Kiichi Miyazawa
| Kiichi Miyazawa | |
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| 宮澤 喜一 | |
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| Prime Minister of Japan | |
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In office 5 November 1991 – 9 August 1993 |
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| Monarch | Akihito |
| Preceded by | Toshiki Kaifu |
| Succeeded by | Morihiro Hosokawa |
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8 October 1919 Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Died | 28 June 2007 (aged 87) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
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Kiichi Miyazawa (宮澤 喜一 Miyazawa Kiichi?, 8 October 1919 – 28 June 2007) was a Japanese politician and the 78th Japanese Prime Minister serving from 5 November 1991 to 9 August 1993.
Miyazawa was born into a wealthy, politically active family in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on 8 October 1919. His father was a member of the Diet and his grandfather a cabinet minister. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University with a degree in law.
In 1942, he joined the ministry of finance, avoiding military service during World War II.
In 1953, he was elected to the upper house of the Diet of Japan, where he stayed until moving to the lower house in 1967. Miyazawa held a number of prominent public positions, including minister of international trade and industry (1970–71), minister of foreign affairs (1974–76), director general of the economic planning agency (1977–78), and chief cabinet secretary (1984–86). He became minister of finance under the government of Noboru Takeshita in July 1986. However, Miyazawa had to resign amid the Recruit scandal in 1988.
Miyazawa became Prime Minister on 5 November 1991 backed by his faction. Miyazawa gained brief fame in the United States when President George H. W. Bush vomited in his lap and fainted during a state dinner on 8 January 1992.
His government passed a law allowing Japan to send its forces overseas for peacekeeping missions as well as negotiating a trade agreement with the United States. It also introduced financial reforms to address the growing economic malaise in Japan in the 1990s. Miyazawa resigned in 1993 after losing a vote of no confidence marking an end to 38 years of Liberal Democratic Party government. The reason for the vote was a scandal involving Fumio Abe, a member of Miyazawa's faction. The Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in June 1994.
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