Ippei Kaneko
Ippei Kaneko | |
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| Minister of Finance of Japan | |
| In office 8 December 1978 – 8 November 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Masayoshi Ohira |
| Preceded by | Tatsuo Murayama |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1913 Takayama, Gifu, Japan |
| Died | 28 March 1989 (aged 76) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Ippei Kaneko (金子 一平, Kaneko Ippei, 12 February 1913 – 28 March 1989)[1] was a Japanese politician. He served as finance minister of Japan from 1978 to 1979.
Career[]
Kaneko was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and part of the Ikeda faction led by Hayato Ikeda.[2] Kaneko was the chairman of the LDP's tax system research council.[3] He ran for Diet seat in the 1960 general election as a member of the Ikeda faction.[2]
He worked at the ministry of finance as bureaucrat and had experience on tax policy.[2] He served as the head of the Osaka Tax Bureau until 1978.[2]
He was appointed minister of finance in the Masayoshi Ohira's cabinet on 8 December 1978, replacing Tatsuo Murayama in the post.[1][4] Kaneko was in office until 8 November 1979.[1][5] Then he served as the director of the Economic Planning Agency (EPA) in the mid-1980s.[6][7]
Personal life[]
Kaneko's eldest son Kazuyoshi Kaneko is also a politician[8] and held different cabinet portfolios, including transport minister.[9]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Japanese Ministries". Rulers. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d J. Robert Brown Jr. (1999). The Ministry of Finance: Bureaucratic Practices and the Transformation of the Japanese Economy. Westport, CT: Quorum Books.
- ^ Junko Kato (1994). The Problem of Bureaucratic Rationality: Tax Politics in Japan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 262. ASIN B00EM2S8JC.
- ^ "Fiscal Policy before the First Oil Crisis" (PDF). Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ "Leaders of Japan". Zarate. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ "Japan Report". FBIS. 11 February 1985. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ Edward J. Lincoln (1988). Japan, Facing Economic Maturity. Brookings Institution Press. p. 123. ISBN 0-8157-1638-9.
- ^ Hussain Khan (3 October 2003). "Japan: Reality starts to set in". Asia Times. Tokyo. Archived from the original on 11 October 2003. Retrieved 4 September 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "Cabinet Profiles". The Japan Times. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
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- 20th-century Japanese politicians
- 1913 births
- 1989 deaths
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
- Ministers of Finance of Japan
- Politicians from Gifu Prefecture