Tomiichi Murayama

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Tomiichi Murayama
村山 富市
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81st Prime Minister of Japan
In office
30 June 1994 – 11 January 1996
MonarchAkihito
Preceded byTsutomu Hata
Succeeded byRyutaro Hashimoto
Personal details
Born (1924-03-03) 3 March 1924 (age 99)
Ōita, Japan
Political partySocial Democratic Party (Socialist Party until 1996)
Spouse(s)Yoshie Murayama
Alma materMeiji University

He was the head of the Social Democratic Party of Japan (until 1996, the Japan Socialist Party) and the first socialist prime minister in nearly fifty years.[1] He is most remembered today for his speech "On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the war's end," in which he said sorry for what his country of Japan did over World War II.

Murayama was born on Ōita, Japan in 3 March 1924. He studied at Meiji University.

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References

  1. "Japan gets first Socialist PM in 46 years". The Independent. 30 June 1994. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

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