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Resignation of Kakuei Tanaka

Japan · Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1974

Kakuei Tanaka26 November 1974

Tokyo · Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

Resigns over the Lockheed scandal. Resigns as Prime Minister & Leader of the LDP but keeps his seat in the Diet

Names involved

Kakuei Tanaka

Provenance

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