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Takeo Fukuda was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1976 to 1978.
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politics · Prime Minister of Japan from 1976 to 1978 · politician · also Takeo Fukuda, Fukuda
Born 14 January 1905 · Died 5 July 1995 · Q315584
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His eldest son, Yasuo Fukuda, became prime minister in September 2007, after the sudden resignation of Shinzō Abe, and remained in that office for one year, making him the first son of a Japanese prime minister to become a prime minister himself.
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Died 1995-07-05.
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Japan (1976–1978).
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Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (1974–1976).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1972).
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Fukuda ran as a candidate to replace him but lost out to insurgent candidate Kakuei Tanaka
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And under whom Fukuda served as finance minister from 1973 to 1974
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And when Kishi was expelled the following year Fukuda left with him and took part in forming the Democratic Party
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And served as agriculture, forestry, and fisheries minister in 1959–1960 under Nobusuke Kishi, as head of the party's political affairs section under Hayato Ikeda, and as finance minister (1965–1966, 1968–1971) and forei
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Was arrested in connection to the Showa Denko scandal, a corruption scandal involving several bureaucrats, businessmen and politicians which precipitated the fall of the Ashida administration
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And by 1947 he had risen to chief of the Budget Bureau
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Born 1905-01-14.
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The second son to an old samurai family who had been village headmen in the Edo period
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