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.

Personal facts

Yasuhiro Nakasone
Birth dateMay 27, 1918
Birth place
Takasaki Gunma , Empire of Japan
Religion
Shinto sects and schools
Education
University of Tokyo
Children
Hirofumi Nakasone

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Politician

military branch
Imperial Japanese Navy
military rank
Lieutenant commander
monarch
Hirohito
party
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
service start1941
service end1945
successor

Prime minister

FromNovember 27, 1982
ToNovember 06, 1987

Yasuhiro Nakasone on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.tnr.com/article/world/85463/japan-nuclear-power-regulation