Yoshio Sakurauchi
| Yoshio Sakurauchi | |
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| 櫻内 義雄 | |
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| Speaker of Lower House | |
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In office 27 February 1990 – 18 June 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Hajime Tamura |
| Succeeded by | Takako Doi |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 1981–1982 |
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| Prime Minister | Zenkō Suzuki |
| Preceded by | Sunao Sonoda |
| Succeeded by | Shintaro Abe |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | |
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In office 18 July 1964 – June 1965 |
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| Prime Minister |
Hayato Ikeda Eisaku Satō |
| Succeeded by | Miki Takeo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 May 1912 Tokyo |
| Died | 6 July 2003 (aged 91) Tokyo |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Keio University |
Yoshio Sakurauchi (櫻内 義雄 Sakurauchi Yoshio?, 8 May 1912 – 6 July 2003) was a Japanese politician and a significant member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan.
Sakurauchi was born in Tokyo on 8 May 1912. He was the son of Yukio Sakurauchi, late lower house member and finance minister. Yoshio Sakurauchi attended the Keio schools from kindergarten through university. His brother, Kimio, served as an executive at Chugoku Electric.
Sakurauchi began his political career in 1947, when he was first elected to the lower house of Parliament. His constituency included Kashima. He served at the lower house for 18 terms. He was also once elected to the upper house, serving there for 19 months.
He held different ministerial and party posts in his career. In addition, he was leader of the Kano faction in the LDP. This faction was renamed as the Nakasone faction in 1965. His leadership of the faction lasted until 1989. Then the faction was headed by Michio Watanabe.
In addition, he served as foreign minister, agriculture minister, minister of international trade and industry and construction minister.Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda appointed Sakurauchi the minister of international trade and industry on 18 July 1964. Sakurauchi continued to serve in the same post in the next cabinet headed by Prime Minister Eisaku Satō, but he was fired and replaced by Miki Takeo in June 1965. On 28 April 1977, Sakurauchi was appointed construction minister to the government of Takeo Fukuda in a cabinet reshuffle, replacing Shiro Hasegawa in the post. Sakurauchi served as construction minister until 7 December 1978.
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