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
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	(1896-11-13)13 November 1896 Tabuse, Japan
Died	7 August 1987(1987-08-07) (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
Signature	Nobusuke Kishi's signature

Nobusuke Kishi Media

• Manchukuo map 1939.svg

  Location of Manchukuo (red) within Imperial Japan's sphere of influence

• Sasakawa and Kodama.png

  The political fixers Ryōichi Sasakawa (left) and Yoshio Kodama (right), were instrumental in the establishment and operation of Kishi's "National Defense Brotherhood". Pictured while in captivity at Sugamo Prison, March 1946.

• Kishi and Sato.jpg

  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.

• Japan Democratic Party 1955.JPG

  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

• 蔣介石 岸信介 宋美齡.jpg

  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

• 1960 Protests against the United States-Japan Security Treaty 07.jpg

  Protesters flood the streets around the Japanese National Diet to protest against revision of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, June 18, 1960

• Kishi Family.jpg

  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

• Nobosuke Kishi with the Abe family.jpg

  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.