Tsutomu Hata | |
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羽田 孜 | |
51st Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 28 April 1994 – 30 June 1994 |
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Monarch | Akihito |
Preceded by | Morihiro Hosokawa |
Succeeded by | Tomiichi Murayama |
Deputy Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994 |
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Prime Minister | Morihiro Hosokawa |
Preceded by | Masaharu Kotoda |
Succeeded by | Yohei Kono |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994 |
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Prime Minister | Morihiro Hosokawa |
Preceded by | Kabun Muto |
Succeeded by | Koji Kakizawa |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992 |
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Prime Minister | Kiichi Miyazawa |
Preceded by |
Toshiki Kaifu Acting |
Succeeded by | Yoshiro Hayashi |
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
In office 27 December 1988 – 3 June 1989 |
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Prime Minister | Noboru Takeshita |
Preceded by | Takashi Sato |
Succeeded by | Hisao Horinouchi |
In office 28 December 1985 – 22 July 1986 |
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Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
Preceded by | Moriyoshi Sato |
Succeeded by | Mutsuki Kato |
Personal details | |
Born |
Tokyo, Japan |
24 August 1935
Political party | Democratic Party (1998–present) |
Other political affiliations |
Liberal Democratic Party (Before 1993) Renewal Party (1993–1994) New Frontier Party (1994–1996) Sun Party (1996–1998) Good Governance Party (1998) |
Spouse(s) | Ayako Hata |
Children | Yuichiro Hata |
Alma mater | Seijo University |
Tsutomu Hata (羽田 孜? Hata Tsutomu, born 24 August 1935) is a Japanese politician and was the 80th Prime Minister of Japan for 9 weeks in 1994. He was a member of the lower house representing Nagano #3 district. He was elected 14 times, retiring in 2012.
He was born in Tokyo on August 24, 1935, a son of the Liberal Democratic Party Member of Parliament Bushiro Hata. Hata graduated from Seijo University and was employed by the Odakyu bus company from 1958 to 1969. In 1969, he entered the House of Representatives of Japan, representing Nagano Prefecture as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He rose to become a top lieutenant in the Tanaka/Takeshita faction in the 1980s.
In 1991, he served as Minister of Finance under Kiichi Miyazawa. He left the LDP in 1993 to found the Japan Renewal Party with longtime LDP ally Ichirō Ozawa, which became part of Morihiro Hosokawa's anti-LDP coalition government later that year. Hata served as foreign minister in the Hosokawa cabinet.
On 28 April 1994, Hosokawa resigned and Hata became prime minister. However, the Japan Socialist Party had recently left the coalition, destroying its majority in the Diet. Rather than face a vote of no confidence, Hata elected to resign in June, allowing SDP leader Tomiichi Murayama to take over the position on 30 June.