Toshio Kimura
| Toshio Kimura | |
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| 木村 俊夫 | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office July 1974 – December 1974 |
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| Prime Minister | Kakuei Tanaka |
| Preceded by | Masayoshi Ohira |
| Succeeded by | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| Head of the Economic Planning Agency | |
| In office July 1971 – July 1972 |
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| Prime Minister | Eisaku Satō |
| Preceded by | Ichiro Sato |
| Succeeded by | Kiichi Arita |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office July 1967 – November 1968 |
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| Prime Minister | Eisaku Satō |
| Preceded by | Kenji Fukunaga |
| Succeeded by | Shigeru Hori |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1909 Tōin, Japan |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Toshio Kimura (1909 – 1 December 1983) was a Japanese politician who served as foreign minister for six months in 1974.
Early life
Kimura was born into a politically active family in 1909.[1] His father and grandfather were both lawmakers.[2]
Career
Kimura was elected to the House of Representatives for 12 times as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).[2] In addition, he served as chief cabinet secretary in the cabinet of then prime minister Eisaku Sato.[2] He was also chairman of the Parliamentarians' League for Japan-Palestine Friendship.[2] He organized late Yasser Arafat's visit to Japan in 1981.[3]
His other posts include director-general of the economic planning agency and deputy chief cabinet secretary. In 1971, Kimura served as acting foreign minister.[4] He was appointed foreign minister by then prime minister Kakuei Tanaka in mid-July 1974, replacing Masayoshi Ohira.[5] Kimura was in office for six months in 1974.[2] Kimura visited Africa in late October and early November 1974, which was a beginning of cooperation between African countries and Japan.[6][7] He was the first senior Japanese government official to visit African countries.[8] His Africa visit included Ghana, Nigeria, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Tanzania, and Egypt.[7][9] Then Kimura became head of the LDP's Asian-African Studies Group in 1977.[10]
Personal life
Kimura was married and had a daughter.[2]
Death
Kimura died of a heart attack at a hospital in Tokyo on 1 December 1983. He was 74.[2]
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| Preceded by
Kenji Fukunaga
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Chief Cabinet Secretary 1967-1968 |
Succeeded by Shigeru Hori |
| Preceded by | Head of the Economic Planning Agency 1971-1972 |
Succeeded by Kiichi Arita |
| Preceded by | Minister for Foreign Affairs 1974 |
Succeeded by Kiichi Miyazawa |
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