Yasuhiro Nakasone
Prime minister
Yasuhiro Nakasone (中曽根 康弘, Nakasone Yasuhiro, born May 27, 1918) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from November 27, 1982 to November 6, 1987. A contemporary of Brian Mulroney, Ronald Reagan, Helmut Kohl, François Mitterrand, Margaret Thatcher, and Mikhail Gorbachev, he is best known for pushing through the privatization of state-owned companies, and for helping to revitalize Japanese nationalism during and after his term as prime minister. At age 96, Nakasone is currently the oldest living Japanese prime minister.
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Birth date | May 27, 1918 |
Birth place | Takasaki Gunma , Empire of Japan |
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