Yoshio Sakurauchi was a Japanese politician and a significant member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
15 Facts About Yoshio Sakurauchi
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Yoshio Sakurauchi was speaker of the House of Representatives of which he was a member for 53 years.
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Yoshio Sakurauchi was the son of Yukio Sakurauchi, a lower house member and finance minister.
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Yoshio Sakurauchi attended the Keio schools from kindergarten through Keio University.
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Yoshio Sakurauchi served at the lower house for 18 terms.
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Yoshio Sakurauchi was once elected to the upper house, serving there for 19 months.
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Yoshio Sakurauchi held different ministerial and party posts in his career.
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Yoshio Sakurauchi continued to serve in the same post in the next cabinet headed by Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, but he was fired and replaced by Miki Takeo in June 1965.
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On 28 April 1977, Yoshio Sakurauchi was appointed construction minister to the government of Takeo Fukuda in a cabinet reshuffle, replacing Shiro Hasegawa in the post.
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Yoshio Sakurauchi was appointed the secretary general of the LDP on 16 November 1979.
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Yoshio Sakurauchi's term lasted until 30 November 1981 when he was named foreign minister.
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Yoshio Sakurauchi was appointed foreign minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki on 30 November 1981, replacing Sunao Sonoda in the post.
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Besides these positions, Yoshio Sakurauchi was named as the first chairman of the League for Japan-Vietnam Friendship that was established by Japanese and Vietnamese politicians in 1974 to promote mutual understanding and friendship between Japan and Vietnam.
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Yoshio Sakurauchi was not included in the LDP's proportional representation list for the 25 June 2000 general elections, and he stated that he would retire from politics.
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Yoshio Sakurauchi died of respiratory failure at a Tokyo hospital on 5 July 2003.