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Ryutaro Hashimoto
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Person

Ryutaro Hashimoto

1937 – 2006 · aged 69

82nd and 83rd Prime Minister of Japan (1937-2006)

Born
29 Jul 1937 · Sōja-shi
Died
1 Jul 2006 · National Center for Global Health and Medicine

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 79 years
  1. 29 Jul 1937BornBorn in Sōja-shi
  2. 1963 – 2005RoleMember of the House of Representatives of Japan
  3. 1995 – 1996RoleDeputy Prime Minister of Japan
  4. 1996RolePrime Minister of Japan
  5. 1998RoleMinister of Finance
  6. 1 Jul 2006DiedDied in National Center for Global Health and Medicine

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1937 – 2006).

  1. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  2. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1938Munich Agreement
  4. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  5. 1939 – 1945World War II
  6. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  7. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  8. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  9. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  10. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  11. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  12. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  13. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  15. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  16. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  18. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  19. 1956Suez Crisis
  20. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  22. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  24. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  26. 1968Prague Spring
  27. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  28. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  29. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  30. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  32. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  33. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  34. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  35. 1985Schengen Agreement
  36. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  37. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  38. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  40. 19941994 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Ryutaro Hashimoto (橋本 龍太郎, Hashimoto Ryūtarō; 29 July 1937 – 1 July 2006) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1996 to 1998.

Born in Okayama Prefecture, Hashimoto graduated from Keio University in 1960 and entered the National Diet in 1963. He rose through the ranks of the Liberal Democratic Party and became major figure in the Tanaka/Takeshita faction, and served as health and welfare minister under Masayoshi Ōhira, transport minister under Yasuhiro Nakasone, and finance minister under Toshiki Kaifu. In 1994, he became minister of international trade and industry, then became prime minister in 1996 as the head of a coalition with the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake. During his tenure, Hashimoto sought currency reform and tried to revive the Japanese economy. He resigned after the LDP lost its majority in the 1998 upper house election, but remained leader of his faction until a scandal in 2004. He retired from politics in 2005.

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