Background
Kaifu, Toshiki was born on January 2, 1931 in Ichinomiya, Aichi Pre., Japan.
海部 俊樹
politician Prime Minister of Japan
Kaifu, Toshiki was born on January 2, 1931 in Ichinomiya, Aichi Pre., Japan.
Graduate, Chuo University, 1951. Graduate law, Waseda University, 1954.
He was education minister before rising to lead the party after the resignations of Takeshita Noboru and Sōsuke Uno, elected on the platform of "clean leadership." Kaifu became the 76th Prime Minister of Japan in August 1989, but his faction was too small to push through the reforms Kaifu sought, and the continuing repercussions of the Sagawa Express scandal caused problems. He resigned in February 1991 and was replaced by Kiichi Miyazawa. In 1994, he left the Liberal Democratic Party to become head of the newly founded Shinshinto (New Frontier Party).
He supported Ichirō Ozawa"s party until he returned to Liberal Democratic Party in 2003.
He was defeated in the election of 2009 by DPJ candidate Mitsunori Okamoto, which witnessed the end of almost uninterrupted Liberal Democratic Party dominance since 1955. Kaifu is one of several world leaders depicted on the cover of Megadeth"s 1990 album Rust in Peace.
A member of the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Democratic Party), Kaifu ran successfully for the Diet in 1960 and served for sixteen terms totaling 49 years. At the time of his defeat, he was the longest-serving member of the lower house of the Diet, and he was also the first former prime minister to be defeated at a re-election since 1963.
M. Sachiyo Kaifu; 1 son, 1 daughter.