Noboru Takeshita

Noboru Takeshita
竹下 登
Official portrait, 1987
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 6 November 1987 – 3 June 1989
Monarchs	Hirohito Akihito
Deputy	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Succeeded by	Sōsuke Uno
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office 31 October 1987 – 2 June 1989
Secretary-General	Shintaro Abe
Preceded by	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Succeeded by	Sōsuke Uno
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 22 May 1958 – May 2000
Personal details
Born	(1924-02-26)26 February 1924 Kakeyama, Shimane Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Died	19 June 2000(2000-06-19) (aged 76) Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Spouses	Masae Takeuchi ​ ​ (m. 1944; died 1945)​ Naoko Endō ​ (m. 1946)​
Relatives	Wataru Takeshita (brother) Eiki Eiki (granddaughter) Daigo (grandson)
Alma mater	Waseda University
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Noboru Takeshita's voice Takeshita on Japan–United States relations Recorded 13 January 1988

Noboru Takeshita (竹下 登, Takeshita Noboru, 26 February 1924 – 19 June 2000) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1987 to 1989 during the bubble economy.^[1]

Takeshita led the largest faction at the time in the Liberal Democratic Party, which he inherited from Kakuei Tanaka, from the 1980s until his death in 2000. He was dubbed the "last shadow shogun" for his behind-the-scenes influence in Japanese politics.^[2] He was the last prime minister to serve during the long rule of Emperor Shōwa.^[3] He is the grandfather of musician and actor Daigo.