Hayato Ikeda

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Hayato Ikeda was a Japanese prime minister known for his “income-doubling plan” and for overseeing rapid economic growth and modernization in postwar Japan.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese politician
human
prime minister of Japan
awardReceived Order of the Chrysanthemum
Order of the Rising Sun
causeOfDeath laryngeal cancer
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1899-12-03
dateOfDeath 1965-08-13
describedBySource postwar Japanese political history
educatedAt Tokyo Imperial University
employer Ministry of Finance (Japan)
era Shōwa period
familyName Ikeda
fieldOfWork economic policy
public finance
givenName Hayato
hasOccupation bureaucrat
statesman
influenced Japanese economic policy in the 1960s
knownFor Income Doubling Plan
advocating a low-profile, conciliatory political style
promoting rapid economic growth in postwar Japan
languageSpoken Japanese
memberOf Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
movement Japanese postwar economic miracle
name Hayato Ikeda
nativeName 池田勇人
notableWork Income Doubling Plan
officeContested House of Representatives of Japan
partOf Ikeda Cabinet
placeOfBirth Takehara, Hiroshima, Japan
placeOfDeath Tokyo, Japan
politicalIdeology conservatism
positionHeld Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
Minister of Finance of Japan
Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan
religion Buddhism
replacedBy Eisaku Satō
replaces Nobusuke Kishi
residence Tokyo, Japan
sexOrGender male
spouse Yoshiko Ikeda
startTimeOfPoliticalCareer 1937
termEnd 1964-11-09
termStart 1960-07-19
workLocation Tokyo, Japan


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