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POLITICIAN

Yasuhiro Nakasone

1918 - 2019

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Yasuhiro Nakasone (中曽根 康弘, Nakasone Yasuhiro, 27 May 1918 – 29 November 2019) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 1982 to 1987. He was a member of the House of Representatives for more than 50 years. His political term was best known for pushing through the privatization of state-owned companies and pursuing a hawkish and pro-U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasuhiro Nakasone has received more than 679,617 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Yasuhiro Nakasone is the 3,394th most popular politician (up from 3,412th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Japan (up from 167th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Japanese Politician.

Yasuhiro Nakasone was the Prime Minister of Japan from 1982 to 1987. He is most famous for his economic reforms that helped Japan get out of a recession.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yasuhiro Nakasone ranks 3,394 out of 15,577Before him are Eraric, Titus Quinctius Flamininus, Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Seretse Khama, Choummaly Sayasone, and Norodom Ranariddh. After him are Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Richard III, Duke of Normandy, Servilia, Hans Lammers, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Maria Pia of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Yasuhiro Nakasone ranks 45Before him are André Bazin, Lila Kedrova, Günther Rall, Jens Christian Skou, Ahmed Deedat, and Patricio Aylwin. After him are Robert Aldrich, Sam Walton, Hans Scholl, Paul D. Boyer, Edward A. Murphy Jr., and Julian Schwinger. Among people deceased in 2019, Yasuhiro Nakasone ranks 50Before him are Giya Kancheli, Claudine Auger, Henri, Count of Paris, Demetris Christofias, David J. Thouless, and Lennart Johansson. After him are Lee Iacocca, Sydney Brenner, César Pelli, Ágnes Heller, Matti Nykänen, and Alicia Alonso.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasuhiro Nakasone ranks 164 out of 6,048Before him are Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Fujiko Fujio (1934), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Mikao Usui (1865), Emperor Ōjin (210), and Kitarō (1953). After him are Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), Emperor Tenji (626), Akira Suzuki (1930), Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952), and Sugawara no Michizane (845).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Yasuhiro Nakasone ranks 57Before him are Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Emperor Sujin (-147), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Fujiko Fujio (1934), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), and Emperor Ōjin (210). After him are Emperor Tenji (626), Emperor Kanmu (737), Empress Genshō (680), Emperor Richū (336), Naoto Kan (1946), and Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519).