Background
Kuba was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on 15 January 1929.
久保 亘
Kuba was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on 15 January 1929.
Hiroshima University.
He served as deputy prime minister and finance minister of Japan from 5 January 1996 to 7 November 1996. He received a bachelor"s degree from Hiroshima University of Literature and Science, now part of Hiroshima University, in 1952. Kubo started his career as a high-school teacher.
He was first elected to the upper house in July 1974 from Kagoshima.
He was also chief finance policy strategist and deputy chairman of the party. He served as vice prime minister and finance minister from 5 January to 7 November 1996 in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto that was a coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake.
Kubo"s term ended when Hashimoto inaugurated his second cabinet and the coalition parties Social Democratic Party of Germany and New Party Sakigake remained outside the government. Kubo was succeeded by Hiroshi Mitsuzuka as finance minister.
Kubo left the Social Democratic Party of Germany on 6 January 1997 due to the disagreements with the Social Democratic Party of Germany chief Takako Doi.
After his resignation, Kubo joined the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Kubo had a high rank in kendo. Kubo died at a hospital in Kagoshima on 24 June 2003.
He was 74.
Then he involved in politics, and in 1963, he was elected to the Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly where he served for three terms. In September 1993, he was named as secretary general of the Social Democratic Party during the term of the party chief Tomiichi Murayama.
Until 1993 he served as chairman and a member of different committees at the house, including the budget and finance committee in the upper house. Then he became a member of the upper house with the DPJ. He retired from politics as a member of the DPJ in June 2001 after serving four terms at the upper house, being a representative of Kagoshima Prefecture.