Yoshirō Mori (as Prime Minister of Japan)

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Japanese politician human prime minister

Yoshirō Mori was a Japanese Liberal Democratic Party politician who served briefly as Japan’s prime minister from 2000 to 2001, a tenure marked by gaffes and low public approval.

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Yoshirō Mori 0
Yasukuni Shrine (multiple times as Prime Minister) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
prime minister ⓘ
affiliation Japan Rugby Football Union ⓘ
approvalRatingCharacteristic persistently low public support ⓘ
birthDate 1937-07-14 ⓘ
birthPlace Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
cabinet Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Mori Cabinet
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
education Waseda University NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Heisei ⓘ
surface form: Heisei period
fieldOfStudy Commerce ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
ideology conservatism ⓘ
knownFor controversial remarks ⓘ
low approval ratings as prime minister ⓘ
languageSpoken Japanese ⓘ
legislativeBody Diet of Japan ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
name Yoshirō Mori NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeName 森喜朗 ⓘ
notableEventDuringTerm Japan–Soviet relations ⓘ
surface form: Japan–Russia territorial negotiations

economic stagnation in Japan ⓘ
notableGaffe “divine nation with the Emperor at its center” remark ⓘ
officeEndTime 2001-04-26 ⓘ
officeHeld Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
officeStartTime 2000-04-05 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Ishikawa 2nd district ⓘ
politicalFaction LDP Mori faction ⓘ
positionHeld Member of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Minister of Education of Japan

Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan ⓘ
President of the Japan Rugby Football Union ⓘ
President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) ⓘ
President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee ⓘ
Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
precededBy Keizō Obuchi ⓘ
predecessorAsLDPPresident Keizō Obuchi ⓘ
reasonForResignation public backlash over sexist remarks ⓘ
regionRepresented Ishikawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Shinto ⓘ
resignedFromPosition President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee ⓘ
spouse Chieko Mori ⓘ
succeededBy Junichiro Koizumi ⓘ
successorAsLDPPresident Junichiro Koizumi ⓘ
termLengthAsPrimeMinister about one year ⓘ

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Junichiro Koizumi → replaced → Yoshirō Mori (as Prime Minister of Japan) ⓘ
Junichiro Koizumi → visited → Yoshirō Mori (as Prime Minister of Japan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yasukuni Shrine (multiple times as Prime Minister)