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Tomiichi Murayama

1924 - Today

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Tomiichi Murayama (村山 富市, Murayama Tomiichi; born 3 March 1924) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996. He was the country's first socialist premier since Tetsu Katayama in 1948, and is best remembered for the Murayama Statement on the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, in which he officially apologized for Japan's past colonial wars and aggression. Born in Ōita Prefecture, Murayama graduated from Meiji University in 1946, and became a labor union official in his home prefecture. He was elected to the Ōita City Council in 1955 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party; he was then elected to the Ōita Prefectural Assembly in 1963 and to the National Diet in 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomiichi Murayama is the 4,558th most popular politician, the 280th most popular biography from Japan and the 113th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tomiichi Murayama ranks 4,558 out of 19,576. Before him are Eleanor of Alburquerque, Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, Mohamed Bazoum, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, and Tokugawa Ietsuna. After him are Joseph Nasi, Khutughtu Khan Kusala, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Sancho VII of Navarre, Li Qiang, and Al-Mu'tadid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Tomiichi Murayama ranks 68. Before him are Ahmadou Ahidjo, Ephraim Kishon, Hermann Buhl, Madame Nhu, Georges Prêtre, and Roberts Blossom. After him are Antoni Ramallets, Rosamunde Pilcher, Eva Marie Saint, Eduardo Chillida, Moktar Ould Daddah, and David Bronstein.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tomiichi Murayama ranks 280 out of 6,245. Before him are Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537), Emperor Seinei (444), Susumu Tonegawa (1939), Inejiro Asanuma (1898), Kentaro Miura (1966), and Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641). After him are Emperor Shōmu (701), Takashi Kano (1920), Emperor Kazan (967), Yosa Buson (1716), Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1243), and Emperor Go-Uda (1267).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Tomiichi Murayama ranks 113. Before him are Mōri Motonari (1497), Emperor Go-Fushimi (1288), Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537), Emperor Seinei (444), Inejiro Asanuma (1898), and Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641). After him are Emperor Shōmu (701), Emperor Kazan (967), Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1243), Emperor Go-Uda (1267), Emperor Bidatsu (538), and Konishi Yukinaga (1555).

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