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Yasuhiro Nakasone Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Yasuhiro Nakasone, based on 16 World History Database records associated with Japan.

16 records1917–198713 events2 places

Chronological biography

1917

Birth of Nakasone27 May 1917
Politics / Liberal-Democratic Party · Gumma

Birth of Nakasone

1947

Diet1947
Government / Coalition Government · Member of Diet · Tokyo

Appointed Member of Diet

1967

Minister of Transport1967
Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Minister of Transport

Appointed Minister of Transport

1970

Director General1970
Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Director General DA · Tokyo

Appointed Director General of the Defence Agency

1971

Minister of International Trade & Industry1971
Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Minister of International Trade & Industry

Appointed Minister of International Trade & Industry

1974

Secretary General of Liberal-Democratic Party1974
Politics / Liberal-Democratic Party · Secretary General of Liberal-Democratic Party

Appointed Secretary General of the Liberal-Democratic Party

1982

Prime Minister of Japan27 November 1982
Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 1st term

1983

Election1983
Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan

The LDP loses its majority in the lower house

Government1983
Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan

The LDP & Nakasone form a coalition with the New Liberal Club

Prime Minister of Japan27 December 1983
Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term

1984

Privatization1984
Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan

Japan moves to end Government ownership of the telephone service

1985

Economy of Japan1985
Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan

The Yen is revalued

Economy of Japan9 April 1985
Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan

Nakasone advises the Japanese to buy foreign products

Nakasone advises the Japanese to buy foreign products9 April 1985
Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan

Nakasone advises the Japanese to buy foreign products

1986

Prime Minister of Japan22 July 1986
Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 3rd term

1987

Resignation of Yasuhiro Nakasone1987
Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan · Tokyo

Forced to resign after the Recruit Scandal

Titles and roles

Director General DA · Member of Diet · Minister of International Trade & Industry · Minister of Transport · Prime Minister of Japan · Secretary General of Liberal-Democratic Party

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.