POLITICIAN

Toshiki Kaifu

1931 - 2022

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Toshiki Kaifu (海部 俊樹, Kaifu Toshiki, 2 January 1931 – 9 January 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as the 77th prime minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991. Kaifu was the last surviving former Prime Minister of Japan who had served in the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Toshiki Kaifu has received more than 244,458 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Toshiki Kaifu is the 6,219th most popular politician (down from 5,025th in 2019), the 462nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 304th in 2019) and the 189th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Toshiki Kaifu ranks 6,219 out of 19,576Before him are Filip Vujanović, Gisela of Swabia, Álvaro Uribe, Emperor Go-Suzaku, Hantili I, and Adolfo Rodríguez Saá. After him are Lucius Verginius Rufus, Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria, Emperor Xizong of Tang, Bona of Savoy, Emperor Kang of Jin, and Haxhi Lleshi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Toshiki Kaifu ranks 103Before him are Lamberto Dini, Márta Mészáros, Mauricio Kagel, Seyni Kountché, Tom Wesselmann, and Silvia Pinal. After him are Lucio Urtubia, Gunnel Lindblom, Olympia Dukakis, Ivan Klíma, Larry Silverstein, and Luís Cabral. Among people deceased in 2022, Toshiki Kaifu ranks 103Before him are Pierre Soulages, Michel Bouquet, Cláudio Hummes, Mirosław Hermaszewski, Viktor Saneyev, and Catherine Spaak. After him are Bob Saget, Margit Korondi, Irene Cara, Radu Lupu, Andy Fletcher, and Gal Costa.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Toshiki Kaifu ranks 462 out of 6,245Before him are Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1793), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), Hideyo Noguchi (1876), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Nobutake Kondō (1886), and Emperor Go-Suzaku (1009). After him are Shunichi Kumai (1910), Hirokazu Ninomiya (1917), Teiichi Matsumaru (1909), Keizō Obuchi (1937), Oichi (1547), and Hon'inbō Shūsaku (1829).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Toshiki Kaifu ranks 189Before him are Rei Kawakubo (1942), Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1435), Emperor Takakura (1161), Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1793), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), and Emperor Go-Suzaku (1009). After him are Keizō Obuchi (1937), Oichi (1547), Emperor Kōkō (830), Takeda Sōkaku (1859), Tokugawa Ienobu (1662), and Hayato Ikeda (1899).