Kakuei Tanaka

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Japanese politician human prime minister of Japan

Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.

Aliases (1)

Kakuei ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese politician → human → prime minister of Japan →
areaOfInfluence	Japanese postwar politics →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
charge	bribery →
child	Makiko Tanaka → Naoki Tanaka →
convictedOf	violating the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
dateOfBirth	1918-05-04 →
dateOfDeath	1993-12-16 →
education	Niigata Prefectural Nagaoka Commercial School (did not graduate) →
era	Shōwa period →
faction	Tanaka faction in the Liberal Democratic Party →
familyName	Tanaka →
givenName	Kakuei →
honorificTitle	shadow shogun →
influenced	Liberal Democratic Party factional politics →
knownFor	Lockheed bribery scandal → dominant factional leader in the Liberal Democratic Party → political kingmaker in postwar Japan →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) →
mentorOf	Ichirō Ozawa → Noboru Takeshita →
name	Kakuei Tanaka →
nativeName	田中角栄 →
notableWork	Nihon Retto Kaizo Ron (Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago) →
occupation	businessperson → politician →
officeEnd	1974-12-09 →
officeStart	1972-07-07 →
participantIn	Lockheed bribery scandal →
placeOfBirth	Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan →
placeOfDeath	Tokyo, Japan →
policy	Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago plan →
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 →
precededBy	Eisaku Satō →
primeMinisterOrder	64th Prime Minister of Japan → 65th Prime Minister of Japan →
regionRepresented	Niigata Prefecture →
religion	Buddhism →
residence	Tokyo, Japan →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Hanae Tanaka →
succeededBy	Takeo Miki →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kakuei Tanaka ("Kakuei") →	givenName
Kakuei Tanaka →	name
Liberal Democratic Party →	notableLeader
Lockheed bribery scandals →	significantPerson
Eisaku Satō →	succeededBy