1. Mikio Aoki was a Japanese politician who served as the Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1999 to 2000, and was briefly acting prime minister following Keizo Obuchi's coma.
10 Facts About Mikio Aoki
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Mikio Aoki was born on 8 June 1934, in Taisha in Shimane Prefecture, to a family of prosperous fishermen.
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Mikio Aoki joined the Oratorical Society and became its secretary.
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Mikio Aoki befriended Yoshiro Mori who was in the Oratorical Society.
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When Takeshita was elected, Mikio Aoki dropped out of university to serve as his secretary.
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Mikio Aoki was elected to the Shimane Prefectural Assembly in 1961.
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Mikio Aoki was parliamentary secretary for the Ministry of Finance from 1991 to 1992 and chairman of the House of Councillors Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1994 to 1995.
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Once it became clear Obuchi would not recover, Mikio Aoki met with the principal officers of the LDP at the time: Yoshiro Mori, Hiromu Nonaka, Shizuka Kamei and Masakuni Murakami.
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Mikio Aoki intended to run for another term in the 2010 House of Councillors election.
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Mikio Aoki died on 11 June 2023, just three days after his 89th birthday.