Eisaku Satō
Eisaku Satō (27 March 1901 – 3 June 1975)[1] was a Japanese politician and the 39th Prime Minister of Japan. He was first elected in December 1964.[1] He was the first Prime Minister to have been born in the 20th century. Satō shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Seán MacBride in 1974. He received the award for representing the Japanese people's will for peace, and for signing the nuclear weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1970.[2]
Eisaku Satō | |
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| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 9 November 1964 – 7 July 1972 | |
| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Preceded by | Hayato Ikeda |
| Succeeded by | Kakuei Tanaka |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 23 January 1949 – 3 June 1975 | |
| Constituency | Yamaguchi 2nd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 March 1901 Tabuse, Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Died | 3 June 1975 (aged 74) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (1955–1975) |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal Party (1949–1955) |
| Spouse(s) | Hiroko Satō (m. 1926) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
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Satō was born in Tabuse in Yamaguchi Prefecture. He suffered a stroke on May 23, 1975 and fell into a deep coma.[3] He died on 3 June 1975 a Tokyo hospital.[4]
Eisaku Satō Media
From left Sato (then Minister of Construction), Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida and Party chairman Saeki Ozawa (1953)
Satō negotiated with U.S. president Richard Nixon for the repatriation of Okinawa.
Satō and his wife with Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos
From left - Hiroko, Shinji, Eisaku, Ryutaro, & Fujieda (Matsuoka), 1931
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Eisaku Sato – Biographical". Nobel Media AB. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ↑ "Eisaku Sato". Nobel Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Institute. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ UPI (23 May 1975). "Sato taken to Hospital after a Stroke". The Chicago Tribune, p. 8. Retrieved 17 December 2015.[dead link]
- ↑ ALBIN KREBS (3 June 1975). "Eisaku Sato, Ex-Premier of Japan, Dies at 74; Shared Nobel Peace Prize in 1974 for Efforts in Asia". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
Other websites
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