Background
Hayashi was born in 1927 and is from Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
林 義郎
Hayashi was born in 1927 and is from Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
He graduated from Tokyo University.
In addition to being a Diet member, he served as finance minister from 1992 to 1993. He served at the House of Representatives, also known as Diet. He also served as health and welfare minister.
He was appointed finance minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa on 12 December 1992.
Hayashi replaced Tsutomu Hata in the post. Hayashi"s tenure ended on 9 August 1993 when Hirohisa Fujii became finance minister.
Then he began to serve as the chairman of the Diet Members League for Sino-Japanese relations.
Hayashi was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Democratic Party).