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Kuniaki Koiso
Koiso Kuniaki, Lt-General (1880–1950),Japanese Army officer who succeeded Tōjō as prime minister in July 1944 after serving as chief of staff of the Kwantung Army in Manchukuo (1932–4), minister of overseas (colonial) affairs (1939–40), and then from mid- 1942,... Read more |
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Hayato Ikeda
Hayato Ikeda , 1899-1965, Japanese political leader, prime minister (1960-64). After serving as an official in the finance ministry (1925-48) he entered politics, gaining election to Japan's house of representatives (1949). During the next decade he held a variety of ministerial posts, including... Read more |
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Abdul Razak
Abdul Razak , 1922-76, prime minister of Malaysia (1970-76). Elected to the national legislature in 1959, he was deputy prime minister and minister of defense from 1959 to 1970. In 1970, he became prime minister, foreign minister, and defense minister, succeeding Tunku Abdul Rahman . While... Read more |
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die
die any of various devices used for drawing wire, and for blanking, bending, cutting, machine forging, and embossing. Dies used for striking, or stamping, coins and medals are cut in intaglio, one for the front, another for the back, of the coin. Such dies were used as early as c.800 BC in Greece.... Read more |
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Yasuhiro Nakasone
Yasuhiro Nakasone , 1918-, Japanese political leader and prime minister (1982-87). He served in the Diet after 1946. A political ally of Kakuei Tanaka , Nakasone succeeded Zenko Suzuki as prime minister. He increased Japan's military strength and established closer ties with the United States and... Read more |
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Sir Milton Margai
Sir Milton Margai , 1895-1964, prime minister of Sierra Leone (1961-64). A prominent doctor, he turned to politics in 1949 and led his country to independence (1961) while serving as chief minister (1954-61). He was knighted in 1959. Milton died in office and was followed as prime minister by his... Read more |
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Osachi Hamaguchi
Hamaguchi Osachi (b. 1 Apr. 1870, d. 26 Aug. 1931). Prime Minister of Japan 1929–31 Prior to his political career Hamaguchi had served as an official in the Ministry of Finance. As the successor to the government of Tanaka Giichi, Hamaguchi's Minseito party administration proved unable to... Read more |
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Zenko Suzuki
Zenko Suzuki 1911-2004, Japanese politican. A founder of the ruling Liberal Democratic party (1955), he became prime minister on the death of Masayoshi Ohira (1980). Criticism from within the party and a failure to reinvigorate the economy resulted in his resignation (1982). He was succeeded by... Read more |
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