Hiroshi Okuda

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Hiroshi Okuda in 2005

Hiroshi Okuda (奥田 碩 Okuda Hiroshi) (born December 29, 1932, Mie Prefecture), is the former chairman of the Toyota Motor Corporation^[1] from 1999 to 2006.^[2]

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with Yasuo Fukuda (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on May 26, 2008)

He became president of Toyota in 1995 and has worked at the corporation for 50 years. In 1998, Okuda was selected as a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Strategy Council of Japan^[2] and became chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations^[3] in 1999. He has also held the position of chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association^[4] since 2000. Okuda holds a 4th dan black belt in Judo^{[citation needed]} and graduated from Hitotsubashi University^[5] in 1955.

Okuda is credited with seeing the need for hybrid cars early and pushing Toyota towards quickly bringing them to market.^[6]

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