Nobusuke Kishi
Nobusuke Kishi was a Japanese politician. He was Prime Minister of Japan two times. Kishi was the grandfather of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the current Japanese Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi, and the father-in-law of former Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe.
Nobusuke Kishi | |
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岸 信介 | |
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| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 31 January 1957 – 19 July 1960 Acting until 25 February 1957 | |
| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Preceded by | Tanzan Ishibashi |
| Succeeded by | Hayato Ikeda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 November 1896 Tabuse, Japan |
| Died | 7 August 1987 (aged 90) Fukuoka, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (1955–1987) |
| Other political affiliations | Imperial Rule Assistance Association (1941-1945) Democratic Party (1952–1955) |
| Relatives | Shinzo Abe (grandson) Nobuo Kishi (grandson) Shintaro Abe (son-in-law) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University[1] |
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Nobusuke Kishi Media
Location of Manchukuo (red) within Imperial Japan's sphere of influence
Cropped photo of the wartime Hideki Tōjō cabinet. Kishi is second from the left in the second row, just behind Tōjō's right shoulder.
Hideki Tōjō (right) and Nobusuke Kishi, October, 1943
Nobusuke Kishi (left) relaxes at the house of his brother, the then Chief Cabinet Secretary Eisaku Satō (1901–75), shortly after he was released from Sugamo Prison on 24 December 1948.
Conservative leaders meet to plot the merger of the Liberal and Democratic parties in July 1955. From left to right: Banboku Ōno, Bukichi Miki, Nobusuke Kishi, Mitsujirō Ishii
Nobusuke Kishi with President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling, in 1957
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru presenting Welcome Address to Kishi, New Delhi, 24 May 1957
Protesters flood the streets around the Japanese National Diet to protest against revision of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, June 18, 1960
Kishi's family in 1923, from left to right: Kishi's wife Yoshiko, Kishi's brother Eisaku Satō (rear), Kishi's son Nobukazu, Kishi, Kishi's cousin Hiroshi Yoshida
Kishi/Abe family, from left to right: Hironobu Abe, Yoshiko Kishi, Nobukazu Kishi, Nobusuke Kishi, Shinzō Abe, Yōko Abe, unknown female relative, and Shintarō Abe.
References
- ↑ Haberman, Clyde (8 August 1987). "NOBUSUKE KISHI, EX-TOKYO LEADER". New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2016.