Eisaku Sato
| Eisaku Satō | |
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| 佐藤 榮作 | |
Sato on 11 October 1963 (aged 62)
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| 39th Prime Minister of Japan | |
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In office 9 November 1964 – 7 July 1972 |
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| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Preceded by | Hayato Ikeda |
| Succeeded by | Kakuei Tanaka |
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| Born |
27 March 1901 Tabuse, Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Died | 3 June 1975 (aged 74) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (1955–1975) |
| Other political affiliations |
Liberal Party (1949–1955) |
| Spouse(s) | Hiroko Satō (1907–1987) |
| Children | Ryūtarō Satō Shinji Satō |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
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Eisaku Satō (佐藤 榮作 Satō Eisaku?, 27 March 1901 – 3 June 1975) was a Japanese politician and the 39th Prime Minister of Japan, elected on 9 November 1964, and re-elected on 17 February 1967, and 14 January 1970, serving until 7 July 1972. As such, he is the second longest serving PM in Japanese history, and the first Prime Minister to have been born in the 20th century.
Satō was born in Tabuse, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on 27 March 1901 and studied German law at Tokyo Imperial University. In 1923, he passed the senior civil service examinations, and in the following year, upon graduation, became a civil servant in the Ministry of Railways. He served as Director of the Osaka Railways Bureau from 1944 to 1946 and Vice-Minister for Transportation from 1947 to 1948.
Satō entered the Diet in 1949 as a member of the Liberal Party.
He served as minister of postal services and telecommunications from July 1951 to July 1952. Sato gradually rose through the ranks of Japanese politics, becoming chief cabinet secretary to then prime minister Shigeru Yoshida from January 1953 to July 1954. He later served as minister of construction from October 1952 to February 1953.
After the Liberal Party merged with the Japan Democratic Party to form the Liberal Democratic Party, Satō served as chairman of the party executive council from December 1957 to June 1958. Satō became minister of finance in the cabinets of Nobusuke Kishi (his brother) and Hayato Ikeda.
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