biography
pronunciation:
[tanaka]
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| lived:
| (1918–93)
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| biography:
| Japanese statesman and prime minister (1972–4), born in Kariwa Niigata Prefecture, WC Japan. A civil engineer, he established a highly successful building contracting business, and was elected to Japan's House of Representatives in 1947. He rose swiftly within the dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), becoming minister of finance (1962–4), secretary-general (1965 and 1968), and minister of international trade and industry (1971–2), before serving as LDP president, and prime minister. He resigned in 1974, and in 1976 was arrested on charges of accepting bribes from the Lockheed Corporation while he was prime minister. He was found guilty, and subsequently convicted, but remained at home pending an appeal. |
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