| Native name | 木村 俊夫 |
|---|---|
| Office | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Prime minister | Kakuei Tanaka |
| Term start | 16 July 1974 |
| Term end | 9 December 1974 |
| Predecessor | Masayoshi Ōhira |
| Successor | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| Office 1 | Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency |
| Prime minister 1 | Eisaku Satō |
| Term start 1 | 5 July 1971 |
| Term end 1 | 7 July 1972 |
| Predecessor 1 | Ichiro Sato |
| Successor 1 | Kakuei Tanaka (acting) Kiichi Arita |
| Office 2 | Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political affairs) |
| Prime minister 2 | Eisaku Satō |
| Term start 2 | 30 November 1968 |
| Term end 2 | 5 July 1971 |
| Predecessor 2 | Takao Kameoka |
| Successor 2 | Asao Mihara |
| Prime minister 3 | Eisaku Satō |
| Term start 3 | 1 August 1966 |
| Term end 3 | 22 June 1967 |
| Predecessor 3 | Noboru Takeshita |
| Successor 3 | Takao Kameoka |
| Office 4 | Chief Cabinet Secretary |
| Prime minister 4 | Eisaku Satō |
| Term start 4 | 22 June 1967 |
| Term end 4 | 30 November 1968 |
| Predecessor 4 | Kenji Fukunaga |
| Successor 4 | Shigeru Hori |
| Office 5 | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Constituency 5 | Mie 1st |
| Term start 5 | 19 April 1953 |
| Term end 5 | 28 November 1983 |
| Predecessor 5 | Ichirō Matsumoto |
| Successor 5 | Masayasu Kitagawa |
| Constituency 6 | Mie 1st |
| Term start 6 | 23 January 1949 |
| Term end 6 | 28 August 1952 |
| Predecessor 6 | Matsuda Masakazu |
| Successor 6 | Hisao Tanaka |
| Birth date | 15 January 1909 |
| Birth place | Tōin, Mie, Japan |
| Death date | 1 December 1983 (aged 74) |
| Death place | Tokyo, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Other party | Independent (1949–1950) Liberal (1950–1955) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Toshio Kimura (木村 俊夫, Kimura Toshio, 15 January 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 on 15 January 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 led by Prime Minister Eisaku Satō.[2] He was also chairman of the Parliamentarians' League for Japan-Palestine Friendship.[2] He organized 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 Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in mid-July 1974, replacing Masayoshi Ohira in the post.[5] Kimura was in office for six months in 1974.[2] Kimura visited Africa in late October and early November 1974 which initiated a 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 and death
Kimura was married and had a daughter.[2] He died of a heart attack at a hospital in Tokyo on 1 December 1983 at age 74.[2]
Honours
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (3 November 1983)
References
- ^ "Foreign ministers of Japan". Rulers. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Toshio Kimura Dies; Former Tokyo Official". The New York Times. AP. 3 December 1983. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "Toshio Kimura". Toledo Blade. 1 December 1983. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Quansheng Zhao (2008). "Third parties in the Beijing-Tokyo negotiations: Informal political actors and mechanisms". Conflict management, security and intervention in East Asia: third-party mediation in regional conflict. Jacob Bercovitch; Kwei-Bo Huang; Chung-Chian Teng (eds.). London; New York: Routledge. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-134-14102-9.
- ^ "Tanaka reshuffles Japanese cabinet". Daytona Beach Morning. AP. 17 July 1974. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ "Chapter 2. Diplomatic Efforts Made by Japan". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Oda Hideo (Winter 2002). "Japan-Africa Relations in the Twenty-first Century". Gaiko Forum
- ^ Geoffrey Murray (30 March 1981). "'Independent' Japan begins to build better ties with black Africa". The CS Monitor. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Jun Morikawa (1997). Japan and Africa: Big Business and Diplomacy. London: Hurst. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-85065-141-3.
- ^ Sueo Sudō (1992). The Fukuda Doctrine and ASEAN: New Dimensions in Japanese Foreign Policy. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian. p. 124. ISBN 978-981-3016-14-9.
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