POLITICIAN

Masayoshi Ōhira

1910 - 1980

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Masayoshi Ōhira (大平 正芳, Ōhira Masayoshi, 12 March 1910 – 12 June 1980) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1978 until his death in 1980. Born in Kagawa Prefecture, Ōhira worked in the Ministry of Finance from 1936, and served as the private secretary to Hayato Ikeda, finance minister from 1949 to 1952. Ōhira was first elected to the Diet in 1952, and served as foreign minister in Ikeda's cabinet from 1962 to 1964 and as international trade and industry minister from 1968 to 1970 under Eisaku Satō. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masayoshi Ōhira has received more than 207,436 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Masayoshi Ōhira is the 7,087th most popular politician (down from 6,882nd in 2019), the 551st most popular biography from Japan (down from 529th in 2019) and the 228th most popular Japanese Politician.

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  • 4.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Masayoshi Ōhira ranks 7,087 out of 19,576. Before him are Hans Martin Sutermeister, Börje Salming, Abaris the Hyperborean, Barbara of Brandenburg, Neferneferure, and Alulim. After him are Paul P. Harris, Perictione, Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Kurmanjan Datka, and Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Masayoshi Ōhira ranks 88. Before him are Irmfried Eberl, Juan Velasco Alvarado, Miguel Hernández, Remo Giazotto, Kenneth E. Boulding, and Jack Hawkins. After him are Johan Ferrier, Trygve Bratteli, J. Allen Hynek, Carmine Coppola, Viktors Arājs, and Joan Bennett. Among people deceased in 1980, Masayoshi Ōhira ranks 79. Before him are Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Friedrich Hossbach, Ernst Busch, Ida Kamińska, Olga Chekhova, and John Mauchly. After him are Katia Mann, Dietrich von Saucken, Lil Dagover, Marino Marini, Ahmad Shukeiri, and Zygmunt Berling.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masayoshi Ōhira ranks 551 out of 6,245. Before him are Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), Masaoka Shiki (1867), Seiichi Itō (1890), Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), and Takeo Miki (1907). After him are Shibata Katsuie (1522), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Ankō Itosu (1831), Jiro Taniguchi (1947), Ken Kutaragi (1950), and Hosokawa Gracia (1563).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Masayoshi Ōhira ranks 228. Before him are Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867), Chōsokabe Motochika (1539), Emperor Go-Murakami (1328), Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), and Takeo Miki (1907). After him are Jiro Taniguchi (1947), Hosokawa Gracia (1563), Emperor Horikawa (1079), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556), and Emperor Suzaku (923).

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