Toshiki Kaifu

Toshiki Kaifu
Toshiki Kaifu
海部俊樹
	Official portrait, 1989
Prime Minister of Japan
	In office; 10 August 1989 – 5 November 1991
Monarch	Akihito
Preceded by	Sōsuke Uno
Succeeded by	Kiichi Miyazawa
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
	In office; 8 August 1989 – 30 October 1991
Secretary-General	Ichirō Ozawa; Keizō Obuchi;
Preceded by	Sōsuke Uno
Succeeded by	Kiichi Miyazawa
Minister of Finance[citation needed]
	In office; 14 October 1991 – 5 November 1991[citation needed]
Preceded by	Ryutaro Hashimoto
Succeeded by	Tsutomu Hata
Minister of Education
	In office; 28 December 1985 – 22 July 1986[citation needed]
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded by	Hikaru Matsunaga
Succeeded by	Masayuki Fujio
	In office; 24 December 1976 – 28 November 1977[citation needed]
Prime Minister	Takeo Fukuda
Preceded by	Michio Nagai
Succeeded by	Shigetami Sunada
Preceded by	Seiroku Kajiyama
Succeeded by	Hyosuke Kujiraoka
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 20 November 1960 – 21 July 2009
Succeeded by	Mitsunori Okamoto
Constituency	Aichi 3rd; (1960–1996); Aichi 9th; (1996–2009)
Personal details
Born	2 January 1931; Nagoya, Japan
Died	9 January 2022 (aged 91); Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic; (1960–1994, 2003–2022)
Other political; affiliations	New Frontier ; (1994–1997); "Assembly of Independents"; (1997–1998); Liberal; (1998–2000); New Conservative; (2000–2003)
Spouse	Sachiyo Yanagihara
Children	2
Alma mater	Chuo University; Waseda University
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Toshiki Kaifu (海部俊樹, Kaifu Toshiki, 2 January 1931 – 9 January 2022) was a Japanese politician who served a prime minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991.

Born in Nagoya, Kaifu graduated from Waseda University and was first elected to the Diet in 1960 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as education minister from 1976 to 1977 under Takeo Fukuda, and from 1985 to 1986 under Yasuhiro Nakasone. In 1989, Kaifu became prime minister after the resignations of the last two premiers, Noboru Takeshita and Sosuke Uno, amid various scandals; he was chosen in part because of his clean image. During his tenure, Kaifu worked to improve relations with China and made large financial contributions to the coalition in the Persian Gulf War. After his attempts at political reform were unsuccessful, Kaifu resigned as prime minister in 1991 and was replaced by Kiichi Miyazawa.