July 2003.
Honors
In 1986, Sakurauchi, a former board member of the
The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1989, for his contributions to public affairs.[23]
References
- ^ "Index Sa". Rulers. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Lawmakers Sakurauchi, Hino leave long legacies". The Japan Times. 7 July 2003. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ a b Linda Sieg (24 May 2011). "Japan city grapples with nuclear doubts after Fukushima crisis". Reuters. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "桜内家(外務大臣・桜内義雄・桜内幸雄・桜内文城の家系図". keibatsugaku.com (in Japanese). 30 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Yoshio Sakurauchi, 91, Japanese Lawmaker". Newsday. AP. 6 July 2003. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-691-02338-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8047-1206-4.
- ^ a b Steven Hunziker; Ikuro Kamimura. "Getting Rid of Kaifu". Kakuei Tanaka. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d David E. Sanger (21 January 1992). "A Top Japanese Politician Calls U.S. Work Force Lazy". The New York Times. p. 1.
- ^ a b "Cabinet". Kolombus. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-135-35680-4.
- ISBN 978-1-873410-07-3.
- ^ "Japan's cabinet shuffled". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Tokyo. UPI. 30 November 1981. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ Geoffrey Murray (1 December 1981). "Japanese Cabinet shaken up to tackle big problems". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ a b "The National Diet of Japan" (PDF). Secretariat of the House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-19-507836-7.
- ^ Keiko Hirata (2001). "Cautious Proactivism and Reluctant Reactivism: Analyzing Japan's Foreign Policy toward Indochina" (PDF). In Y. Sato; A. Miyashita (eds.). Japan's Foreign Policy in Asia and the Pacific: Domestic Interests, American Pressure, and Regional Integration. New York: St. Martin's Press.
- ^ "Mori set to dissolve Diet for elections on June 25". The Japan Times. 2 June 2000.
- ^ "Lawmakers Sakurauchi, Hino leave long legacies". The Japan Times. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "17 Bronze Wolf Recipients from Japan". Yokohoma Group. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award". World Scout Committee. 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ 䝪䞊䜲䝇䜹䜴䝖日本連盟 きじ章受章者 [Recipient of the Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan] (PDF) (in Japanese). Reinanzaka Scout Club. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
External links
- Media related to Yoshio Sakurauchi at Wikimedia Commons