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Tanzan Ishibashi
石橋 湛山
Official portrait, 1956
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 23 December 1956 – 31 January 1957
Monarch
Hirohito
Preceded by
Ichirō Hatoyama
Succeeded by
Nobusuke Kishi
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office 23 December 1956 – 31 January 1957
Prime Minister
Himself
Preceded by
Funada Naka
Succeeded by
Nobusuke Kishi
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
In office 23 December 1956 – 27 December 1956
Prime Minister
Himself
Preceded by
Isamu Murakami
Succeeded by
Taro Hirai
Minister of International Trade and Industry
In office 10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956
Prime Minister
Ichirō Hatoyama
Preceded by
Kiichi Aichi
Succeeded by
Mikio Mizuta
Minister of Finance
In office 22 May 1946 – 24 May 1947
Prime Minister
Shigeru Yoshida
Preceded by
Keizo Shibusawa
Succeeded by
Tetsu Katayama (Acting)
Member of the House of Representatives for Shizuoka 2nd District
In office 1 October 1952 – 29 January 1967
In office 26 April 1947 – 17 May 1947
Personal details
Born
Seizō Sugita
(1884-09-25)25 September 1884 Tokyo, Japan
Died
25 April 1973(1973-04-25) (aged 88) Osaka, Japan
Political party
Liberal Democratic Party (1955–1973)
Alma mater
Waseda University
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Tanzan Ishibashi (石橋 湛山, Ishibashi Tanzan, 25 September 1884 – 25 April 1973) was a Japanese journalist, Nichiren Buddhist priest, and politician who was prime minister of Japan for two months from 1956 to 1957, before resigning due to illness. He simultaneously served as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency. From 1952 to 1968 he was also the president of Rissho University. As a member of the Nichiren-shū sect of Nichiren Buddhism, Tanzan was his Buddhist name; his birth name was Seizō (省三).
Americans wanted Kishi to become Prime Minister and were disappointed when TanzanIshibashi, the most anti-American of the LDP politicians, won the party's leadership...
House of Peers member Shigeru Yoshida, and future Prime Ministers TanzanIshibashi, Zenko Suzuki and Kakuei Tanaka. Yoshida remained Prime Minister following...
prime ministers; Tetsu Katayama of the DSP (formerly of the JSP) and TanzanIshibashi of the LDP. "統計局ホームページ/第27章 公務員・選挙". Archived from the original on...
The Ishibashi Cabinet is the 55th Cabinet of Japan headed by TanzanIshibashi from December 23, 1956 to February 25, 1957. "Ishibashi Cabinet". Prime...
cabinet notably included Shidehara as minister without portfolio and TanzanIshibashi as finance minister. Yoshida remained as foreign minister concurrently...
Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023. 第55代 石橋 湛山 [55th IshibashiTanzan] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved...
Election 61 Sōsuke Uno 69 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1989 Resigned 62 TanzanIshibashi 65 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1956 Resigned 63 Tsutomu Hata 64 days...
the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 24 May 2012. 第55代 石橋 湛山 [55th TanzanIshibashi] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved...
of Finance In office 23 December 1956 – 10 July 1957 Prime Minister TanzanIshibashi Preceded by Hisato Ichimada Succeeded by Hisato Ichimada In office...
androgynous friend of Chie who also smokes. Her name is derived from TanzanIshibashi. Youka Kira (吉良 洋佳, Kira Yōka) Voiced by: Miru Takakura Passive and...
Hitomatsu Minister of Communications 1947 Succeeded by Takeo Miki Preceded by TanzanIshibashi Minister of Finance Interim 1947 Succeeded by Shōtaro Yano...
nominated TanzanIshibashi, who was widely regarded as the least pro-American figures out of all of the available candidates that year. Ishibashi would declare...
began because colonial policies had been too repressive. Journalist TanzanIshibashi, as part of his "Small Japan" ideology (小日本主義), reportedly welcomed...
with Abe. Another future prime minister who opposed militarism was TanzanIshibashi, who spearheaded numerous articles and organisations before and during...
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